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    • Apr 23, 1975
    Nashville session players back Sammy Davis Jr. during a recording session at Music City's Monument Studio. Among the songs he cuts are Grady Martin's "Snap Your Fingers" and the former Johnny Paycheck hit "Song And Dance Man"
    Jul 28, 1975
    Guitarist Grady Martin, fiddler Johnny Gimble and harmonica player Charlie McCoy take part in overdubs for La Costa's "Western Man" at the Columbia Studios in Nashville
    Oct 27, 1975
    Guitarist Grady Martin and keyboard player Bobby Emmons do additional work on Larry Gatlin's "Broken Lady" during an overdub session in Nashville
    Dec 1, 1983
    Guitarist Grady Martin receives the Nashville Entertainment Association's first Master Award, recognizing his contributions to Music City's growth. His credits include hits by Marty Robbins, Willie Nelson, Johnny Horton and Patsy Cline, among others
    Apr 5, 2000
    Guitarists Duane Eddy and Grady Martin are celebrated at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. Willie Nelson and Vince Gill trade licks on several songs that featured Martin's guitar, including "El Paso," "Don't Worry" and "Oh, Pretty Woman"
    Dec 3, 2001
    Guitarist Grady Martin dies of congestive heart failure at the Marshall Medical Center in Lewisburg, Tennessee. One of Nashville's most-used session players, he graced hits by Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Ray Price and others. He is added to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2015
    Dec 10, 2001
    Ace session guitarist Grady Martin is memorialized at Nashville's Belcourt Theatre. Among those paying respects: fellow musicians Bob Moore, Harold Bradley and Buddy Harman, plus Gordon Stoker and Ray Walker, of The Jordanaires
    Mar 25, 2015
    The Oak Ridge Boys, The Browns and guitarist Grady Martin are announced as 2015 inductees in the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville
    Oct 25, 2015
    The Oak Ridge Boys, The Browns and guitarist Grady Martin are inducted in the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville
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