Doyle Grisham - The Biography
Doyle Grisham
Biography
The Nashville Years ~ Continued
In 1986, I was honored to have been chosen as one of the five finalists for Instrumentalist Of The Year during the Country Music Association awards for that year. Although I did not have any instrumental albums of my own on the market, the category was open to musicians that had played on the top Country albums during the past year or so.
During the last few years I have been getting into doing some projects in the production area. I enjoy this very much as it gives me the opportunity to take original material and adjust it to match an individual artist's style.
One of the most interesting projects I have had the pleasure to play on in recent years was the recording sessions for the duet album Randy Travis was doing with several of the top artists in the music world.
Some of the artists appearing on the album with Randy Travis were:
Roy Rogers, Tammy Wynette, Chet Atkins, Dolly Parton, Vern Gosdin, Kris Kristofferson, B.B. King, Willie Nelson, George Jones, Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty, and Clint Eastwood.
Another highlight in my musical career, around 1988, was in working for the late Pete Drake, a world respected studio steel guitar player and record producer. While working with Pete, I did some work as a musician, but mainly worked as his studio engineer. During this period, I enjoyed doing the mixes for one of Ernest Tubb's duet albums that included several well-known traditional country artists singing with Ernest.
During the past few years, I have continued to divide my time up between being a studio musician and engineer, some record production, and a little traveling, playing in the bands of Lynn Anderson, Jim Glaser, and sometimes Johnny Duncan.
Starting in May of 1999, I began touring with the Jimmy Buffett Show. I had recorded several albums with Jimmy Buffett over the last 25 years and in February of 1999, Jimmy called me back to do another album with him, that being “Beach House On The Moon”. About a month or so after we completed the recording of the album, Jimmy called me and asked if I would be interested in doing some shows with him and his band, The Coral Reefers, and I gladly accepted his offer. It has been a lot of fun and a great experience.
Toward the end of last year, 2001, I started doing some show dates of my own, along with our band, “The Bandits”. We plan on playing several shows a year, mostly for corporations, seminars, etc.
During the past few years I have been honored to be asked to come and play at events for several of the Parrot Head Organizations across the country. The Parrot Head Organizations support the Jimmy Buffett style of music and hold their events to raise money for many worthwhile Charities .
In May of 2002, I was honored by being inducted into the Texas Steel Guitar Hall Of Fame.
For the past 16 years, I have been touring with The Jimmy Buffett Show, along with continuing to do recording sessions in Nashville, as well as at my home studio, while still being asked to play at many Parrot Head Organizations’ events during the year.