Earl Gray
Musician · b. 1946
Earl “J.T.” Gray was an American bluegrass bassist and venue owner, long the proprietor of the Station Inn, the celebrated bluegrass club in Nashville.
Assisted by AI.
Spot something off? Help us fix it.
- Born in 1946 in Corinth, Mississippi, he moved to Nashville in 1971.
- Played bass in Jimmy Martin's Sunny Mountain Boys from 1979 to 1981 and appeared on the album “First Time Together” by Jimmy Martin and Ralph Stanley.
- Bought the Station Inn in 1981 and ran the club for four decades, making it a home for bluegrass in Nashville.
- Received an IBMA Distinguished Achievement Award in 2003.
- Was inducted into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2020.
- Died in 2021.