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Nov 13, 1947
Southern rock guitarist Toy Caldwell is born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. As a member of The Marshall Tucker Band, he writes "Can't You See," a country hit in 1976 for Waylon Jennings
Nov 20, 1947
Drummer George Grantham is born in Cordell, Oklahoma. He joins Poco, a pioneering country-rock band, and also plays with Ricky Skaggs, handling the sticks on "Country Boy," "Uncle Pen" and "Something In My Heart"
Nov 20, 1947
Rock guitarist Joe Walsh is born in Wichita, Kansas. After working in The James Gang and as a solo artist, he joins the country-rock band The Eagles. The band is honored in a 1993 tribute album, "Common Thread: The Songs Of The Eagles"
Nov 20, 1947
Music journalist Martha Hume is born in Stearns, Kentucky. She becomes the editor for Country Music magazine and authors the books "Kenny Rogers: Gambler, Dreamer, Lover" and "You're So Cold I'm Turnin' Blue: Martha Hume's Guide To The Greatest In Country Music"
Nov 28, 1947
Keyboard player Reese Wynans is born in Pennsylvania. He becomes a member of Stevie Ray Vaughan's band, Double Trouble, then shifts into Nashville session work, playing on hits by John Michael Montgomery, Heidi Newfield and Lee Roy Parnell
Dec 5, 1947
Jim Messina is born in Maywood, California. He becomes a founding member of two major country-rock bands, Buffalo Springfield and Poco, and later joins Kenny Loggins in Loggins & Messina. Messina writes Lynn Anderson's "Listen To A Country Song"
Dec 8, 1947
Gregg Allman, of The Allman Brothers Band, is born in Nashville. The southern-rock singer and keyboard player will write "Midnight Rider," remade as a 1980 country hit by Willie Nelson
Dec 10, 1947
Drummer Walter "Clyde" Orange is born in Florida. The percussionist becomes a member of The Commodores, a 1970s R&B group whose ballad "Three Times A Lady" is eventually re-recorded as a country hit by Conway Twitty
Dec 12, 1947
Irving Azoff is born in Danville, Illinois. He parlays management of The Eagles and Jimmy Buffett into a significant executive career that sees him run MCA Records, Giant Records, Ticketmaster and the Live Nation concert business
Dec 19, 1947
Janie Fricke is born in South Whitney, Indiana. A background vocalist on hits by Johnny Duncan, John Conlee and Crystal Gayle, she is persuaded in the late-1970s to pursue a solo career, which peaks in 1982 and '83 as she wins the Country Music Association's Female Vocalist trophy
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