Lloyd Lamar Green (born October 4, 1937) is an American steel guitarist noted for his extensive country music recording session career in Nashville performing on 116 No.1 country hits including Tammy Wynette's “D-I-V-O-R-C-E” (1968), Charlie Rich's “Behind Closed Doors” (1973), The Oak Ridge Boys’ “Elvira” (1981), and Alan Jackson's “Remember When” (2003).

In a career beginning in the mid 1960s and spanning a quarter-century, Green performed on more than 5000 recordings helping to create hits for scores of artists such as Charley Pride, The Byrds, Johnny Cash, The Monkees, Don Williams, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, and many others.

[1] His 1968 performance on the Byrds' landmark album Sweetheart of the Rodeo, influenced generations of non-mainstream country guitarists.

[5] About that time he received his first electric Hawaiian guitar (lap steel), a Rickenbacker Bakelite with an Oahu amplifier.

Green said, "While in school, I was playing around Mississippi with Justin Tubb, the Wilburn Brothers, the Browns, Hank Locklin.

It really whetted my appetite.”[5] In 1956 at age 19, he shocked his parents[5] when he decided to take a year off college and move to Nashville to pursue music.

[3]: 183  A few months after the move, he met his future wife Dot Edwards from Columbia, Tennessee and they were married in 1957.

[4] He soon played steel guitar on his first session, George Jones' "Too Much Water" recorded in the newly opened RCA Studio in Nashville.

He said, "...the first week I was there, Slim Williamson, who owned Chart Records, hired me for a demo and master session.

[5] Green was an unknown outsider at the time and Bradley wanted Pete Drake, who was a veteran studio player.

"[5] Moore's positive sentiment was not unanimous– Bradley was not convinced and guitarist Grady Martin issued a one-word expletive.

A partial list includes Faron Young, Freddie Hart, the Byrds, Charley Pride, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Dolly Parton, Ricky Skaggs, T.G.

[10] He turned down a U.S. tour with McCartney due to the fact that he didn't want to lose work in Nashville.

[4] His 1968 performance on the Byrds' landmark album Sweetheart of the Rodeo, made the biggest impact on the overall American music audience[7]: 13  and influenced generations of non-mainstream country guitarists.

[7]: 11  On the album, Green was featured on You Ain't Goin' Nowhere, Hickory Wind, Nothing Was Delivered, and "One Hundred Years from Now".

[7]: 11  Part of the reason was that Gram Parsons assured the presenter that he would sing a couple of Merle Haggard tunes, but then instead inserted one of his own songs, "Hickory Wind".

[6]: 13  After a few years the problem resolved and he tried to return to session work after a 15-year hiatus but younger players and different styles had evolved and producers and record labels would not hire him.

It was basically a traditional guitar usually made for Oahu by Kay or Harmony, modified with an adapter to raise the strings so it could be played "Hawaiian style" across the knees using a steel.

[5] He owned a 1943 Dobro square neck (serial number A–147) given to him by Hank Williams Jr. during a recording session in 1969.