Jerry Kennedy, Who Helped Define Music in Nashville, Dies at 85

Jerry Kennedy, Nashville Producer and Guitarist for Tammy Wynette and Roy Orbison, Dies at 85

“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 tributeJerry Kennedy poses for a portrait at the Mercury Records studio Michael Ochs Archive/GettyNEED TO KNOWJerry Kennedy, a Nashville producer who also played guitar for Tammy Wynette and Roy Orbison, has died at age 85The late musician spent a few weeks in a Franklin…

Jerry Kennedy, Who Helped Define Music in Nashville, Dies at 85

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 Miller, Roy Orbison, Tom T. Hall and Tammy…