Weldon Myrick (born Weldon Merle Myrick; April 10, 1938 – June 2, 2014) was an American steel guitarist.Weldon Myrick Obituary The Tennessean accessdate July 22, 2018
Myrick was born in Jayton, Texas. His debut came in 1964, when he played on the #1 country hit "Once a Day" by Connie Smith. She would call Myrick "the guy who was responsible for creating the Connie Smith sound."
In the late 1960s, he joined Bobby Thompson and Charlie McCoy to form Area Code 615.
He was also a member of the group of session musicians in the Nashville, Tennessee-based group The Nashville A-Team. They backed many singers, including Eddy Arnold, Jim Reeves, Bob Dylan, Gary Stewart, Moon Mullican, and Jerry Lee Lewis.
He died in 2014, at the age of 76, after suffering a stroke.
Area Code 615 discography Area Code 615, 1969 Trip in the Country, 1970
Discography as a session player * "Connie Smith (1965 album)", Connie Smith, 1965 Browns Sing the Big Ones from Country, The Browns, 1967 Make Mine Country, Charley Pride, 1968 Wildweeds, Wildweeds, 1970 Come from the Shadows, Joan Baez, 1972 Home Free, Dan Fogelberg, 1972 Jesus Was a Capricorn, Kris Kristofferson, 1972 Linda Ronstadt, Linda Ronstadt, 1972 Dennis Linde, Dennis Linde, 1973 Drift Away, Dobie Gray, 1973 Tom Jans, Tom Jans, 1974 Superpickers, Chet Atkins, 1974 That's A Plenty, The Pointer Sisters, 1974 Breakaway, Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge, 1974 Tattoo, David Allan Coe, 1977 From a Radio Engine to the Photon Wing, Michael Nesmith, 1977 Family Album, David Allan Coe, 1978 Three on the Trail, Riders in the Sky, 1979 The Champ, Moe Bandy, 1980 Feel the Fire, Reba McEntire, 1980 The Baron, Johnny Cash, 1981 Heart to Heart, Reba McEntire, 1981 One of a Kind, Moe Bandy, 1982 Unlimited, Reba McEntire, 1982 Bobbie Sue, The Oak Ridge Boys, 1982 #8, J.J.Cale, 1983 Somebody's Gonna Love You, Lee Greenwood, 1983 Behind the Scene, Reba McEntire, 1983 Just a Little Love, Reba McEntire, 1984 Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind, George Strait, 1984 Have I Got a Deal for You, Reba McEntire, 1985 Just a Woman, Loretta Lynn, 1985 Paper Roses, Marie Osmond, 1973 In My Little Corner of the World, Marie Osmond, 1974 Who's Sorry Now, Marie Osmond, 1975 Whoever's in New England, Reba McEntire, 1986 Who Was That Stranger, Loretta Lynn, 1988 At This Moment, Neal McCoy, 1990 Here in the Real World, Alan Jackson, 1990 Greatest Hits, Vol. 3, Ronnie Milsap, 1991 You've Got to Stand for Something, Aaron Tippin, 1991 Maybe the Moon Will Shine, Marsha Thornton, 1991 Western Underground, Chris LeDoux, 1991 A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love), Alan Jackson, 1992 In This Life, Collin Raye, 1992 Delta Dreamland, Deborah Allen, 1993 Honky Tonk Angels, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, and Tammy Wynette, 1993 If Only My Heart Had a Voice, Kenny Rogers, 1993
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