Tom Gray

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Tom Gray
Tom Gray teaching at the DC Bass Strummit in McLean, VA.
Background information
Born	(1941-02-01) 1 February 1941 Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genres	Bluegrass music
Occupations	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Bass
Associated acts	The Country Gentlemen, The Seldom Scene

Tom Gray (born February 1, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois) is a bluegrass musician widely considered one of the best bass players in the genre.^[1] He is probably best known for his bass playing with The Country Gentlemen and The Seldom Scene. In 1996, as a member of The Country Gentlemen, he was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor.^[2]

References

↑ Biography at The DC Bluegrass Union Retrieved 7 January 2011
↑ International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor

v t e Country Gentlemen

Charlie Waller John Duffey Eddie Adcock Tom Gray Bill Emerson Doyle Lawson Bill Yates Larry Lahey list of all former members

Studio albums	Country Songs, Old and New (1960) Folk Songs & Bluegrass (1961) Bluegrass at Carnegie Hall (1962) Hootenanny (1963) Folk Session Inside (1963) Bringing Mary Home (1966) Traveler And Other Favorites (1968) Play It Like It Is (1969) New Look, New Sound (1970) One Wide River To Cross (1971) Sound Off (1971) The Award Winning Country Gentlemen Remembrances & Forecasts (1974) Joe's Last Train (1976) Calling My Children Home (1978) Sit Down, Young Stranger (1980) River Bottom (1981) Good As Gold (1983) Return Engagement (1988) Classic Country Gents Reunion (1989) Nashville Jail (1990) Let The Light Shine Down (1991) New Horizon (1992) Souvenirs (1995) Crying In the Chapel (2001) Songs Of The American Spirit (2004)

Live albums	On the Road (1963) Live From The Stage Of The Roanoake Bluegrass Festival (1967) Live In Japan (1970) Going Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains (1973)

Compilation albums	The Best of the Early Country Gentlemen (1971) Yesterday & Today Volume 1 (1973) Yesterday & Today Volume 2 (1973)Yesterday & Today Volume 3 (1974) 25 Years (Country Gentlemen album) (1980) The Country Gentlemen feat. Ricky Skaggs (1987) Sugar Hill Collection (1995) Early Rebel Recordings: 1962-1971 {Box Set} (1998) High Lonesome (1998) Complete Vanguard Recordings (2002) 45 Years of Memories (2002)

Related articles	Discography Members

v t e The Seldom Scene

Ben Eldridge Lou Reid Dudley Connell Ronnie Simpkins Fred Travers John Duffey Mike Auldridge Tom Gray John Starling Phil Rosenthal T. Michael Coleman Moondi Klein

Studio albums	Act I (1972) Act II (1973) Act III (1973) Old Train (1973) The New Seldom Scene Album (1976) Baptizing (1978) Act IV (1979) After Midnight (1981) At the Scene (1983) Blue Ridge (1985) A Change of Scenery (1988) Scenic Roots (1990) Like We Used to Be (1994) Dream Scene (1996) Scene It All (2000 Scenechronized (2007)

Live albums	Live at The Cellar Door (1975) 15th Anniversary Celebration (1986) Scene 20: 20th Anniversary Concert (1992)

Compilation albums	The Best of The Seldom Scene, Vol. 1 (1987) Different Roads (2007)

Collaboration albums	Blue Ridge (1985)

v t e Bluegrass music

Typical instruments	Acoustic guitar Banjo Dobro Fiddle Bluegrass mandolin Upright bass

Stylistic origins	Blues Country music Folk music Old-time music

Sub- and fusion genres	Traditional bluegrass Progressive bluegrass Bluegrass gospel Czech bluegrass

Notable festivals	Bill Monroe's Bean Blossom Festival California Bluegrass Association Father's Day Bluegrass Festival Delfest Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival High Sierra Music Festival Kentucky Festival of the Bluegrass Merlefest Podunk Bluegrass Festival San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival South Carolina State Bluegrass Festival River City Bluegrass Festival Rockygrass Telluride Bluegrass Festival Tottenham Bluegrass Festival Wintergrass

Other	International Bluegrass Music Museum International Bluegrass Music Association International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America Bluegrass Unlimited magazine Central Canadian Bluegrass Awards

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Authority control	VIAF: 36654607

Persondata
Name	Gray, Tom
Alternative names
Short description	American musician
Date of birth	February 1, 1941
Place of birth	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Date of death
Place of death

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