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class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; font-size: 125%;"><div class="">Emory Gordy Jr.</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Emory_Gordy_Jr.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Emory Gordy Jr., Grand Ole Opry, 2007"><img alt="Emory Gordy Jr., Grand Ole Opry, 2007" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Emory_Gordy_Jr.jpg/220px-Emory_Gordy_Jr.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="314" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Emory_Gordy_Jr.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="226" data-file-height="323" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Emory Gordy Jr., <i><a href="/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry" title="Grand Ole Opry">Grand Ole Opry</a></i>, 2007</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Emory Lee Gordy Jr.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1944-12-25</span>) </span>December 25, 1944<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 79)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta, Georgia">Atlanta, Georgia</a>, United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Record producer, musician</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instrument(s)</th><td class="infobox-data note">Bass guitar, upright bass</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1964–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly of</th><td class="infobox-data">The Hot Band</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Spouse</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Patty_Loveless" title="Patty Loveless">Patty Loveless</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1989)<wbr /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Emory Lee Gordy Jr.</b> (born December 25, 1944) is an American musician, songwriter and music producer. A former member of <a href="/wiki/Emmylou_Harris" title="Emmylou Harris">Emmylou Harris</a>' backing band The Hot Band, he is best known for his association with country singer <a href="/wiki/Patty_Loveless" title="Patty Loveless">Patty Loveless</a>, to whom he has been married since 1989. Gordy has produced and played bass guitar on nearly all of her albums, in addition to producing albums by <a href="/wiki/Steve_Earle" title="Steve Earle">Steve Earle</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Alabama_(band)" title="Alabama (band)">Alabama</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emory_Gordy_Jr.&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gordy started his musical education by age four at the piano. At six he had begun to tackle the trumpet and would soon learn the banjo, euphonium, guitar, and ukulele. In high school Gordy divided his time and talents between string bands, Dixieland bands, and a top 40 garage band, honing his musical skills and learning to arrange music. After graduation, he continued his musical studies at Middle Georgia State University and later Georgia State University, performing French horn in the concert band.<sup id="cite_ref-CMM_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CMM-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emory_Gordy_Jr.&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years">Early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emory_Gordy_Jr.&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gordy began his career as a studio musician in Atlanta in 1964 when he was asked to fill in during a performance by <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Roe" title="Tommy Roe">Tommy Roe</a> at a local concert. A week later he got the proverbial phone call; on the other end of the line was <a href="/wiki/Joe_South" title="Joe South">Joe South</a>, an Atlanta-based record producer who had covered Roe on guitar alongside Gordy the week before. Soon Gordy was working alongside Roe, <a href="/wiki/Mac_Davis" title="Mac Davis">Mac Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Tams" title="The Tams">The Tams</a> and <a href="/wiki/Freddy_Weller" title="Freddy Weller">Freddy Weller</a>, as well as touring with <a href="/wiki/Lou_Christie" title="Lou Christie">Lou Christie</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Billy_Joe_Royal" title="Billy Joe Royal">Billy Joe Royal</a>. With <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Buie" title="Buddy Buie">Buddy Buie</a> and <a href="/wiki/J._R._Cobb" title="J. R. Cobb">J.R. Cobb</a>, he is a co-writer on the <a href="/wiki/Classics_IV" title="Classics IV">Classics IV</a> hit "<i>Traces</i>", listed as number 32 in BMI's Top 100 Songs of the Century.<sup id="cite_ref-CMM_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CMM-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EPL_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EPL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also arranged <a href="/wiki/Roy_Orbison" title="Roy Orbison">Roy Orbison</a>'s "<i>Walk On</i>" and <a href="/wiki/The_Winstons" title="The Winstons">The Winston's</a> "<i><a href="/wiki/Color_Him_Father" title="Color Him Father">Color Him Father</a></i>". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Musician/touring"><span id="Musician.2Ftouring"></span>Musician/touring</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emory_Gordy_Jr.&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Musician/touring"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gordy moved to Los Angeles in early 1970 and continued working as a studio musician. Along with the studio work, he supplemented with engineering and production work for <a href="/wiki/Debbie_Reynolds" title="Debbie Reynolds">Debbie Reynolds</a> and <a href="/wiki/Liberace" title="Liberace">Liberace</a>. In 1971, he had the opportunity to tour as a bass player with <a href="/wiki/Neil_Diamond" title="Neil Diamond">Neil Diamond</a> and played multiple instruments (including guitar, mandolin, percussion, and vibes) in the recording sessions that led up to Diamond's million-selling <i><a href="/wiki/Hot_August_Night" title="Hot August Night">Hot August Night</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-CMM_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CMM-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EPL_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EPL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GP_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GP-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1972, Gordy worked with <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a>, playing bass on <i><a href="/wiki/Separate_Ways_(Elvis_Presley_album)" title="Separate Ways (Elvis Presley album)">Separate Ways</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Burning_Love" title="Burning Love">Burning Love</a></i>. He toured with Presley in 1973, playing bass for Elvis Presley's <a href="/wiki/TCB_Band" title="TCB Band">TCB Band</a>. Later, along with fellow Presley band members <a href="/wiki/James_Burton" title="James Burton">James Burton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glen_D._Hardin" class="mw-redirect" title="Glen D. Hardin">Glen D. Hardin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Tutt" class="mw-redirect" title="Ronnie Tutt">Ronnie Tutt</a>, he accompanied <a href="/wiki/Gram_Parsons" title="Gram Parsons">Gram Parsons</a> and <a href="/wiki/Emmylou_Harris" title="Emmylou Harris">Emmylou Harris</a> on Parson's <i><a href="/wiki/Grievous_Angel" title="Grievous Angel">Grievous Angel</a></i> album, released the year after Parsons's untimely death in 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-CMM_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CMM-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EPL_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EPL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GP_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GP-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the mid-1970s, he was an original member of Emmylou Harris's <a href="/wiki/Hot_Band_(Emmylou_Harris_backing_band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot Band (Emmylou Harris backing band)">Hot Band</a> along with <a href="/wiki/James_Burton" title="James Burton">James Burton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glen_Hardin" title="Glen Hardin">Glen D. Hardin</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Ware_(musician)" title="John Ware (musician)">John Ware</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rodney_Crowell" title="Rodney Crowell">Rodney Crowell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hank_DeVito" title="Hank DeVito">Hank Devito</a>. Remaining with Harris until 1977, Gordy continued to get calls from L.A. studios, where he played bass on projects by <a href="/wiki/The_Bellamy_Brothers" title="The Bellamy Brothers">The Bellamy Brothers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Joel" title="Billy Joel">Billy Joel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tom_Petty" title="Tom Petty">Tom Petty</a>. Gordy would go on to play in Rodney Crowell and <a href="/wiki/Rosanne_Cash" title="Rosanne Cash">Rosanne Cash</a>’s supergroup, <a href="/wiki/The_Cherry_Bombs" class="mw-redirect" title="The Cherry Bombs">The Cherry Bombs</a>, alongside other soon-to-be Nashville luminaries: guitarist <a href="/wiki/Richard_Bennett_(guitarist)" title="Richard Bennett (guitarist)">Richard Bennett</a>, keyboard player <a href="/wiki/Tony_Brown_(record_producer)" title="Tony Brown (record producer)">Tony Brown</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vince_Gill" title="Vince Gill">Vince Gill</a> on guitar.<sup id="cite_ref-CMM_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CMM-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EPL_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EPL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GP_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GP-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1979 he joined <a href="/wiki/John_Denver" title="John Denver">John Denver</a>’s band, touring the U.S., Australia and Europe and later composing the bass tracks for two of Denver’s albums. </p><p>Gordy played on <a href="/wiki/Phil_Seymour" title="Phil Seymour">Phil Seymour</a>'s 1981 self-titled debut solo album for <a href="/wiki/Boardwalk_Records" title="Boardwalk Records">Boardwalk Records</a>, including the hit single "<a href="/wiki/Precious_to_Me" class="mw-redirect" title="Precious to Me">Precious to Me</a>". Gordy credits that involvement with <a href="/wiki/Shelter_Records" title="Shelter Records">Shelter Records</a> and its owner <a href="/wiki/Denny_Cordell" title="Denny Cordell">Denny Cordell</a> as a meaningful introduction to the rock genre. </p><p>In 1986, Gordy was one of several musicians who backed Nanci Griffith as she showcased tracks from her 'Lone Star State Of Mind' album on The Nashville Network TV show 'New Country'. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Studio_producer">Studio producer</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emory_Gordy_Jr.&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Studio producer"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pivoting from major touring in 1983, Gordy became a staff producer at <a href="/wiki/MCA_Records" title="MCA Records">MCA Records</a> Nashville, where he co-produced <a href="/wiki/Steve_Earle" title="Steve Earle">Steve Earle</a>'s seminal releases <i><a href="/wiki/Exit_0_(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Exit 0 (album)">Exit 0</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Guitar_Town" title="Guitar Town">Guitar Town</a></i> with <a href="/wiki/Tony_Brown_(record_producer)" title="Tony Brown (record producer)">Tony Brown</a>. Gordy also produced <a href="/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones'</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Walls_Can_Fall" title="Walls Can Fall">Walls Can Fall</a></i> , which won the CMA Vocal Event of the Year for <i><a href="/wiki/I_Don%27t_Need_Your_Rockin%27_Chair" title="I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair">I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Monroe" title="Bill Monroe">Bill Monroe's</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Southern_Flavor" title="Southern Flavor">Southern Flavor</a></i>, winning the first Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album and artists <a href="/wiki/Nicolette_Larson" title="Nicolette Larson">Nicolette Larson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Riders_in_the_Sky_(band)" title="Riders in the Sky (band)">Rider's In the Sky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brenda_Lee" title="Brenda Lee">Brenda Lee</a> and his future wife, <a href="/wiki/Patty_Loveless" title="Patty Loveless">Patty Loveless</a>. Leaving MCA Records for independent production, Gordy produced <a href="/wiki/Alabama_(band)" title="Alabama (band)">Alabama's</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/In_Pictures" title="In Pictures">In Pictures</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christmas_Vol._II" title="Christmas Vol. II">Christmas Vol. II</a></i>, Vince Gill's <i><a href="/wiki/Turn_Me_Loose_(Vince_Gill_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Turn Me Loose (Vince Gill album)">Turn Me Loose</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Things_That_Matter" title="The Things That Matter">The Things That Matter</a></i>, and <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Tippin" title="Aaron Tippin">Aaron Tippin's</a> <i><a href="/wiki/You%27ve_Got_to_Stand_for_Something" title="You've Got to Stand for Something">You've Got To Stand For Something</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Read_Between_the_Lines_(Aaron_Tippin_album)" title="Read Between the Lines (Aaron Tippin album)">Read Between the Lines</a> for</i> <a href="/wiki/RCA_Records" title="RCA Records">RCA Records</a><i>.</i> Other notable productions include <a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Dale_Gilmore" title="Jimmie Dale Gilmore">Jimmie Dale Gilmore's</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Spinning_Around_the_Sun" title="Spinning Around the Sun">Spinning Around The Sun</a></i> for <a href="/wiki/Elektra_Records" title="Elektra Records">Elektra Records</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delbert_McClinton" title="Delbert McClinton">Delbert McClinton's</a> <i>One Of the Fortunate Few</i> for Rising Tide Records and <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Camp_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shawn Camp (musician)">Shawn Camp's</a> <i>1995</i> for Warner Bros. Records. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_activities">Current activities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emory_Gordy_Jr.&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Current activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Active until the mid-2000s, today Gordy is now in semi-retirement and spends most of his time at his home northwest of Atlanta. He still writes, occasionally travels to Nashville as a studio musician for one of his friends, engineers vocals at his home studio, and is seen playing guitar at most of his wife's yearly Nashville appearances at the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry" title="Grand Ole Opry">Grand Ole Opry</a>. He is also an avid ham radio operator and third degree black belt in Karate.<sup id="cite_ref-EPL_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EPL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gordy was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Music_Hall_of_Fame" title="Georgia Music Hall of Fame">Georgia Music Hall of Fame</a> in 1992. His wife, Patty Loveless joined him in the GMHOF in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gordy was named the first Alumni of the Year for Middle Georgia State University in 2015. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emory_Gordy_Jr.&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-CMM-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CMM_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CMM_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CMM_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CMM_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CMM_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Country Music, October 1993, p. 10; 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