Tom Gray

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Tom Gray

Tom Gray teaching at the DC Bass Strummit in McLean, VA.
Background information
Born 1 February 1941 (1941-02-01) (age 70)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genres Bluegrass music
Occupations Musician, songwriter
Instruments Bass
Associated acts The Country Gentlemen, The Seldom Scene

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]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Biography at The DC Bluegrass Union Retrieved 7 January 2011
  2. ^ International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor
Country Gentlemen
Charlie Waller · John Duffey · Eddie Adcock · Tom Gray · Bill Emerson · Doyle Lawson · Bill Yates · Larry Lahey
list of all former members
Studio albums
Country Songs, Old and New (1960) · Folk Songs & Bluegrass (1961) · Bluegrass at Carnegie Hall (1962) · Hootenanny (1963) · Folk Session Inside (1963) · Bringing Mary Home (1966) · Traveler And Other Favorites (1968) · Play It Like It Is (1969) · New Look, New Sound (1970) · One Wide River To Cross (1971) · Sound Off (1971) · The Award Winning Country Gentlemen · Remembrances & Forecasts (1974) · Joe's Last Train (1976) · Calling My Children Home (1978) · Sit Down, Young Stranger (1980) · River Bottom (1981) · Good As Gold (1983) · Return Engagement (1988) · Classic Country Gents Reunion (1989) · Nashville Jail (1990) · Let The Light Shine Down (1991) · New Horizon (1992) · Souvenirs (1995) · Crying In the Chapel (2001) · Songs Of The American Spirit (2004)
Live albums
Compilation albums
Related articles
The Seldom Scene
Ben Eldridge · Lou Reid · Fred Travers · Ronnie Simpkins · Dudley Connell
John Starling · John Duffey · Mike Auldridge · Tom Gray · Phil Rosenthal · T. Michael Coleman · Moondi Klein
Studio albums
Act I (1972) · Act II (1973) · Act III (1973) · Old Train (1973) · Live At The Cellar Door (1975) · The New Seldom Scene Album (1976) · Baptizing (1978) · Act IV (1979) · After Midnight (1981) · At the Scene (1983) · Blue Ridge (1985) · 15th Anniversary Celebration (1986) · A Change of Scenery (1988) · Scenic Roots (1990) · Scene 20: 20th Anniversary Concert (1992) · Like We Used to Be (1994) · Dream Scene (1996) · Scene It All (2000 · Scenechronized (2007)
Live albums
Compilation albums
Collaboration albums
Blue Ridge (1985)
Typical instruments
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Stylistic origins
Sub- and fusion genres
Notable festivals
Other



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