Tom Gray (bluegrass musician)

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 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]

Discography

As a member of The Country Gentlemen

1961: Folk Songs & Bluegrass (Folkways)
1962: Bluegrass at Carnegie Hall (Starday)
1963: On the Road (Folkways)
1963: Hootenanny (Design)
1963: Folk Session Inside (Design)
1964: Nashville Jail (Copper Creek) released 1990
1989: Classic Country Gents Reunion (Sugar Hill)

As a member of The Seldom Scene

1972: Act I (Rebel)
1973: Act 2 (Rebel)
1973: Act III (Rebel)
1974: Old Train (Rebel)
1975: Live at The Cellar Door (Rebel)
1976: The New Seldom Scene Album (Rebel)
1978: Baptizing (Rebel)
1979: Act Four (Sugar Hill)
1981: After Midnight (Sugar Hill)
1983: At the Scene (Sugar Hill)
1985: Blue Ridge (Sugar Hill) with Jonathan Edwards
1986: 15th Anniversary Celebration (Sugar Hill)
2014: Long Time...Seldom Scene (Smithsonian Folkways)

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

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

External links

Tom Gray discography at Discogs