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    • Jan 17, 1929
    Session guitarist Grady Martin is born in Chapel Hill, Tennessee. The author of Ronnie Milsap's "Snap Your Fingers," Martin backs such acts as Patsy Cline, Marty Robbins, Elvis Presley and Ray Price, before taking a job with Willie Nelson's band. He is inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2015
    Feb 15, 1946
    Guitar player Grady Martin takes part in his first recording session. A key member of the "A-Team" of session players, he builds such credits as Marty Robbins' "El Paso," Willie Nelson's "On The Road Again" and Patsy Cline's "Crazy"
    Feb 25, 1952
    Burl Ives records a cover version of Hank Thompson's "Wild Side Of Life" with guitarist Grady Martin And His Slew Foot Five
    Mar 4, 1952
    Decca releases a cover of "Wild Side Of Life" by Burl Ives and guitarist Grady Martin And His Slew Foot Five
    Apr 24, 1952
    Bing Crosby and guitar player Grady Martin and His Slew Foot Five record "Till The End Of The World"
    Jun 23, 1952
    Decca releases "Till The End Of The World," a country hit by Bing Crosby and Grady Martin and His Slew Foot Five
    May 7, 1955
    Eddie Dean performs "I Dreamed Of A Hill-Billy Heaven" during the ABC telecast of "Ozark Jubilee." Also appearing: guitarist Grady Martin and host Red Foley
    Jul 12, 1960
    Marty Robbins records "Don't Worry" during an afternoon session at Nashville's Bradley Film & Recording Studio. Technical problems leave Grady Martin's guitar sounding distorted, a mistake producer Don Law keeps that goes on to become a trademark for the single
    Sep 27, 1971
    Steel guitarist Hal Rugg and guitarists Harold Bradley and Grady Martin add additional instrumental parts to the late Jim Reeves' "The Writing's On The Wall" during a pair of overdub sessions at the RCA Studios in Nashville
    Jul 14, 1972
    Guitarist Grady Martin, steel player Sonny Garrish and the Shelly Kurland Strings overdub parts to Bill Anderson's "Don't She Look Good" at Bradley's Barn, in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
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