Ray Edenton was the definitive rhythm guitarist of Nashville's fabled A-Team — the first-call session players who built the Nashville Sound from the 1950s through the 1980s. Over a career that spanned more than 10,000 sessions, his understated, metronomically precise acoustic rhythm guitar was the foundation of country, pop, and rock crossover hits across four decades. His playing on the Everly Brothers' “Bye Bye Love” and “Wake Up Little Susie,” Marty Robbins's “Singing the Blues,” Roger Miller's “King of the Road,” Patsy Cline's “Sweet Dreams,” and hundreds more classic recordings made him one of the most heard — yet least known — musicians in American popular music.