Gordon Terry
Gordon Terry (born 7 October 1931 in Decatur, Alabama, † April 9, 2006 in Spring Hill, Tennessee) was an American country musician. Terry's musical range was wide -ranging; He played bluegrass and western swing, rockabilly, and traditional honky tonk.
Life
Born in Alabama, Gordon Terry grew up in a large family. He learned as a child playing fiddle and won several talent competitions. He received First national prominence when Terry in 1950, at the age of only 19 years ago, when Fiddler joined the Grand Ole Opry. As a musician, he was also a member of several bands, including Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys, and Jimmy Martin's Sunny Mountain Boys. Terry remained, with an interruption caused by his military service in Korea due, a total of eight years at the Opry. Meanwhile, he had taken a few plates at various record labels. His most well known single was Wild Honey from the year 1957. 1958 Terry moved to Los Angeles. In the same year he moved to RCA Victor, where he remained until 1962. His first record was released there with the rockabilly song It Is not Right. Terry was at the same time a regular guest of various famous television programs like Tex Ritter's Ranch Party and the Town Hall Party in Compton, California, where he also served as a background musician. End of the 1950s, he also played in a band called The Tennesseeans and next to Terry from Billy Mize ( steel guitar, vocals), Roy Lanham (guitar), Cliff Crofford ( bass), Jimmy Wilson (piano ) and Mike Fury (drums). The Tennesseans came to the beginning of the 1960s in the Foothill Club in Long Beach, and also accompanied Terry during his performances at the Town Hall Party.
Even as an actor Terry came into existence. He had made in 1956 in the Western Hidden Guns His film debut. He also starred in the television series Sky King. In the late 1960s, Terry moved to Tennessee, where he worked mainly as background music for stars such as Wanda Jackson, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Merle Haggard. In 1977 he released the album Disco Country, 1981 followed by a second. In the same year Terry was recorded with Bob Wills in the Fiddlers Hall of Fame.
Gordon Terry died in 2006 at the age of 74 years. He was 57 years married to his wife, Virginia Russell, with whom he had two daughters, Winter and Rhonda.
Discography
Singles
- Blue Blue Day
- White Lighting
- Wild Honey
- Honky Tonk Man
- Revenooer Man