Instruments Drums Name Buddy Harman | Role Session musician | |
 | ||
Birth name Murrey Mizell Harman, Jr. Occupation(s) Drummer, session musician Died August 21, 2008, Nashville, Tennessee, United States Albums Best of Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass, Nashville Brass Turns to Gold Awards Academy of Country Music Award for Drummer of the Year Associated acts Patsy Cline, Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley, Chet Atkins, Marty Robbins, Johnny Cash Similar People Bob Moore, Grady Martin, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Floyd Cramer, Owen Bradley | ||
Session Men: Nashville's A Team (Director Gil Baker)
Murrey Mizell "Buddy" Harman, Jr. (December 23, 1928 – August 21, 2008) was an American country music session musician.
Contents
Career
Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Harman played drums on over 18,000 sessions for artists such as Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Songwriter Larry Petree, Martha Carson, Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, Brenda Lee, Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn, Roy Orbison, Connie Francis, Chet Atkins, Marty Robbins, Ray Price, Roger Miller, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Kenny Rogers, Barbara Mandrell, Eddy Arnold, Perry Como, Merle Haggard, Reba McEntire, and many more.
Awards
Harman was the first regular drummer on the Grand Ole Opry. Some of Harman's awards include "Drummer of the Year" in 1981 from the Academy of Country Music and "Super Picker" Award for drums on the most No. 1 recordings from the Nashville NARAS chapter in 1975 and 1976.
Death
Harman died at the Hospice Center in Nashville from congestive heart failure at the age of 79.
Albums
With Kai Winding
