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Oct 27, 1964
Keyboard player Jerry Dale McFadden is born in Cooper, Texas. He plays frequently with The Mavericks, joining them on a cover of "Call Me The Breeze" on the Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute album "Skynyrd Frynds"
Nov 13, 1964
Bass player Mike Bub is born in Los Angeles. He becomes a significant cog in The Del McCoury Band, which wins multiple awards from the International Bluegrass Music Association as Entertainer of the Year
Dec 14, 1964
Pianist Matt Rollings is born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He wins the Academy of Country Music's award for Top Keyboard Player six straight years in the 1990s, while supporting George Strait, Shania Twain and Trisha Yearwood, among others
Jan 4, 1965
Bass player Steve Arnold is born. He appears on the Grammy-winning "Same Old Train," produced by Marty Stuart for the album "Tribute To Tradition"
Jan 18, 1965
Singer and fiddler Tammy Rogers is born in Rogersville, Tennessee. She becomes a member of the Grammy-nominated bluegrass band The SteelDrivers and appears as a backing vocalist on Terri Clark's "A Little Gasoline"
Jan 22, 1965
Drummer Steven Adler is born in Cleveland, Ohio. He becomes a member of the rock band Guns N' Roses. The band will be namechecked in two 2016 country hits: Keith Urban's 2016 "Wasted Time" and Thomas Rhett's "T-Shirt"
Jul 23, 1965
Guitarist Saul Hudson is born in London, England. Working professionally under the name Slash, he becomes a member of Guns N' Roses in 1985. The band will be mentioned in the lyrics of two 2016 country hits: Thomas Rhett's "T-Shirt" and Keith Urban's "Wasted Time"
Oct 21, 1965
Former Elvis Presley bass player Bill Black dies at Memphis' Baptist Memorial Hospital during surgery for a brain tumor at age 39. He played on Presley's "Don't Be Cruel," "Hound Dog" and "Heartbreak Hotel," eventually forming his own combo
Nov 24, 1965
Mandolin player Adam Steffey is born in Tennessee. He joins Alison Krauss' bluegrass band, Union Station, performing on "When You Say Nothing At All," before leaving the group in 1998. In 2009, he helps form the bluegrass band The Boxcars
Jan 19, 1967
Bass player Dennis Crouch, of The Nashville Bluegrass Band, is born in Strawberry, Arkansas. He plays on the soundtracks of "Cold Mountain" and "Crazy Heart," plus the Alison Krauss & Robert Plant album "Raising Sand"
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