Buddy Harman

Nashville-born session drummer Buddy Harman has been around country music so long that he actually pre-dates the time when drums were even used on country records. In fact, it was Harman who formed the foundation from which subsequent Nashville drummers built upon. The longtime studio ace is recognized by the Country Music Hall of Fame as being among the small handful of musicians who pioneered the "Nashville Sound." Following in his mother's footsteps, Harman took up the drums before he was in his teens and, after a stint in the military, studied percussion in Chicago under...