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The Nashville A-Team was a nickname given to a group of session musiciansinNashville, Tennessee, USA, who earned wide acclaim in the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s. They backed dozens of popular singers, including Elvis Presley, Eddy Arnold, Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves, Bob Dylan, Moon Mullican, Jerry Lee Lewis, Brenda Lee, and others.[1]
The Nashville A-Team's members typically had backgrounds in country music but were highly versatile. Examples of their jazz inclinations can be found in the Nashville All-Stars album with Chet Atkins titled After the Riot at Newport, the Hank Garland LP entitled Velvet Guitar, Tupper Saussy's Said I to Shostakovitch, Kai Winding's Modern Country, Gary Burton's Tennessee Firebird and Chester and LesterbyChet Atkins and Les Paul. The progressive country band Area Code 615 (band) was composed almost entirely of members of the Nashville A-Team.
In 2007, The Nashville A-Team was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville.[2] That year's inductees included Harold Bradley, Floyd Cramer, Pete Drake, Ray Edenton, Hank Garland, Buddy Harman, Tommy Jackson, Grady Martin, Charlie McCoy, Bob Moore, Boots Randolph, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, and Jerry Kennedy.[3]
Members[edit]
Notable members of "The Nashville A-Team" included:
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Bassists: Bob Moore, Ernie Newton, Henry Strzelecki, Junior Huskey, Joe Zinkan, Norbert Putnam, Floyd "Lightnin' " Chance,[4] Joe Osborn
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Drummers: Buddy Harman, Jerry Carrigan, Farris Coursey, Doug Kirkham, Larrie Londin (1970s), Kenny Buttrey
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Keyboardists: Floyd Cramer, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Owen Bradley, Bill Pursell, David Briggs, Steve Nathan
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Guitarists: Chet Atkins, Grady Martin, Hank Garland, Ray Edenton (also mandolin, ukulele, and banjo), Harold Bradley, Velma Williams Smith, Paul Yandell, Pete Wade, Jerry Kennedy, Norman Blake, Jimmy Capps, Spider Wilson, Fred Carter Jr., Billy Sanford, Joe South, Wayne Moss, Jimmy Colvard, Chip Young
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Fiddle: Tommy Jackson, Johnny Gimble, Buddy Spicher, Dale Potter, Vassar Clements, Brenton Banks
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Steel guitar: Pete Drake, Jerry Byrd, Buddy Emmons, Ralph Mooney, Lloyd Green, Shot Jackson, Jerry Kennedy, Maurice Anderson, Hal Rugg, Weldon Myrick, Little Roy Wiggins, Walter Haynes
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Banjo: Earl Scruggs, Buck Trent, Sonny Osborne, Bobby Thompson
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Mandolin: Jethro Burns
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Saxophone: Boots Randolph
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Percussion: Farrell Morris, Sam Bacco
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Harmonica: Charlie McCoy (also keyboards, brass, percussion and guitar), Jimmy Riddle
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Harp: Mary Alice Hoepfinger
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Backing singers: The Jordanaires, The Anita Kerr Singers, The Nashville Edition
References[edit]
^ Nicholson, Jessica (23 September 2021). "Nashville A-Team Bassist Bob Moore Dies at 88". Billboard. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
^ Paul Kingsbury (1998), The Encyclopedia of Country Music, Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-511671-2
External links[edit]
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