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Jun 21, 1964

Guitarist Porter Howell is born in Longview, Texas. He helps found Little Texas, a thick-harmonied vocal group that becomes a major act during the mid-1990s behind the hits "God Blessed Texas," "What Might Have Been" and "Kick A Little"

Jul 6, 1964

Steve Murray is born. In 1990, he becomes the lead vocalist for the Texas band Perfect Stranger, providing the Clint Black-like voice on their 1995 hit "You Have The Right To Remain Silent"

Jul 30, 1964

Banjo player Ron Block is born in California. He joins Alison Krauss + Union Station in 1991, performing on "When You Say Nothing At All," plus The Soggy Bottom Boys' "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow" and Vince Gill's "High Lonesome Sound"

Aug 3, 1964

Danny Myrick is born in Mississippi. After a role as lead singer for the 1990s band Western Flyer, he earns hits as a co-writer of LoCash's "I Love This Life," Tim McGraw's "Truck Yeah" and Jason Aldean's "She's Country"

Aug 6, 1964

Twins Peggy and Patsy Lynn are born to Loretta Lynn in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. They become a duo, The Lynns, as adults, scoring several awards nominations

Aug 17, 1964

Maria McKee is born in Los Angeles. She becomes the lead vocalist for Lone Justice, whose 1985 recording of "Ways To Be Wicked" is deemed one of country's greatest singles in a 2003 Country Music Foundation book, "Heartaches By The Number"

Aug 31, 1964

Bass player Teddy Landau is born in Los Angeles. He plays on The Wreckers' "Leave The Pieces" and marries one member of the duo, Michelle Branch

Sep 1, 1964

Singer/songwriter Charlie Robison is born in Bandera, Texas. A noted alternative country act, he first finds an audience in the late-1990s. He will also marry--and later divorce--Dixie Chick Emily Erwin

Sep 19, 1964

Trisha Yearwood is born in Monticello, Georgia. A powerful vocalist in the vein of her idol Linda Ronstadt, she wins a Grammy for her 1997 recording of "How Do I Live" and becomes one of the most revered country acts of the 1990s. She marries fellow artist Garth Brooks in 2005

Oct 9, 1964

Guitarist Gary Bennett is born in Las Vegas, Nevada. He becomes one of two lead singers in BR549, a traditionally-grounded band that grows out of Nashville's lower Broadway in the mid-1990s to become critical favorites and Grammy nominees

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