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    • Nov 2, 2013
    Bass player Betsy Smittle dies in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She had worked as a band member for her half-brother, Garth Brooks
    Nov 18, 2013
    Songwriter/producer Nelson Larkin dies in Brentwood, Tennessee. He wrote Tracy Lawrence's "Somebody Paints The Wall" and Billy Joe Royal's "Love Has No Right." Larkin also produced numerous hits for Royal, Toby Keith and Earl Thomas Conley
    Dec 3, 2013
    Homer Bailes dies in Ruston, Louisiana. A fiddler with Hank Williams on "The Louisiana Hayride" during the 1940s, he was the last remaining member of The Bailes Brothers, an early Grand Ole Opry act
    Dec 16, 2013
    Ray Price dies of pancreatic cancer at his home in Mount Pleasant, Texas. A smooth singer who recorded both innovative honky-tonk and string-laded ballads, he cut such hits as "For The Good Times," "Crazy Arms" and "I've Got A New Heartache," landing in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Dec 21, 2013
    Steel guitarist Johnny Sibert dies in Nashville. A longtime member of Carl Smith's band, he played on such hits as "Loose Talk," "Hey Joe!" and "It's A Lovely, Lovely World." Sibert also appeared on singles by Crystal Gayle and Kitty Wells
    Dec 25, 2013
    Record executive Bradley "Slim" Williamson dies in Jefferson, Georgia. The former owner of Chart Records, he produced hits in the 1960s for Lynn Anderson and in the '70s for Ronnie McDowell
    Jan 3, 2014
    Phil Everly dies of a chronic lung disease in Burbank, California. He was one-half of The Everly Brothers, whose harmonies were an essential part of such crossover hits as "Bye Bye Love" and "Wake Up Little Susie," propelling them into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Everly also wrote Linda Ronstadt's "When Will I Be Loved"
    Jan 20, 2014
    Singer/songwriter Steve Fromholz dies in a freak hunting accident in Eldorado, Texas, when his rifle slips out of an unzipped case and discharges. He authored Willie Nelson's 1976 hit "I'd Have To Be Crazy"
    Jan 26, 2014
    Guitarist Rusty York dies in Redington Shores, Florida. He played on Jimmie Skinner's 1958 hit "What Makes A Man Wander"
    Jan 27, 2014
    Folk artist Pete Seeger dies at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. A member of The Weavers, he co-wrote Jimmie Rodgers' "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" and Billy Grammer's "Gotta Travel On"



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