The Nashville A-Team is an umbrella sobriquet for the loose collective of ace session musicians who gravitated to the country music capital of the world in the 50s, 60s and 70s.
Check out Someday Matinee With Gina Bacon on WFMU's "Drummer" stream. WFMU is a free form 100% listener sponsored radio station out of Jersey City. Aside from the "mother ship" on FM and also on the web it has 3 other web only streams. And archives of pretty much every show since around 2002. Gina broadcasts her show out of Nashville focusing on Nashville and Nashville adjacent artists.
Wow. Incredible. I did not know about this A-list of recording artists we’ve though many of the individual names are famous. Thanks for this enlightening article.
The actual song "Nashville Cats" has always been one of my favorites. Now I finally get what Sebastian was singing about! Clean as country water.
Also, my son is an audio engineer who got to visit a sound studio in Nashville. It was a transformative experience for him and he couldn't believe how nice everyone was.
These guys deserve more credit than they get. Musicians for hire are some of the most underpaid and under-appreciated people I know. Incredible skill.
FAB article! loved to read it very informative
Glad you enjoyed!
Modern version is The Time Jumpers, made up of Nashville pros, Vince Gill sings with them sometimes. Absolutely will knock your socks off.
Otto--I will absolutely have to check them out. Cheers!
Check out Someday Matinee With Gina Bacon on WFMU's "Drummer" stream. WFMU is a free form 100% listener sponsored radio station out of Jersey City. Aside from the "mother ship" on FM and also on the web it has 3 other web only streams. And archives of pretty much every show since around 2002. Gina broadcasts her show out of Nashville focusing on Nashville and Nashville adjacent artists.
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I will most definitely check it out (as I am also broadcasting from somewhere in the Garden State). Thank you!
Great post!
Thanks for reading!
Wow. Incredible. I did not know about this A-list of recording artists we’ve though many of the individual names are famous. Thanks for this enlightening article.
A team member not mentioned but with a memorable name- Hargus "Pig" Robbins.
A few members of this crew contributed to John Stewart’s California Bloodlines.
The actual song "Nashville Cats" has always been one of my favorites. Now I finally get what Sebastian was singing about! Clean as country water.
Also, my son is an audio engineer who got to visit a sound studio in Nashville. It was a transformative experience for him and he couldn't believe how nice everyone was.