Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Legendary guitar player and producer Jerry Kennedy, whose fretwork is heard on Roy Orbison's "Oh Pretty Woman" among other hit ...

The late musician spent a few weeks in a Franklin comfort center before he died after being diagnosed with congestive heart failure, according to his son, Gordon Kennedy “You just have to turn on the ...

On February 11, famed musician Jerry Kennedy sadly passed away in Nashville at the age of 85. While friends and family mourned his death, the music industry took a moment to highlight his career. At a ...

Jerry Kennedy, a guitarist, producer and record executive who had a major hand in shaping the music being made in Nashville, Tennessee, in the 1960s and '70s, including chart-topping hits by Roger ...

The country music world has lost another legendary figure as musician and producer Jerry Kennedy has died. He was 85. The Country Music Hall of Fame shared a statement about his death from CEO Kyle ...

Jerry William Kennedy, 82, passed away peacefully at his home on January 6, 2026, surrounded by his family, after a three-month fight with cancer. Beloved father, proud grandfather, caring brother, ...

Jerry Kennedy, a Nashville producer who also played guitar for Tammy Wynette and Roy Orbison, has died. He was 85. “The musician sits on one side of the glass. The producer sits on the other. My ...

“I imagine my father sitting on this side and last Wednesday, hearing a voice on the other side saying ‘come on in and listen,’ ” the late musician’s son wrote in a social media tribute Desiree Anello ...

Jerry Kennedy, a session guitarist whose riffs are some of the most recognizable in country music history, has died, according to a statement from the Country Music Hall of Fame. He was 85 years old.