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    • Mar 10, 1938
    Singer/songwriter/musician Norman Blake is born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. An adept folk and acoustic player, he tours as a sideman with Johnny Cash, performing on a number of his hits, including "Understand Your Man" and "What Is Truth"
    Jun 11, 1952
    Multi-instrumentalist Nancy Short is born in Independence, Missouri. Following her marriage to folk artist Norman Blake, she's known as Nancy Blake, appearing on the Grammy-winning "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack
    Dec 30, 1970
    Kris Kristofferson performs at the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York with Ian & Sylvia. His band includes Billy Swan, Donnie Fritts and Norman Blake, plus The Lovin' Spoonful's Zal Yanovsky
    Jan 7, 1971
    Joan Baez records Robbie Robertson's "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" at Nashville's Quadraphonic Studios, using Music City musicians Kenny Buttrey, Pete Wade, Norbert Putnam, Norman Blake and David Briggs
    Aug 12, 1971
    Earl Scruggs holds an all-star recording session in Nashville, recording "I Saw The Light" with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Linda Ronstadt, plus Gary, Steve and Randy Scruggs; Vassar Clements; and Norman Blake
    Aug 13, 1971
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band enlists Randy Scruggs, Vassar Clements, Norman Blake and Junior Huskey to record at Nashville's Woodland Sound Studio for the album "Will The Circle Be Unbroken." They cut "Togary Mountain" and "Honky Tonkin'"
    Oct 2, 1972
    United Artists releases The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's album "Will The Circle Be Unbroken." The project features Roy Acuff, Jimmy Martin, Maybelle Carter, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Merle Travis, Vassar Clements, Junior Huskey, Norman Blake and Bashful Brother Oswald
    May 25, 1973
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band earns its first gold album from the RIAA, for "Will The Circle Be Unbroken." The two-record set features guests Maybelle Carter, Roy Acuff, Jimmy Martin, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Merle Travis, Vassar Clements, Norman Blake, Junior Huskey and Bashful Brother Oswald
    Dec 5, 2000
    Lost Highway releases the soundtrack to "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" Among the artists featured: Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Dan Tyminski, The Whites, Gillian Welch, John Hartford, Ralph Stanley, The Cox Family and Norman Blake
    Feb 9, 2001
    The T Bone Burnett-produced soundtrack to "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" is certified gold by the RIAA. Artists featured include Alison Krauss, The Soggy Bottom Boys, Emmylou Harris, John Hartford, Ralph Stanley, Harry McClintock, The Whites, The Peasall Sisters and Norman Blake
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