Don't Worry (Marty Robbins song)

The track has an early example of guitar distortion. A faulty channel in the mixing desk at Nashville's Quonset Hut Studio unexpectedly transformed session musician Grady Martin's Danelectro six-string baritone guitar tone in the bridge section and brief reprise right at the end into an unusual distorted sound.^[3] Although Martin did not like the sound, Robbins' producer left the guitar track as it was.^[4][5][6] The effect was eventually reverse-engineered and developed into the Maestro FZ-1 Fuzz-Tone, one of the first guitar pedals, produced by Gibson under the Maestro brand name.

In a 1968 report on sound effects in pop for Beat Instrumental, Crotus Pike believed the effect to be a result of the guitar being "played at a half speed", describing the resulting solo break as exhibiting "the tones of a rich, deep cello–a beautiful sound which no doubt attracted many buyers." He wrote that the effect was the opposite of the use of sped-up instrument solos used in other songs, such as Alan Price Set's "The House That Jack Built" and John Lee Hooker's "Walking the Boogie".^[7]

• The song was covered by Holly Dunn on her 1990 album, Heart Full of Love.
• The song was covered by LeAnn Rimes on her 1999 album, LeAnn Rimes.
• The song was covered by Jimmie Dale Gilmore on his 2005 album, Come on Back.

• Don't Worry – Marty Robbins – 1961 on YouTube