Weldon Myrick

Weldon Myrick (born Weldon Merle Myrick; April 10, 1938 – June 2, 2014) was an American steel guitar player.^[1]

Myrick was born in Jayton, Texas. His debut came in 1964, when he played on the #1 country hit "Once a Day" by Connie Smith. She would call Myrick "the guy who was responsible for creating the Connie Smith sound."^[2]

In the late 1960s, he joined Bobby Thompson and Charlie McCoy to form Area Code 615.^[3][4]

He was also a member of the group of session musicians in the Nashville, Tennessee-based group The Nashville A-Team. They backed many singers, including Eddy Arnold, Jim Reeves, Bob Dylan, Gary Stewart, Moon Mullican, and Jerry Lee Lewis.

He died in 2014, at the age of 76, after suffering a stroke.^[5][6]

Area Code 615 discography

• Area Code 615, 1969
• Trip in the Country, 1970

Discography as a session player

* "Connie Smith (1965 album)", Connie Smith, 1965

• Browns Sing the Big Ones from Country, The Browns, 1967
• Make Mine Country, Charley Pride, 1968
• Wildweeds, Wildweeds, 1970
• Come from the Shadows, Joan Baez, 1972
• Home Free, Dan Fogelberg, 1972
• Jesus Was a Capricorn, Kris Kristofferson, 1972
• Linda Ronstadt, Linda Ronstadt, 1972
• Dennis Linde, Dennis Linde, 1973
• Drift Away, Dobie Gray, 1973
• Tom Jans, Tom Jans, 1974
• Superpickers, Chet Atkins, 1974
• That's A Plenty, The Pointer Sisters, 1974
• Breakaway, Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge, 1974
• Tattoo, David Allan Coe, 1977
• From a Radio Engine to the Photon Wing, Michael Nesmith, 1977
• Family Album, David Allan Coe, 1978
• Three on the Trail, Riders in the Sky, 1979
• The Champ, Moe Bandy, 1980
• Feel the Fire, Reba McEntire, 1980
• The Baron, Johnny Cash, 1981
• Heart to Heart, Reba McEntire, 1981
• One of a Kind, Moe Bandy, 1982
• Unlimited, Reba McEntire, 1982
• Bobbie Sue, The Oak Ridge Boys, 1982
• #8, J.J.Cale, 1983
• Somebody's Gonna Love You, Lee Greenwood, 1983
• Behind the Scene, Reba McEntire, 1983
• Just a Little Love, Reba McEntire, 1984
• Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind, George Strait, 1984
• Have I Got a Deal for You, Reba McEntire, 1985
• Just a Woman, Loretta Lynn, 1985
• Paper Roses, Marie Osmond, 1973
• In My Little Corner of the World, Marie Osmond, 1974
• Who's Sorry Now, Marie Osmond, 1975
• Whoever's in New England, Reba McEntire, 1986
• Who Was That Stranger, Loretta Lynn, 1988
• At This Moment, Neal McCoy, 1990
• Here in the Real World, Alan Jackson, 1990
• Greatest Hits, Vol. 3, Ronnie Milsap, 1991
• You've Got to Stand for Something, Aaron Tippin, 1991
• Maybe the Moon Will Shine, Marsha Thornton, 1991
• Western Underground, Chris LeDoux, 1991
• A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love), Alan Jackson, 1992
• In This Life, Collin Raye, 1992
• Delta Dreamland, Deborah Allen, 1993
• Honky Tonk Angels, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, and Tammy Wynette, 1993
• If Only My Heart Had a Voice, Kenny Rogers, 1993