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    • Dec 20, 2014
    Session guitarist Chip Young dies in Nashville. He produced hits for Billy Swan and Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band and played on singles by The Statler Brothers, Tom T. Hall, The Oak Ridge Boys and Elvis Presley, among others
    Dec 29, 2014
    Songwriter/producer Ed Penney dies at his home in Nashville. He wrote and directed Terri Gibbs' "Somebody's Knockin'," and authored Moe Bandy's "Two Lonely People"
    Dec 30, 2014
    Bass player Henry Strzelecki dies at Skyline Medical Center in Nashville eight days after he was hit by a car in his neighborhood. One of the most in-demand Nashville session musicians of the 1960s and '70s, he contributed to hits by Charlie Rich, George Jones, Tanya Tucker, Bobby Bare and George Strait, among others
    Jan 2, 2015
    Little Jimmy Dickens dies at the Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville of cardiac arrest, eight days after suffering a stroke. Mixing comedy and an underrated ability as a balladeer, the diminutive entertainer was a longtime member of the Grand Ole Opry and a 1983 inductee in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Jan 10, 2015
    Bass player Tim Drummond dies in St. Louis County, Missouri. A former musician with Conway Twitty's road band, he also played on Neil Young's pop hits "Heart Of Gold" and "Old Man," recorded at Nashville's Quad Studios
    Jan 12, 2015
    Songwriter A.J. Masters dies of prostate cancer in Tennessee. He authored John Berry's "Change My Mind" and Faith Hill's "Love Ain't Like That"
    Jan 16, 2015
    Tom T. Hall's wife, Dixie Hall, dies in Nashville. She wrote Dave Dudley's 1965 country hit "Truck Drivin' Son-Of-A-Gun"
    Jan 17, 2015
    Comedian Don Harron dies of cancer at his home in Toronto, Ontario. He spent years as a "Hee Haw" cast member, best known for his character Charlie Farquharson, who delivered the news on fictitious radio station KORN
    Jan 31, 2015
    R&B singer/songwriter Don Covay dies in Franklin Square, New York. He wrote "Chain Of Fools," an Aretha Franklin hit covered by Clint Black & The Pointer Sisters for a CMA Album of the Year nominee, "Rhythm Country & Blues"
    Feb 7, 2015
    Joe B. Mauldin, the former bass player for The Crickets, dies of cancer in Nashville. In addition to working with Buddy Holly, he took part in the session for Billy Walker's 1957 country hit "On My Mind Again"



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