The story behind the fuzz pedal’s creation is well known to most guitarists, but it goes a little something like this. The effect was born on July 12, 1960, while country superstar Marty Robbins was ...

From the time Grady Martin was 15 years old, he was a professional musician. After convincing his folks to let him leave the family’s East Tennessee farm to play country music in Nashville, he got his ...

To make it in Nashville—even as a background performer—you have to have something special. According to the legendary Merle Haggard, Grady Martin—born on this day (Jan. 17) in 1929—had it without ...

NASHVILLE (Reuters) - The Oak Ridge Boys, Jim Ed Brown and the Browns, and the late guitarist Grady Martin were named on Wednesday as the 2015 inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Singer ...