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    • Oct 7, 1931
    Fiddler Gordon Terry is born in Decatur, Alabama. He racks up credits with Bill Monroe, Faron Young and Johnny Cash, and performs on a Bob Wills tribute album recorded by Merle Haggard. He also appears in the movie "Honkytonk Man"
    Mar 3, 1954
    Fiddler Gordon Terry and his wife, Virginia, have a daughter, Ronda Gayle Terry
    Sep 16, 1955
    Bill Monroe holds a recording session in Nashville using three fiddlers: Vassar Clements, Bobby Hicks and Gordon Terry. It marks the first of 31 sessions in which he employs his mistress, Bessie Lee Mauldin, on bass
    Feb 10, 1956
    The movie "Hidden Guns" makes its world premiere at Indianapolis' Lyric Theatre. It marks Faron Young's first on-screen appearance, giving him his nickname, "The Young Sheriff." Also making a cameo role: fiddler Gordon Terry
    Jun 1, 1962
    "Night Rider," a half-hour TV movie, is broadcast with roles for Johnny Cash, Wesley Tuttle, Merle Travis, Johnny Western, Eddie Dean and fiddler Gordon Terry
    Jun 15, 1962
    Johnny Cash tops a bill at the prestigious Hollywood Bowl with Patsy Cline, George Jones, The Carter Family, Johnny Western, Merle Travis, Gene Autry, Gordon Terry, Roger Miller, Flatt & Scruggs, Stuart Hamblen, Don Gibson and Leroy Van Dyke
    Mar 25, 1970
    Waylon Jennings plays "Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line" and "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" with Jessi Colter on piano during ABC-TV's "The Johnny Cash Show." Guests also include Gordon Terry and Jackie DeShannon, who does "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight". Actor Michael Parks and Cash cover "Oklahoma Hills"
    Dec 2, 1982
    The movie "Honkytonk Man" premieres in Nashville, with appearances by Ray Price, David Frizzell & Shelly West, Porter Wagoner, Gordon Terry, Tommy Allsup, Merle Travis and fiddler Johnny Gimble, who portrays his former Texas Playboy boss, Bob Wills
    Apr 9, 2006
    Fiddler Gordon Terry dies at his daughter's home in Spring Hill, Tennessee, after battling diabetes. Noted for his work with Bill Monroe, Johnny Cash, Faron Young and others, he also had an on-screen role in the Clint Eastwood picture "Honkytonk Man"
    Apr 12, 2006
    Marty Stuart plays guitar during the funeral for fiddler Gordon Terry, backing Terry's 13-year-old grandson on "Faded Love" at the Trinity Baptist Church in Trinity, Alabama. Connie Smith also performs at the service, attended by Barbara Mandrell
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