Biography
Emory Gordy, Jr., born December 25, 1944, in Atlanta, Georgia, is a Grammy Award- winning musician and music producer. Since 1989, he has been married to country music artist Patty Loveless. Gordy was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 1992. His wife joined him in the Hall of Fame in 2005.
Emory joined the Elvis Presley TCB Band in 1973 and can be heard on many of Elvis' recordings from that era. He was a member of both Rodney Crowell’s band The Notorious Cherry Bombs and Emmylou Harris’ “The Hot Band.”
Began as bass player in Atlanta, GA, studios, 1964; worked as a studio musician, Los Angeles, CA, beginning 1970; toured and recorded with Neil Diamond, 1971; toured with Elvis Presley, 1973; joined Emmylou Harris and her Hot Band, 1974-77; played with The Cherry Bombs, 1977-79 and 1981-82; toured and recorded with John Denver, 1979-81; recorded with J.J. Cale on his 1980 album, 'Shades'; worked as a session musician and independent record producer for such artists as the Bellamy Brothers, Vince Gill, and Earl Thomas Conley, Nashville, TN, beginning 1982. Co-Produced Steve Earle's Exit O and Guitar Town records with Tony Brown, also Alabama, George Jones and Bill Monroe. Won CMA Album of the Year in 1995 for "Fallen Angels" with his wife Patty Loveless. As a songwriter, is a co-writer of "Traces Of Love" (Classics IV) and Cheap Whiskey (Martina McBride).
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