Harold Bradley
Musician · 1926–2019 · Nashville, Tennessee
Best known for
Guitar
Harold Bradley was a Nashville session guitarist widely cited as one of the most-recorded instrumentalists in history. A founding member of the studio collective known as the Nashville A-Team, he played on thousands of records that defined the “Nashville Sound,” work he and his older brother, producer Owen Bradley, helped pioneer.
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- Born January 2, 1926, in Nashville; died January 31, 2019.
- With his brother Owen, opened the Bradley studio (the “Quonset Hut”) in 1954, an early anchor of Music Row.
- Played on landmarks including Patsy Cline's “Crazy,” Roy Orbison's “Only the Lonely,” and Roger Miller's “King of the Road.”
- Served as president of Nashville's musicians union, AFM Local 257, from 1991 to 2008.
- Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2006.
- Inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame in 2007.
