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    • Dec 10, 1942
    Roy Ayres receives a resonator guitar for his 13th birthday. He goes on to join Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys
    Dec 25, 1942
    Buck Owens receives a mandolin for Christmas and teaches himself to play
    Sep 4, 1944
    The Los Angeles nightclub Riverside Rancho suffers $25,000 worth of damage in a fire likely caused by a careless cigarette smoker. Among the items destroyed: a grand piano and a bass owned by Deuce Spriggins, of Spade Cooley's band
    Dec 30, 1944
    Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys appear on the Grand Ole Opry, causing a stir when Monte Mountjoy's drum set is moved onto the stage at the last minute. Drums were previously not allowed. Their first number is "New San Antonio Rose"
    Apr 14, 1945
    Buddy Harroll, of Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys, is the first to play trumpet on the Grand Ole Opry, delivering "Taps" in honor of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died two days earlier
    Feb 8, 1948
    Speedy West receives a three-neck steel guitar from Downey, California, manufacturer Paul Bigsby. The guitar becomes a signature for West, who records numerous dazzling instrumentals with musical partner Jimmy Bryant
    May 29, 1948
    Merle Travis receives a guitar he had asked Paul Bigsby to custom-make on his behalf. Featuring Travis' name in mother of pearl along the base of the pick guard, it becomes his trademark instrument, often referred to as "the Bigsby"
    Dec 25, 1949
    Future Country Music Hall of Famer Charlie McCoy receives a guitar for Christmas
    Dec 25, 1950
    Reggie Young receives his first guitar for Christmas in Memphis. He goes on to become a session musician, playing on such hits as Willie Nelson's "Always On My Mind," Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds" and George Strait's "Ace In The Hole"
    Dec 25, 1951
    Merle Haggard spends Christmas in the Bakersfield Juvenile Hall for truancy. His mother shows up during the day with a holiday gift: a Martin guitar. Haggard runs away during the early part of 1952, and ends up in a reformatory in Whittier, California



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