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    • Aug 12, 2005
    Cajun fiddler Rufus Thibodeaux dies in a Nashville nursing home. He often played with Jimmy C. Newman, appearing on his hit "Cry, Cry Darling"
    Aug 16, 2005
    Fiddler Vassar Clements dies of lung cancer at his Nashville home. Noted for his work in numerous genres, he played in Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys and appeared on each of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" albums
    Sep 17, 2005
    Western-swing guitarist Benny Garcia Jr. dies in Oklahoma. He played on Tex Williams' 1948 hit "Suspicion"
    Oct 4, 2005
    Former Badfinger drummer Mike Gibbins dies in Oviedo, Florida. In addition to his work on such hits as "Day After Day" and "Come And Get It," he played on the Bonnie Tyler country hit "It's A Heartache"
    Dec 1, 2005
    Fiddler Donald "Dusty" Rhodes dies of lung cancer in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. A brother of Porter Wagoner band member Speck Rhodes, he was a supporting musician on Merle Travis' "Re-Enlistment Blues," recorded for the movie "From Here To Eternity"
    Dec 9, 2005
    Drummer Mike Botts dies of cancer at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California. A former member of the pop band Bread, he also appeared on Johnny Lee's "Lookin' For Love" and Linda Ronstadt's "Crazy"
    Feb 5, 2006
    Fiddler Don Slayman dies at the Imperial Manor nursing home in Madison, Tennessee. He appeared on several 1950s country hits: Hank Snow's "When Mexican Joe Met Jole Blon" and Marty Robbins' "Maybelline" and "That's All Right"
    Mar 3, 2006
    Charlie Hodge, a member of Elvis Presley's Memphis Mafia, dies of lung cancer at Knoxville's Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. Hodge added guitar and backing vocals to Presley's hits "Way Down," "Moody Blue" and "Burning Love"
    Mar 6, 2006
    Bass player Tom Robb dies of liver cancer in Nashville. A former session player, he appeared on hits by Deborah Allen and Ricky Van Shelton, among others
    Mar 30, 2006
    Backing vocalist Michael Jones dies of a heart attack in Dacula, Georgia. He appeared on three hits from John Michael Montgomery's debut album



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