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  • Aug 19, 1932
    Grover "Shorty" Lavender is born in Old Fort, North Carolina. After playing fiddle on hits by Marty Robbins and Ray Price, he becomes a booking agent, working with George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Bill Anderson and Ronnie Milsap, among others
    Oct 8, 1932
    Steel guitarist Pete Drake is born in Augusta, Georgia. He plays on hits by the likes of George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Kenny Rogers, Bob Dylan and Jim Reeves, and produces several of B.J. Thomas' 1980s country hits. He joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2022
    Oct 21, 1932
    Guitarist Roy Nichols is born in Chandler, Arizona. He performs with Merle Haggard's Strangers from 1965-1987 and writes Haggard's "Street Singer"
    Nov 6, 1932
    Drummer Paul English is born in Vernon, Texas. He becomes a member of Willie Nelson's band, contributing to such hits as "Blue Skies," "Georgia On My Mind," "Whiskey River" and "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain"
    Nov 13, 1932
    Publisher/record producer/bass player Buddy Killen is born in Lexington, Alabama. He owns Tree Publishing; produces hits for Exile, Ronnie McDowell and T.G. Sheppard; plays bass on George Jones' "White Lightning"; and writes "Watchin' Girls Go By" and "I May Never Get To Heaven"
    Nov 30, 1932
    Bass player Bob Moore is born in Nashville. A member of Nashville's "A-Team" of studio musicians, his hundreds of credits include hits by Kenny Rogers, Conway Twitty, George Jones, Patsy Cline, Elvis Presley and Loretta Lynn
    Apr 5, 1933
    Guitarist, fiddler and mandolin player Charlie Collins is born in Pioneer, Tennessee. He becomes a member of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys and plays on Tom T. Hall's 1976 hit "Fox On The Run"
    Jun 16, 1933
    Guitarist George McCormick is born near Carthage, Tennessee. He plays on several hits by The Louvin Brothers and writes Porter Wagoner's "Big Wind"
    Jul 21, 1933
    Fiddler Bobby Hicks is born in Newton, North Carolina. He plays on two Jim Reeves hits, plus a passel of Ricky Skaggs singles, including "Country Boy," "I Don't Care" and "Love's Gonna Get You Someday"
    Aug 15, 1933
    Mandolin player Mike Seeger is born in New York. He becomes a founding member of the string band The New Lost City Ramblers. The group's version of "On Some Foggy Mountain Top" is used in the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"




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