Tom Gray
Tom Gray teaching at the DC Bass Strummit in McLean, VA.
Background information
Born	(1941-02-01) February 1, 1941 (age 83) Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genres	Bluegrass music
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Bass

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]

Discography

As a member of The Country Gentlemen

• 1961: Folk Songs & Bluegrass (Folkways)
• 1962: Bluegrass at Carnegie Hall (Starday)
• 1963: On the Road (Folkways)
• 1963: Hootenanny (Design)
• 1963: Folk Session Inside (Design)
• 1964: Nashville Jail (Copper Creek) released 1990
• 1989: Classic Country Gents Reunion (Sugar Hill)

As a member of The Seldom Scene

• 1972: Act I (Rebel)
• 1973: Act 2 (Rebel)
• 1973: Act III (Rebel)
• 1974: Old Train (Rebel)
• 1975: Live at The Cellar Door (Rebel)
• 1976: The New Seldom Scene Album (Rebel)
• 1978: Baptizing (Rebel)
• 1979: Act Four (Sugar Hill)
• 1981: After Midnight (Sugar Hill)
• 1983: At the Scene (Sugar Hill)
• 1985: Blue Ridge (Sugar Hill) with Jonathan Edwards
• 1986: 15th Anniversary Celebration (Sugar Hill)
• 2014: Long Time...Seldom Scene (Smithsonian Folkways)

Also appears on

• 1968: Emerson and Waldron - New Shades of Grass (Rebel)
• 1972: Mike Auldridge - Dobro (Takoma)
• 1973: Jim Eanes and the New World Bluegrass Band - The New World Of Bluegrass (Folly)
• 1974: Mike Auldridge - Blues And Blue Grass (Takoma)
• 1974: Charlie Cline - Country Dobro (Adelphi)
• 1974: The Country Grass - Livin' Free (Rebel)
• 1975: Bill Clifton - Going Back To Dixie (Bear Family)
• 1975: Mike O'Roark and the Free Born Men - Pickin' With Feelin' (King Bluegrass)
• 1975: Tony Rice - California Autumn (Rebel)
• 1975: Ricky Skaggs - That's It (Rebel)
• 1976: Bill Keith - Something Auld, Something Newgrass, Something Borrowed, Something Bluegrass (Rounder)
• 1976: Bill Clifton And Red Rector - Another Happy Day (County)
• 1977: Jimmy Arnold - Guitar (Rebel)
• 1977: Bryan Bowers - The View From Home (Flying Fish)
• 1977: Jaime Brockett - North Mountain Velvet (Adelphi)
• 1978: Jerry Stuart and the Green Valley Ramblers- Rocky Run (County)
• 1978: Fred Geiger - Fred Geiger (Ridge Runner)
• 1980: Bryan Bowers - Home, Home On The Road (Flying Fish)
• 1980: The Ladies Choice Bluegrass Band - First Choice (Boot)
• 1980: Peter Rowan - Medicine Trail (Flying Fish)
• 1980: John Starling - Long Time Gone (Sugar Hill)
• 1982: Mike Auldridge - Eight String Swing (Sugar Hill)
• 1983: John McCutcheon - Howjadoo (Rounder)
• 1983: Phil Rosenthal - A Matter of Time (Sierra Records)
• 1988: Paul Adkins and the Borderline Band - Lay It On The Line (Old Homestead)
• 1989: Bill Emerson and Pete Goble - Dixie In My Eye (Webco)
• 2007: John Starling and Carolina Star - Slidin' Home's (Rebel)