Harold Bradley

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Name = Harold Bradley


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Born = January 2, 1926
Nashville, Tennessee
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Instrument = guitar
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Associated_acts = Patsy Cline, Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley, many others
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Harold Bradley (b. Jan. 2, 1926, Nashville, Tennessee) is an American country guitarist.

Harold played banjo as a child but switched to guitar at the insistence of his elder brother, Owen Bradley. Owen got Harold a spot touring with Ernest Tubb while Harold was still in high school. After graduation, Harold attended George Peabody College in Nashville, studying music and accompanying singers at the Grand Ole Opry.

Owen and Harold built the Castle Recording Studio, Nashville's earliest recording studio, in the late 1940s. Harold enjoyed frequent work as a session musician into the 1970s, performing on hundreds of albums by country stars such as Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, and Elvis Presley. He also played bass guitar on record, initiating the "tic-tac" method of bass muting.

Bradley was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2006.

References

* [http://wc09.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:hcfwxqu5ldde~T1 Harold Bradley] at Allmusic

ee also

*The Nashville A-Team