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  • May 25, 1931
    Fiddler Jimmy Belkin is born in Dallas, Texas. As a member of Merle Haggard's band, The Strangers, he plays on "Yesterday's Wine," "Big City" and "Are The Good Times Really Over (I Wish A Buck Was Still Silver)"
    May 20, 1983
    Merle Haggard and two members of The Strangers, Jimmy Belkin and Don Markham, are arrested for drinking on stage at the Asheville Civic Center in North Carolina. The venue has no liquor license
    Aug 19, 2000
    Fiddler Jimmy Belkin dies of liver cancer. A longtime member of Merle Haggard's band, The Strangers, Belkin's work included the recordings "My Favorite Memory," "Big City" and the George Jones duet "Yesterday's Wine"

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