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    • Mar 28, 1931
    Fiddler Benny Williams is born in Bledsoe County, Tennessee. He tours with Stonewall Jackson, Flatt & Scruggs, Mac Wiseman and Bill Monroe and plays on the Porter Wagoner hit "Misery Loves Company"
    Apr 2, 1931
    Guitarist Kenneth "Thumbs" Carllile is born in St. Louis, Missouri. Employed in the road bands of Little Jimmy Dickens and Roger Miller, he also plays on hits by Ray Price and Jim Reeves
    May 1, 1931
    Bill Anderson's bandleader, Jimmy Gately, is born in Springfield, Missouri. He writes Sonny James' "The Minute You're Gone," Webb Pierce's "Alla My Love" and Anderson's "Bright Lights And Country Music"
    May 6, 1931
    Fiddler Charlie Cline is born in Baisden, West Virginia. A member of numerous bluegrass bands, he plays with Bill Monroe in the early-1950s, appearing on "Wheel Hoss," "In The Pines" and "Blue Moon Of Kentucky"
    May 25, 1931
    Fiddler Jimmy Belkin is born in Dallas, Texas. As a member of Merle Haggard's band, The Strangers, he plays on "Yesterday's Wine," "Big City" and "Are The Good Times Really Over (I Wish A Buck Was Still Silver)"
    Jul 21, 1931
    Sax player Plas Johnson is born in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. Recognized for his work with Carole King, Steely Dan and Little Richard, he also appears on the 1958 novelty hit "The Purple People Eater" by sometimes-country artist Sheb Wooley
    Aug 6, 1931
    Steel guitarist Billy Robinson is born in Nashville. He appears on hits by Carl Smith, Webb Pierce and Ernest Tubb
    Sep 20, 1931
    Bluegrass fiddler Lester Woodie is born in Valdese, North Carolina. He performs as a member of The Stanley Brothers' Clinch Mountain Boys, contributing to their Grammy Hall of Fame single "I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow"
    Oct 7, 1931
    Fiddler Gordon Terry is born in Decatur, Alabama. He racks up credits with Bill Monroe, Faron Young and Johnny Cash, and performs on a Bob Wills tribute album recorded by Merle Haggard. He also appears in the movie "Honkytonk Man"
    Oct 15, 1931
    Louis Nunley is born in Sikeston, Missouri. A member of The Anita Kerr Singers, he provides backing vocals on Bobby Bare's "Detroit City," George Strait's "Right Or Wrong," Jim Reeves' "He'll Have To Go" and Skeeter Davis' "The End Of The World"



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