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Sep 25, 1947

Bass player Richard Shook is born in Little Rock. He will spend seven years as a member of Jerry Reed's band, playing on a handful of hits, including the "Smokey & The Bandit" song "East Bound And Down"

Sep 26, 1947

Bass player Bob Wray is born. He appears on such hits as Conway Twitty's "Slow Hand," Dan Seals' "You Still Move Me," Hal Ketchum's "Small Town Saturday Night" and Kathy Mattea's "Come From The Heart"

Sep 28, 1947

Ronnie Reno is born in Buffalo, South Carolina. He plays guitar on several Merle Haggard records, including "If We Make It Through December," "Ramblin' Fever" and "It's All In The Movies," before forming a bluegrass band, The Reno Brothers

Nov 20, 1947

Drummer George Grantham is born in Cordell, Oklahoma. He joins Poco, a pioneering country-rock band, and also plays with Ricky Skaggs, handling the sticks on "Country Boy," "Uncle Pen" and "Something In My Heart"

Nov 28, 1947

Keyboard player Reese Wynans is born in Pennsylvania. He becomes a member of Stevie Ray Vaughan's band, Double Trouble, then shifts into Nashville session work, playing on hits by John Michael Montgomery, Heidi Newfield and Lee Roy Parnell

Dec 19, 1947

Janie Fricke is born in South Whitney, Indiana. A background vocalist on hits by Johnny Duncan, John Conlee and Crystal Gayle, she is persuaded in the late-1970s to pursue a solo career, which peaks in 1982 and '83 as she wins the Country Music Association's Female Vocalist trophy

Jan 16, 1948

Drummer/producer Clyde Brooks is born in Milwaukee. The producer who guides 1990s band Perfect Stranger, he plays on Barbara Mandrell's "Fooled By A Feeling," Ronnie Milsap's "Let's Take The Long Way Around The World" and George Strait's "Fool Hearted Memory"

Mar 2, 1948

Guitarist Larry Carlton is born in Torrance, California. In addition to numerous solo albums, he does a ton of session work for the likes of Steely Dan, Barbra Streisand and Michael Jackson. He also backs Johnny Lee on the 1980 hit "Lookin' For Love"

Mar 24, 1948

Harmonica player Lee Oskar is born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He joins the R&B group War, playing a key instrumental riff in the 1975 single "Low Rider." That riff gets him co-writing credit on Thomas Rhett's country single "Vacation"

Jul 12, 1948

Bass player Tom Robb is born in Passaic, New Jersey. He appears on a dozen Ricky Van Shelton hits, including "From A Jack To A King," "I Am A Simple Man" and "Statue Of A Fool"

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