When Marty Robbins and his backing band entered their Nashville studio session on an unexpecting day in 1960, they likely weren’t expecting to run into any major recording hiccups—at the very ...

His mother had named him after her favorite country singer, Marty Robbins, and given him his first guitar when he was only three. As a young boy, he met bluegrass icon Bill Monroe, signing ...

By Ed Christman Released in October 1959, Marty Robbins’ Grammy Award-winning “El Paso” was the first No. 1 of the 1960s. Accompanied by Spanish guitar, the haunting song (later covered by ...

So when Marty Robbins showed up with “El Paso,” which ... Of course, the excellent background vocals and guitar work that supported one of country music’s great vocalists didn’t hurt ...

Engineer Glenn Snoddy, who opened Woodland Sound Studios and who revolutionized electric guitar sound with the distorted "fuzz-tone" heard on Marty Robbins' "Don't Worry" and, later, the Rolling ...

Legendary guitarist and musician Hank “Sugarfoot” Garland, who performed with Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison, Marty Robbins and ... the electric guitar at the Grand Ole ...

Having just released Way Out West, a tribute to California’s influence on country music, Marty Stuart reflects on the artists who were masters of Western desert music. Stuart hosts his annual ...