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    • May 1, 1894
    Sam McGee is born in Williamson County, Tennessee. He forms a duo with brother Kirk, blending country, folk and blues in a six-decade Grand Ole Opry career. They also inspire Garrison Keillor to start his "Prairie Home Companion" radio show
    Nov 4, 1899
    Kirk McGee is born in Tennessee's Williamson County. Teaming with older sibling Sam McGee, the McGee Brothers play guitar behind Uncle Dave Macon and become regulars on the Grand Ole Opry from the mid-1920s until Sam's death in 1975
    Dec 24, 1927
    Guitarist Sam McGee makes his first appearance in listings for the Grand Ole Opry
    Jul 26, 1928
    Uncle Dave Macon & Sam McGee record "Comin' Round The Mountain" in Chicago. The cut will be used in the second episode of the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
    Jan 14, 1939
    Comedy duo Sarie & Sally and the trio The Dixieliners, including Sam and Kirk McGee, perform on the Grand Ole Opry for the last time at the Dixie Tabernacle on Fatherland Drive in Nashville
    Aug 21, 1975
    Sam McGee dies in a farming accident, run over by a tractor while bailing hay on his property in Franklin, Tennessee. The guitarist and banjo player earned acclaim as a sideman for Uncle Dave Macon, and, alongside his brother Kirk, played the Grand Ole Opry from the 1920s until his death
    Oct 24, 1983
    Guitarist Kirk McGee dies. Teamed with older brother Sam McGee, The McGee Brothers accompanied Uncle Dave Macon and were Grand Ole Opry mainstays from the mid-1920s until Sam's death in 1975
    Sep 16, 2019
    A pair of Uncle Dave Macon recordings are used in episode two of the PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns": "Way Down The Old Plank Road" and the Sam McGee collaboration "Comin' Round The Mountain"
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