Atkins, Daniels, Dale, Cox and More Going Into Musician's Hall of Fame

The Musician's Hall of Fame in Nashville salutes the great musicians, well known and unknown, who played on the greatest records of all time. On Tuesday, the Hall of Fame announced their third class of honorees.


•Chet Atkins - One of the great guitarists in any genre, Atkins recorded over 100 albums; however, his greatest contribution was as a session musician and as a producer. He was instrumental in creating the Nashville Sound, the mixing of country with pop.

•Charlie Daniels - A great fiddler, Daniels' band was one of the leaders in mixing country music with southern rock. As a session musician, he played bass, guitar, fiddle and even washboard on albums by the likes of Al Kooper, Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Leonard Cohen and many more.

•Billy Cox - Played bass for Jimi Hendrix from his earliest groups through the recording of his last album. After Hendrix' death, he went on to play with the Charlie Daniels Band and as a session musician for Buddy Miles, J.J. Cale and others.

•Dick Dale - Known as the King of Surf Guitar, Dale helped shape the genre from its inception. His exceedingly fast playing and wild showmanship had him considered at one time as the father of heavy metal and was an influence on everyone from Hendrix to Eddie Van Halen. He also helped to engineer new amplifiers that produced the sound he wanted at huge volumes and the use of portable reverb effects.

•Victor Feldman - British jazz musician Feldman started his career at the age of ten sitting in on drums with Glenn Miller. He later switched to vibes and piano with artists like Woody Herman, Canonball Adderly and Miles Davis. He has also released numerous solo albums.

•Fred Foster - Nashville based producer who headed the Monument label in the 60's and produced most of Roy Orbison's biggest hits. He also worked extensively with Kris Kristofferson, Dolly Parton, Tony Joe White, Willie Nelson and others. As a songwriter, he teamed with Kristofferson for Help Me Make It Through the Night and Me and Bobby McGee.

•Paul Riser - The man who arranged many of Motown's biggest hits, including My Girl, Papa Was a Rolling Stone, I Heard It Through the Grapevine (both Mavin Gaye and Gladys Knight and the Pips), Ain't No Mountain High Enough (both Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell and Diana Ross) and many more. He also arranged for the Carpenters, Carly Simon, the Doobie Brothers, Natalie Cole and a host of others. As a songwriter, he wrote What Becomes of the Broken Hearted.

•Toto - The group that most people remember for hits like Rosanna and Africa was actually made up of some highly in-demand studio musicians. David Paich, Steve Lukather, Bobby Kimball, Steve Porcaro, David Hungate and Jeff Porcaro played on hundreds of albums during the seventies before coming together to form the hitmaking powerhouse.

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