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    • Dec 20, 1939
    Banjo player Courtney Johnson is born in Glasgow, Kentucky. He becomes a founding member of the progressive bluegrass group New Grass Revival
    Jan 9, 1940
    Session guitarist Billy Sanford is born in Natchitoches, Louisiana. His credits include The Oak Ridge Boys' "Elvira," George Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today," Kenny Rogers' "The Gambler" and Keith Whitley's "I'm No Stranger To The Rain"
    Mar 15, 1940
    Bass player Phil Lesh is born in Berkeley, California. He co-founds the jam band The Grateful Dead, referenced in the 1996 Lonestar hit "No News"
    Apr 20, 1940
    Bass player Tim Drummond is born in Bloomington, Illinois. After playing in Conway Twitty's road band, he winds up working for Neil Young, playing on the pop hits "Heart Of Gold" and "Old Man," recorded in Nashville
    Apr 30, 1940
    Singer/songwriter Darrell McCall is born in New Jasper, Ohio. He writes Hank Williams Jr.'s 1972 hit "Eleven Roses" and plays on several Ray Price hits, including "Night Life," "Pride" and "Make The World Go Away"
    May 18, 1940
    Keyboard player Larry McCoy is born in Middletown, Ohio. He contributes to Johnny Cash's 1976 hit "One Piece At A Time," plus Cash's duet with Waylon Jennings, "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang"
    May 20, 1940
    R&B performer Frederick "Shorty" Long is born in Birmingham, Alabama. He plays piano on a number of Elvis Presley recordings, including the session in which the King records "Don't Be Cruel" and "Hound Dog"
    Jun 16, 1940
    Keyboard player Ron Oates is born in Washington, D.C. He appears on The Kendalls' "Heaven's Just A Sin Away," plus hits by Kenny Rogers, The Oak Ridge Boys, Merle Haggard, Eddy Arnold and Earl Thomas Conley
    Jun 26, 1940
    Moises "Blondie" Calderon is born in Del Rio, Texas. He spends 34 years as a piano player and bandleader for Ray Price
    Jul 8, 1940
    Bass player Joe B. Mauldin is born in Lubbock, Texas. As a member of The Crickets, he has a role in such Buddy Holly pop hits as "Maybe Baby" and "Peggy Sue." Mauldin also plays on Billy Walker's 1957 country hit "On My Mind Again"



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