CREDITS:

   Pap Wilson Band - 1963
   Bill Anderson's Po' Boys Band - 1963- mid 1965
   Connie Smith's Band - mid 1965 - Jan. 1966
   Various one nighters w/ Benny Hall Trio, Jean Shephard,    
   Norma Jean, Loretta Lynn, Billy Walker, 
   Jerry Jeff Walker,  Charlie Walker, Bobby Lord

Staff Steel Guitarist for Grand Ole Opry for 32 Years at the Ryman Auditorium and The Grand Ole Opry House.  1966-1998

Recorded as vocal artist for the following labels:    
 
   Gaylo Records
    Prize Records
    Capitol Records
    Dot Records
    Mega Records
    Woodsmoke Records

Recorded as Instrumentalist for the following labels:     

   Midland Records
   Mega Records Prize Records
   Emmons Records
   Hilltop Records
   Christy Records
   Decca Records
   RCA Victor Records
   First Generation
   Woodsmoke Records

SONG WRITER FOR:  

   Fred Rose Music (Acuff-Rose)
   Central Songs
   SureFire Music
   Tree Publishing
   Gaylo Music
   Hilltop Music

SONGS RECORDED BY : 
                                            
   "It's Not My Fault" - Buddy Holly
   "Hiding Alone" - Wilburn Bros.
   "Hangin' Around" - Wilburn Bros.
   "He's My Baby" - Jean Shepard
   "She's Telling Me The Same Thing"-B. Hall Trio
   "Please Never Take Her Love From Me"   B. H. Trio
   "The Skin's Getting Closer to the Bone" - Penny DeHaven  
                                                                                                         

MOVIE SOUND TRACKS:   

   "Malibu Express"
   "Las Vegas Hillbillies"
   "40 Acre Feud"
   "Nashville"
   "It Rained All Night The Day I Left"
   (for Film Festival Staring Tony Curtis) 
   "Hooper"
   "Next of Kin"
   "Where the Ladies Go"
   "Smokey and The Bandit I,II,III"
   "Home Alone 2": Lost In New York
  "Apollo 13"
  "Tender Mercies"

VIDEOS:        

   "Ryman Country Homecoming" 1, 2 & 3
    "Country Legends Homecoming" 1 & 2  (3 & 4 coming soon)   
    "Steel Summit with the Masters"- (Jimmy Crawford, 
     Hal Rugg, Lloyd Green & Weldon Myrick)

TV SHOWS:    

   Weekly TV Show in Lubbock, Tx. W/ Hope Griffith
    Weekly TV Show in Wichita Falls, Tx. W/ Bill Mack
    Weekly TV Show in Big Spring, Tx. W/ Ben & Dena Hall
    CMA Awards Show
    County Music Hall of Fame Show
    Grand Ole Opry Live on PBS
    Grand Ole Opry Live on TNN
    Johnny Cash Show
    Nashville Now
    Stan Hitchcock Show
    Ralph Emery Early Morning Show
    Stu Phillips Show
    Jim and Jesse Show
   Bill Anderson Show
    Eddie Hill Show
    Hee Haw
    Jimmy Dean Show
   Marty Stuart Show (RFD-TV) 

SPECIAL PROJECTS:   

   Live LP in Dallas w/Charlie Walker
   Live LP in New Orleans w/Jerry Jeff Walker
   Live LP at Billy Bob's w/John Conley Tribute  
   Merle Haggard- Various Artists
   Monument Story
   Buddy Holly Reminiscing
   Honky Tonk Angels-Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton
   & Loretta Lynn
   Slide-w/9 steel players for Pete Drake
   Chet Atkins Super Pickers  
   Tennessee Hilltop Gang 
   The Grand Ole Opry Staff Band & Carol Lee Singers
   Showtime/Grand Ole Opry Staff Band & Carol Lee Singers
   A Taste of Yesterday's Wine - George Jones & Merle Haggard
   Area Code 615
   Slidin' With Style w/Nashville Super Sidemen
   (French Production)  
   Skeeter Davis project recorded in Jamaica
   Webb Pierce "Hall of Fame" project w/Gail Davies

COMMERCIAL JINGLES DONE IN NASHVILLE AND CHICAGO

 

AWARDS:   

   Texas Steel Guitar Hall of Fame  1991
   International Steel Guitar Hall of Fame   1997
   CMA Finalist with Grand Ole Opry Staff Band  1982 & 1986    
   Grammy Finalist with Area Code 615
   NARAS Super Pickers Award  1974 through 1979
   Platinum LP for "Fancy Free"-Oak Ridge Boys
   Platinum LP for "Hearts In Armor"-Trisha Yearwood
   Gold LP for "Highways and Heartaches"-Ricky Skaggs
   Gold 45 for "Harper Valley PTA"-Jeannie C. Riley
   ROPE Award (Musician of Year)  1996
   Golden Voice Award (Steel Musician of Year) 1999  
    Texas Music Pioneer Award  2002
     NTSGA Legends Award   2005
     "Nashville Cat" Award from Country Music Hall of Fame/2009

RECORDED ON NUMEROUS HIT RECORDS, SOME OF WHICH ARE:

   "Five Little Fingers" - Bill Anderson
   "I Love You Drops" - Bill Anderson
   "Eight By Ten" - Bill Anderson
   "Bright Lights and Country Music" - Bill Anderson
   "Once a Day" - Connie Smith
   "I'll Come Running" - Connie Smith
   "Then and Only Then" - Connie Smith
   "Tiny, Blue Transistor Radio" - Connie Smith
   "Cincinnati, Ohio" - Connie Smith
   "Ain't Had No Lovin' " - Connie Smith
   " Burning A Hole In My Mind" - Connie Smith
   "I Never Once Stopped Loving You" - Connie Smith
   "Cry, Cry, Cry" - Connie Smith
   "Nobody But a Fool" - Connie Smith
   "She Goes Walking Through My Mind" - Billy Walker
   "When A Man Loves a Woman" - Billy Walker   
   "Temporarily Yours" - Jeannie Pruett
   "She's A Little Bit Country" - George Hamilton IV
   "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" - Skeeter Davis
   "I'm A Lover, Not A Fighter" - Skeeter Davis
   "Harper Valley PTA" - Jeannie C. Riley
   "Happiest Girl in the Whole USA" - Donna Fargo
   "Funny Face"- Donna Fargo
   "Storms Never Last" - Dotsy
   "Play Born To Lose Again" - Dotsy
   "Thank God and Grayhound You're Gone" - Roy Clark
   "I Wish I Was 18 Again" - George Burns
   "Always On My Mind" - Elvis
   "Burning Love" - Elvis
   "Fairytale" - Elvis
   "Woman Without Love" - Elvis
   "Green Green Grass of Home" - Elvis
   "He'll Have to Go" - Elvis
   "It's Easy For You"- Elvis
   "Little Cabin On The Hill" - Elvis
   "How The Web Was Woven" - Elvis
   "Patch It Up" - Elvis
   "Sylvia" - Elvis
   "Mary In The Morning" - Elvis
   "Middle Aged Crazy" - Jerry Lee Lewis
   "Down On The Rio Grande" - Johnny Rodriquez
   "Foolin' " - Johnny Rodriquez
   "Seven Bridges Road" - Steve Young
   "Mr. Bo Jangles" - Jerry Jeff Walker
   " Best of" - Jerry Jeff Walker (lp)
   "One Shot at a Time" - Hank Williams, Jr.
   "The Rebel" - Hank Williams, Jr.
   "Here's To You" - Ian & Sylvia
   "Bitter They Are, Harder They Fall" - Larry Gatlin
   "Victim of Life's Circumstances" - Delbert McClinton
   "Fancy Free" - The Oak Ridge Boys (lp)
   "Hearts In Armor" - Trisha Yearwood (lp)
   "Highways & Heartaches" - Ricky Skaggs (lp)
   "I Wouldn't Change You If I Could" - Ricky Skaggs
   "Country Bumpkin" - Cal Smith (Song of the Year 1974)
   "I'm Not Lisa" - Jessi Colter
   "Out of Hand" - Gary Stewart
   "I Hope You're Feeling Me Like I'm Feeling You"-Charley Pride
   "I Ain't All Bad" - Charley Pride
   "Time to Pay The Fiddler" - Cal Smith
   "The Shortest Song In The World" - Kenny Price
   "Whiskey River" - Johnny Bush
   "This Time You Gave Me A Mountain"- Johnny Bush
   "Wish The World Away" - Johnny Bush
   "16th. Avenue" - Lacy J. Dalton
   "I'm Not That Good at Goodbye" - Lefty Frizzell
   "Talking To The Wall" - Warner Mack
   "Strangers" - Johnny Duncan
   "Come A Little Bit Closer" - Johnny Duncan
   "Thinkin' Of A Rendezvous" - Johnny Duncan
 "She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed Anytime" - Johnny Duncan
   "Pass Me By, If You're Only Passing Through"-Janie Fricke
   "Rodeo Clown" - Moe Bandy
   "Americiana" - Moe Bandy
   "Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life" - Moe Bandy
   "Yesterday Once More" - Moe Bandy
   "Soft Lights & Hard Country Music" - Moe Bandy
   "Cowboys Ain't Suppose To Cry" - Moe Bandy
   "Barstool Mountain" - Moe Bandy
   "Let's Get Over Them Together" - Moe Bandy & Becky Hobbs
   " I Don't Want To Have To Marry You" - Brown & Cornelius
   "Saying Hello, Saying I Love, Saying Goodbye"-Brown & Cornelius
   "Mona Lisa's Lost Her Smile" - David Allen Coe
   "The Ride" - David Allen Coe
   "American Trilogy" - Mickey Newbury
   "The Way I Am" - Merle Haggard
   "Old Loves Never Die" - Merle Haggard & Leona Williams
   "Yes M'am He Found Me In a Honky Tonk"-Leona Williams
   "Happy Anniversary Baby" - Leona Williams
   "A Woman's Man" - Leona Williams
   "He's Just You Made Over" - Leona Williams
  "A Gentleman On My Mind" - Leona Williams
   "Broadminded" - Leona Williams
   "Winds Of Change" - Gene Watson
   "Long, Long Time" - Linda Ronstadt
   "Big Four Poster Bed" - Brenda Lee
   "Help Me Make It Through The Night" - Sammi Smith
   "Texas When I Die" - Tanya Tucker
   "San Antonio Stroll" - Tanya Tucker
   "I Overlooked an Orchid" - Mickey Gilley
   " The Old Side of Town" - Tom T. Hall
   "Hello Mary Lou" - The Statlers
   "Don't You Ever Get Tired of Hurtin' Me"-Ronnie Milsap
   "Houston Solution"-Ronnie Milsap
   "Stranger Things Have Happened"-Ronnie Milsap
   "I'm A One Woman Man" - George Jones
   "Still Doin' Time" - George Jones
   "Stand Up" - Mel McDaniel
   "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On" - Mel McDaniel
   "The Only Hell My Mamma Ever Raised" - Johnny Paycheck
   "You Lift Me (Up To Heaven)"- Reba McEntire
   "I'm Not That Lonely Yet" - Reba McEntire
   "Have I Got A Deal For You" - Reba McEntire
   "I Can't Even Get The Blues" - Reba McEntire
   "Whoever's In New England" - Reba McEntire
   "Little Rock" - Reba McEntire
   "I've Seen Better Days" - Reba McEntire
   "Somebody's Gonna Love You" - Lee Greenwood
   "Dusty Dixie Roads" - Lee Greenwood
   "Boney Fingers" - Hoyt Axton
   "Memories" - Jerry Hanlon
   "Woman In The Moon" - Chely Wright
   "Sad Songs and Waltzes"- Keith Whitley
   "Winds Of Change" - Gene Watson
   "Chattahoochee" - Alan Jackson
   "She's Got The Rhythm, I've Got The Blues"-Alan Jackson
   "Honky Tonk Christmas" - Alan Jackson
    "Right or Wrong" - George Strait
   "Let's Fall To Pieces Together" - George Strait
   "You Look So Good In Love" - George Strait
  

    And the list could go on and on and on.............