This week Joel Najman's My Place looks at the early career of Grady Martin, one of Nashville, Tennessee's most accomplished and prolific session guitarists. Among the 1950's vintage recordings presented featuring Grady Martin's electric guitar are by country music stars Red Foley and Little Jimmy Dickens as well as by rockers Buddy Holly and Johnny Burnette.
Joel has been a part of Vermont's radio scene since 1964. He began his career at WIPS in Ticonderoga, New York. In 1965, he moved to WFAD in Middlebury, Vermont, where he attended Middlebury College. Over the years, Joel worked at radio stations WJOY, WQCR, WDOT, WDEV and WVAA where he served at various times as Morning Announcer, Program Director and News Director.
