From Janet M – Here’s some trivia and it has to do with (sort of) – musicians – a-la your Funk Brothers question. Here it is… who were the only two musicians that played with both Hank Williams (the original) and Elvis Presley?

October 28, 2009

Mr. Pop History – None other than Chet Atkins and Nashville musician Grady Martin. Atkins and Martin were members of the celebrated Nashville collective nicknamed the “A-Team – along with Atkins, they were Buddy Harman, Floyd Cramer and Hank Garland.

Chet Atkins had a second life – as a producer for RCA Nashville. Together, he and rival producer Owen Bradley over at Decca turned Nashville into a hit machine during the late 1950’s and into the 1960’s.
grady martin

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