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The Nashville A-Team was a nickname given to a group of session musicians in Nashville, Tennessee, who earned wide acclaim in the 1950s and 1960s. They backed dozens of popular singers, including Elvis Presley, Eddy Arnold, Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves, Bob Dylan and others.[1]
The Nashville A-Team's members typically had backgrounds in country music but were highly versatile. An example of their jazz inclinations can be found in the Nashville All-Stars album with Chet Atkins titled After the Riot at Newport.
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Members
Notable members of “The Nashville A-Team” included:
- Guitar: Harold Bradley, Hank Garland, Grady Martin, Ray Edenton (also mandolin, ukelele and banjo)
- Fiddle: Tommy Jackson
- Steel Guitar: Pete Drake
- Saxophone: Boots Randolph
- Harmonica: Charlie McCoy
- Keyboards: Floyd Cramer,
Hargus "Pig" Robbins - Bass: Bob Moore, Henry Strzelecki
- Drums: Buddy Harman, Larrie Londin (1970s)
- The Jordanaires often performed backup vocals on many of the same songs on which The Nashville A-Team had played instrumental tracks.
See also
References
- ^ Sanjek, Russell. (1988). "American Popular Music and Its Business: the first four hundred years". Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-1950-4311-1.
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