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    • Nov 7, 1909
    Bass player Ernie Newton is born in Hartford, Connecticut. He plays on Red Foley's "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy," Hank Snow's "I'm Moving On," Webb Pierce's "In The Jailhouse Now" and Hank Williams' "You Win Again," among others
    Jul 18, 1910
    Keyboard player Lou Busch is born in Louisville, Kentucky. Under the stage name Joe "Fingers" Carr, he provides instrumental support for Tennessee Ernie Ford on the 1951 country hit "Tailor Made Woman"
    Sep 11, 1910
    Left-handed guitarist Jack Shook is born in Decatur, Illinois. He becomes a busy session player during the 1940s and '50s, backing such acts as Ernest Tubb, Hank Williams, Johnny Horton, Hank Snow and Eddy Arnold
    Nov 27, 1910
    Bass player Joel Price is born in Franklin County, Georgia. He plays on Bill Monroe's "Uncle Pen," and works with Little Jimmy Dickens, earning status as the first musician to play an electric bass on the Grand Ole Opry
    Mar 25, 1911
    Western swing guitarist Clifton "Sleepy" Johnson is born in Llano County, Texas. He performs with The Light Crust Doughboys and Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, appearing on "Maiden's Prayer," "Right Or Wrong" and "San Antonio Rose"
    Mar 5, 1911
    Bass player/comedian Bill Wesbrooks is born in Gibson County, Tennessee. Known as Cousin Wilbur on stage, he joins Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys from 1940-1944, appearing on such Monroe hits as "Kentucky Waltz" and "Footprints In The Snow"
    May 28, 1911
    Drummer Farris Coursey is born in Mount Pleasant, Tennessee. He goes on to play on Red Foley's "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy," Hank Williams' "Kaw-Liga," Jim Reeves' "Welcome To My World" and Bobby Helms' "Fraulein," among many others
    Jun 15, 1911
    Piano player Marvin Hughes is born in Nashville. His credits include: Faron Young's "Country Girl," Elvis Presley's "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You," Hank Snow's "I've Been Everywhere" and Jim Reeves' "He'll Have To Go," on which he plays vibes
    Jul 24, 1911
    Drummer Smokey Dacus is born in Quinton, Oklahoma. He becomes a member of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys from 1935-1940, playing on such classics as "San Antonio Rose," "Ida Red" and "Right Or Wrong"
    Aug 10, 1911
    Bass player Wanna Coffman is born. He becomes an original member of Milton Brown's western swing band The Musical Brownies, which also includes guitarist Derwood Brown, banjo player Ocie Stockard and fiddler Jesse Ashlock



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