- The Nashville A-Team
The Nashville A-Team was a nickname given to a group of
session musician s inNashville, Tennessee , who earned wide acclaim in the 1950s and 1960s. They backed dozens of popular singers, includingElvis Presley ,Eddy Arnold and others. Sanjek, Russell. (1988). "American Popular Music and Its Business: the first four hundred years". Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-1950-4311-1.]The Nashville A-Team's members typically had backgrounds in
country music but were highly versatile. An example of theirjazz inclinations can be found in the Nashville All-Stars album withChet Atkins titled "After the Riot at Newport ".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
* 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.ee also
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Nashville Sound References
External links
* [http://www.nashvillesound.net/index.htm Bob Moore’s Nashville A-Team website]
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