Guitariste Country US né le 2 Janvier 1926 à Nashville (Tennessee). Harold est le frère de Owen Bradley. Harold Bradley est décédé le 31 Janvier 2019

The brother of country music legend Owen Bradley, Harold Ray Bradley is reportedly the most recorded guitar player in history. Not a ridiculous assumption considering Bradley has been a Nashville session musician for over 50 years.
Born in Nashville, Bradley first became interested in the banjo, but switched over to the guitar after his older brother Owen convinced him that the banjo was going out of style. His first professional experience also came at the hands of his older brother who, by the early '40s, was already a respected bandleader on WLAC. The eldest Bradley arranged for Harold to tour with Ernest Tubb during the break between his junior and senior years in high school. After graduating and spending a stint in the Navy, Harold enrolled at George Peabody College in Nashville, where he studied music and made extra money by backing singers at the Opry.
By the late '40s Owen was one of the most popular bandleaders in the country and, along with Harold, decided to build Nashville's first recording facility, Castle Recording Studio. The small studio lasted several years, until the Bradley brothers built a larger facility capable of making stereo recordings. Around the same time Harold's session career began taking off as well and, throughout the '50s and '60s, his reputation for dependability and excellence landed him session work with some of the best names in the business, including Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, and Elvis.
Playing bass guitar, Harold also invented the "tic-tac" style of muting the bass notes. Throughout his career, he has never strayed far from his brother Owen and, in a large way, the Bradleys were among the key architects of the Nashville sound and style of recording, helping to build a recording industry where previously there was none.
Harold Bradley died on January 31, 2019

http://www.nashvillesound.net/harold_bradley.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Bradley

Talents : Guitar, Bass, Mandolin, Banjo

Style musical : Traditional Country, Contemporary Country, Western Swing, Pop Rock

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EXODUS (1965)

Years in activity :

1910 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000 10 20

DISCOGRAPHY

Singles

01/1963 SP COLUMBIA 4-42694 (US) Devil Woman / Walk On By
05/1963 SP COLUMBIA 4-42806 (US) Petite Waltz / It's All In The Game
07/1963 SP COLUMBIA 4-42830 (US) Maria Elena / A La Orilla Del Lago
05/1964 SP COLUMBIA 4-43043 (US) Sugarfoot Rag / Wildwood Flower
05/1965 SP COLUMBIA 4-43274 (US) Exodus / Vibrations
1966 SP RPR R-103 (US) Little Rosa / Working Man's Prayer

Albums

1963 LP 12" COLUMBIA CS 8814 (US) THE BOSSA NOVA GOES TO NASHVILLE - Devil Woman / Born To Lose / Wolverton Mountain / Your Cheatin' Heart / Mary Ann Regrets / Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) / I Can't Stop Loving You / Ruby Ann / Walk On By / Little Bitty Tear / Ramblin' Rose / You Are My Sunshine
1963 LP 12" COLUMBIA CS 8873 (US) MISTY GUITAR - Exodus / Laura / Stranger On The Shore / Third Man Theme / Like Someone In Love / While We're Young / It's All In The Game / Petite Waltz / Misty / What's New / Petite Fleur / Tenderly
1966 LP 12" COLUMBIA CL 2456 (mono) / CS 9256 (stereo) (US) GUITAR FOR LOVERS ONLY - Dream / Autumn Leaves / Dear Heart / Theme From Picnic / Love Letters / Moon Mist / Try Me To The Moon / Serenade In Blue / As Time Goes By / Days Of Wine And Roses / Moon River / Vibrations
1972 LP 12" HARMONY H 31324 (US) GUITAR FOR SENTIMENTAL LOVERS - Dream / Autumm Leaves / Theme From Picnic / Misty / Fly Me To The Moon / Serenade In Blue / It's All In The Game / Days Of Wine And Roses / Moon River

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