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Aug 9, 1949

Session guitarist Mark Casstevens is born in Fort Worth, Texas. He appears on hits by Alabama, Garth Brooks, Brooks & Dunn and Randy Travis, among others

Aug 10, 1949

Gene Johnson is born in Jamestown, New York. He plays mandolin for Diamond Rio, a harmony-based sextet that wins multiple awards from the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music in the 1990s

Aug 11, 1949

Eric Carmen is born in Cleveland, Ohio. A member of the pop band The Raspberries, he develops a successful solo career and writes Louise Mandrell's country hit "Maybe My Baby." Jamie O'Neal performs his "All By Myself" in "Bridget Jones's Diary"

Aug 11, 1949

Bass player Dan "Bee" Spears is born in the San Antonio area. Beginning in 1968, he spends more than 40 years in Willie Nelson's Family Band, appearing on such hits as "Whiskey River," "Blue Skies" and "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain"

Aug 12, 1949

Mark Knopfler is born in London. The Dire Straits guitarist shares Grammys with Chet Atkins, and writes "The Bug," by Mary Chapin Carpenter; "Setting Me Up," by Highway 101; and "When It Comes To You," by John Anderson

Aug 23, 1949

Paul Chrisman--alias Woody Paul, of Riders In The Sky--is born in Nashville. The comedic trio reverently re-creates western music, joining the Grand Ole Opry in 1982

Aug 24, 1949

Bass player Mike Brignardello is born in Memphis. He provides a foundation for Faith Hill's "This Kiss," Tim McGraw's "Everywhere," Travis Tritt's "Help Me Hold On" and Darius Rucker's "Alright," among others

Aug 25, 1949

Bass player Gene Simmons is born in Haifa, Israel. He becomes the blood-spitting member of Kiss, a rock band that influences Garth Brooks' concerts. Brooks records the band's "Hard Luck Woman" for a 1994 tribute album, "Kiss My Ass"

Aug 25, 1949

Henry Paul is born in Kingston, New York. After stints with the Southern rock band The Outlaws and his own Henry Paul Band, he becomes the lead singer of BlackHawk, combining '70s rock influences with tight, three-part harmonies in numerous hook-filled 1990s hits

Aug 26, 1949

Pop performer Bob Cowsill is born. He becomes one of seven members in the family group The Cowsills, the prototype for TV's "The Partridge Family." The group scores a 1968 hit with "Indian Lake," remade for the country charts by Freddy Weller

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