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Grady Martin

On December 3, 2001, Thomas Grady Martin died aged 72. He was musician (guitar), founder and leader of the band Grady Martin and Slew Foot Five (later Grady Martin and his Winging Strings). As a session guitarist he was member of the Nashville A-team, and in his 50-year career he recorded and performed with Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, Leon Russell, Patsy Cline, J. J. Cale, Woody Guthrie, Johnny Horton, Conway Twitty, Joan Baez, Kris Kristofferson,  Arlo Guthrie, Brenda Lee, Don Woody, Sammi Smith, Marty Robbins, and Johnny Burnette. In March 2015, Martin was inducted in the “Country Music Hall of Fame”.

The Cramps: Songs the Lord Taught Us

In May 1980, “I.R.S.” label released “Songs the Lord Taught Us”, the debut Cramps album. It was recorded in 1980, at “Phillips Recording” in Memphis, and was produced by Alex Chilton.

Personnel:

  • Lux Interior– vocals, sleeve concept
  • Poison Ivy Rorschach – guitar, sleeve concept
  • Bryan Gregory – guitar, sleeve concept
  • Nick Knox – drums, sleeve concept
  • Booker C – organ
  • John Hampton – engineer
  • Carl Grasso – art direction
  • David Arnoff – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Lux Interior and Ivy Rorschach, except where noted.

  1. TV Set
  2. Rock on the Moon – Jimmy Stewart
  3. Garbageman
  4. I Was a Teenage Werewolf
  5. Sunglasses After Dark – Dwight Pullen, L. Wray, Sr., Interior, Rorschach
  6. The Mad Daddy
  7. Mystery Plane
  8. Zombie Dance
  9. What’s Behind the Mask
  10. Strychnine – Gerry Roslie
  11. I’m Cramped – Lux Interior, Poison Ivy Rorschach, Bryan Gregory, Nick Knox and Booker C
  12. Tear It Up – Johnny Burnette, Dorsey Burnette, Paul Burlison
  13. Fever – John Davenport, Eddie Cooley