What has happened to Nashville’s Musicians?
On 01-14-2008
at 6:38 pm
This title is actually a rhetorical question. We all know where they are at, and where we can hear them. They are on every album that comes out of Nashville. Everybody knows that a country album is only as good as the players that are accompanying it. But can anybody name me one session player or one roadband member’s name. Country artists are getting all of the recognition, in which, they should get the majority of it, but during the golden age of country music, 1950’s, 60’s, and even 70’s, fans not only knew the artist name but who played in their band. People like Floyd Cramer, Chet Atkins, Lloyd Green, and Josh Graves, were sometimes getting just as much notoriety as the artist themselves. Everyone of these artists started as session players, or played in somebody’s band. Am I wrong in saying this? There are some formidable instrumentalists out their, who I think need a pat on the back. But they don’t want the recognition. I think it would be awesome if the fans of country music wrote studio executives, and demanded some sort of compilation album that featured today’s country music instrumentalist. It could be titled, “Hey were great back then, but we are no slouches either.” Anybody got any suggestions. Or perhaps, you would like to do a shout to your favorite nashville instrumentalist. My personal favorite is Mark Holly. Quite possibly the greatest fiddle player that I have heard and seen.
