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    • Oct 31, 1937
    Folk singer/songwriter Tom Paxton is born in Chicago, Illinois. He writes "The Last Thing On My Mind," a 1965 recording that's remade two years later in the first session that pairs Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton
    May 16, 1966
    Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs record Tom Paxton's "The Last Thing On My Mind," destined to become a hit for Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton, at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville
    Jan 20, 1968
    Woody Guthrie is celebrated with a tribute concert at New York's Carnegie Hall. The lineup includes Bob Dylan, The Band, Tom Paxton, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Pete Seeger, Judy Collins and Arlo Guthrie, who covers "Oklahoma Hills." The night closes with a multi-artist performance of "This Land Is Your Land"
    Aug 1, 1985
    John Denver takes part in a benefit concert at The Bitter End in New York, celebrating the Greenwich Village venue's 25th anniversary. Also appearing are Tom Paxton, Joni Mitchell and Peter, Paul & Mary
    Feb 7, 2009
    Gene Autry, Brenda Lee, Dean Martin and Tom Paxton are honored with Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards at Los Angeles' Wilshire Ebell Theatre. Allen Toussaint gets a Trustees Award, and Clarence "Leo" Fender earns a Technical Grammy
    May 3, 2009
    Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson and Steve Earle play an environmental benefit concert marking Pete Seeger's 90th birthday at Madison Square Garden. Also appearing: Bruce Springsteen, Bela Fleck, Del McCoury, Tom Paxton, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews and Jack Elliott
    May 27, 2015
    "The Last Thing On My Mind" songwriter Tom Paxton gives his final concert at St. Georges Church in Brighton, England
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