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Apr 9, 2006
Fiddler Gordon Terry dies at his daughter's home in Spring Hill, Tennessee, after battling diabetes. Noted for his work with Bill Monroe, Johnny Cash, Faron Young and others, he also had an on-screen role in the Clint Eastwood picture "Honkytonk Man"
Jun 2, 2006
Grateful Dead keyboard player Vince Welnick commits suicide by slitting his throat in the back yard of his home in Sonoma County, California. The Dead was referenced 10 years prior in the Lonestar country hit "No News"
Jun 21, 2006
Richard Powell, who played synthesizer on Waylon Jennings' 1972 solo version of "Good Hearted Woman," dies in Temple Terrace, Florida
Aug 23, 2006
Dulcimer player David Schnaufer dies of cancer at Nashville's Alive Hospice. A highly regarded musician, he backed Alison Krauss on the "Cold Mountain" soundtrack and appeared on Kathy Mattea's "Life As We Knew It"
Sep 17, 2006
Former Los Angeles session guitarist Al Casey dies in a Phoenix, Arizona, nursing home. Noted for his work with Nancy Sinatra, The Monkees and Duane Eddy, he appeared on the Glen Campbell hits "Galveston," "Wichita Lineman" and "Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife"
Sep 30, 2006
Dobro player Uncle Josh Graves dies in Nashville. He spent 15 years as a member of Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs' bluegrass group, the Foggy Mountain Boys, helping to bring the instrument to wider popularity
Jan 6, 2007
Steel guitarist "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow dies after a bout with Alzheimer's at a nursing home in Petaluma, California. An influential member of The Flying Burrito Brothers, he also played on hits by Linda Ronstadt and Johnny Lee
Jan 13, 2007
Doyle Holly, former bass player for The Buckaroos, dies of prostate cancer in a Nashville hospice. He can still be heard on the Buck Owens recordings "I've Got A Tiger By The Tail," "Together Again," "Buckaroo" and "My Heart Skips A Beat"
Feb 2, 2007
Harmonica player/percussionist Terry McMillan dies at home in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, with pneumonia. His credits include hits by Shania Twain, George Jones and Faith Hill, plus Garth Brooks' "Ain't Going Down (Til The Sun Comes Up)"
Jun 15, 2007
Keyboard player Richard Bell dies of cancer at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Ontario. He appeared on Janis Joplin's "Me And Bobby McGee," ranked among country's greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
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