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    • Jun 6, 2001
    Light Crust Doughboys guitarist Marvin Montgomery dies of leukemia in Dallas. He co-wrote the western swing band's "Pussy, Pussy, Pussy," hailed among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
    Jun 17, 2001
    Western-swing guitarist Bob Kiser dies at his home in Purcell, Oklahoma. He played with Johnnie Lee Wills and Leon McAuliffe, participating in McAuliffe's 1949 recording of "Panhandle Rag"
    Oct 9, 2001
    Drummer William "Smokey" Dacus dies at the Kellmark Nursing Center in Rogers, Arkansas. A member of Bob Wills' original Texas Playboys from 1935-1940, he played on "San Antonio Rose" and "Maiden's Prayer," among others
    Oct 19, 2001
    The Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame officially inducts western-swing acts Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Johnnie Lee Wills, Luke Wills and Billy Jack Wills during a ceremony at the Muskogee Civic Center
    Nov 30, 2001
    Former Texas Playboys Leon Rausch and Herb Remington sit in with Asleep At The Wheel during a concert at the Country Music Hall of Fame's John Ford Theater
    Apr 6, 2002
    Bass player Nathan "Ted" Adams dies in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was a member of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys in 1944 and '45, appearing on "Roly-Poly," "Stay A Little Longer" and "Texas Playboy Rag"
    Oct 26, 2002
    Tex Ritter and Bob Wills are entered into the Texas Trail of Fame in Fort Worth
    May 7, 2003
    Asleep at the Wheel founder Ray Benson is named the Texas State Musician for 2004 by the legislature in Austin
    Jun 7, 2003
    Drummer Tommy Perkins, of the Texas Playboys, dies in Lawton, Oklahoma, from head injuries suffered in a car accident on his way home from a concert in Wichita Falls, Texas. Perkins appeared on the Bob Wills classic "Faded Love"
    Mar 3, 2005
    The musical production "A Ride With Bob: From Austin To Tulsa" debuts in Austin. Written by Asleep At The Wheel's Ray Benson, the Bob Wills tribute runs through March 6, the 100th anniversary of Wills' birth. It features Texas Playboy Jody Nix



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