Tom_Gray_(bluegrass_musician)

Tom Gray (bluegrass musician)

Tom Gray (bluegrass musician)

American musician (born 1941)

Tom Gray (born February 1, 1941, in Chicago, Illinois) is a bluegrass musician widely considered one of the best bass players in the genre.[1] He is probably best known for his bass playing with The Country Gentlemen and The Seldom Scene. In 1996, as a member of The Country Gentlemen, he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor.[2]

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Discography

As a member of The Country Gentlemen

As a member of The Seldom Scene

Also appears on

  • 1968: Emerson and Waldron - New Shades of Grass (Rebel)
  • 1972: Mike Auldridge - Dobro (Takoma)
  • 1973: Jim Eanes and the New World Bluegrass Band - The New World Of Bluegrass (Folly)
  • 1974: Mike Auldridge - Blues And Blue Grass (Takoma)
  • 1974: Charlie Cline - Country Dobro (Adelphi)
  • 1974: The Country Grass - Livin' Free (Rebel)
  • 1975: Bill Clifton - Going Back To Dixie (Bear Family)
  • 1975: Mike O'Roark and the Free Born Men - Pickin' With Feelin' (King Bluegrass)
  • 1975: Tony Rice - California Autumn (Rebel)
  • 1975: Ricky Skaggs - That's It (Rebel)
  • 1976: Bill Keith - Something Auld, Something Newgrass, Something Borrowed, Something Bluegrass (Rounder)
  • 1976: Bill Clifton And Red Rector - Another Happy Day (County)
  • 1977: Jimmy Arnold - Guitar (Rebel)
  • 1977: Bryan Bowers - The View From Home (Flying Fish)
  • 1977: Jaime Brockett - North Mountain Velvet (Adelphi)
  • 1978: Jerry Stuart and the Green Valley Ramblers- Rocky Run (County)
  • 1978: Fred Geiger - Fred Geiger (Ridge Runner)
  • 1980: Bryan Bowers - Home, Home On The Road (Flying Fish)
  • 1980: The Ladies Choice Bluegrass Band - First Choice (Boot)
  • 1980: Peter Rowan - Medicine Trail (Flying Fish)
  • 1980: John Starling - Long Time Gone (Sugar Hill)
  • 1982: Mike Auldridge - Eight String Swing (Sugar Hill)
  • 1983: John McCutcheon - Howjadoo (Rounder)
  • 1983: Phil Rosenthal - A Matter of Time (Sierra Records)
  • 1988: Paul Adkins and the Borderline Band - Lay It On The Line (Old Homestead)
  • 1989: Bill Emerson and Pete Goble - Dixie In My Eye (Webco)
  • 2007: John Starling and Carolina Star - Slidin' Home's (Rebel)

References

  1. [1]
    Biography at The DC Bluegrass Union Retrieved September 1, 2021
  2. [2]
    International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor Archived December 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine


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