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    • Nov 21, 2011
    Guitarist Paul Yandell dies in Hendersonville, Tennessee. A Chet Atkins band member for more than 25 years, he played on hits by Jerry Reed, Dolly Parton, Stella Parton and The Louvin Brothers
    Nov 27, 2011
    Percussionist Tom Roady dies of a heart attack while riding Ricky Skaggs' band bus. Roady played on hits by Brooks & Dunn, Martina McBride, Vince Gill and Kenny Chesney, among others
    Dec 4, 2011
    Guitarist Jack Pruett dies. A sideman for Marty Robbins for 30 years, he played on such hits as "Big Iron," "Devil Woman," "Don't Worry" and "El Paso"
    Dec 6, 2011
    Pop singer Dobie Gray dies in Nashville of complications from cancer surgery. He wrote John Conlee's 1986 hit "Got My Heart Set On You" and recorded the original, million-selling version of "Drift Away," remade in country by Narvel Felts in 1973
    Dec 8, 2011
    Bass player Dan "Bee" Spears dies of exposure after falling outside his Nashville home. During 40 years with Willie Nelson's band, Spears contributed to such hits as "Whiskey River," "Georgia On My Mind" and "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain"
    Dec 8, 2011
    Keyboard player Dick Sims dies of cancer. He worked with Eric Clapton during the 1970s, playing on Clapton's lone country hit, "Lay Down Sally"
    Dec 14, 2011
    Billie Jo Spears dies at her home in Vidor, Texas. She accrued five Top 10 hits in the 1960s and '70s, led by her #1 1975 single "Blanket On The Ground"
    Dec 24, 2011
    Bass player Jody Rainwater dies at Retreat Doctors' Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. He worked with Flatt & Scruggs, playing on "Don't Get Above Your Raising" and "Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms"
    Jan 12, 2012
    Guitarist Charlie Collins dies at his Tennessee home days after suffering a stroke. A longtime member of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys, he also played on Tom T. Hall's 1976 hit "Fox On The Run"
    Jan 20, 2012
    Producer, songwriter and musician Larry Butler dies at his Pensacola, Florida, home. He produced Kenny Rogers, John Denver and Johnny Cash and co-wrote B.J. Thomas' "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song"



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