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    • Jan 1, 2009
    Producer and steel guitarist Walter Haynes dies in Tyler, Texas. He oversaw the sessions that yielded Jeanne Pruett's "Satin Sheets" and Cal Smith's "Country Bumpkin"; wrote Del Reeves' "Girl On The Billboard"; and played on hits by Connie Smith, Billy Walker and Patsy Cline
    Jan 28, 2009
    Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboard player Billy Powell dies at his home outside Jacksonville, Florida. He played on "Sweet Home Alabama," sampled in the previous year's Kid Rock country hit "All Summer Long"
    Feb 1, 2009
    Drummer Dewey Martin is found dead in his apartment in Van Nuys, California. After touring with Patsy Cline, Faron Young and The Dillards, he became a founding member of Buffalo Springfield, a band with a formative role in country-rock
    Feb 3, 2009
    Steel guitarist Tom Brumley dies from a heart attack at San Antonio's Northeast Baptist Hospital. A former Buckaroo, he played on numerous Buck Owens classics, plus hits by Dwight Yoakam and Rick Nelson
    Mar 17, 2009
    Songwriter and steel guitarist Bill D. Johnson dies in Tallassee, Alabama. He wrote Stonewall Jackson's "A Wound Time Can't Erase" and the Marty Robbins single "The Best Part Of Living"
    May 3, 2009
    Violinist Lillian Vann Hunt dies at age 95. A founding member of the Nashville Symphony, she played in the string section on Lynn Anderson's "Rose Garden," Kris Kristofferson's "Why Me" and Johnny Cash's "Sunday Morning Coming Down"
    May 9, 2009
    Singer/songwriter/guitarist Stephen Bruton dies of throat cancer in Los Angeles. A member of Kris Kristofferson's band for two decades, he co-produced the "Crazy Heart" soundtrack just before his passing
    May 15, 2009
    Basketball player and jazz musician Wayman Tisdale dies of cancer at the St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The event spurs Toby Keith to write "Cryin' For Me (Wayman's Song)"
    Jun 3, 2009
    TV producer Danny Petraitis dies of cancer in Nashville. He was a background vocalist on Brooks & Dunn's "Rock My World (Little Country Girl)" and played harmonica on Johnny Cash's "Red Hot + Country" track "Forever Young"
    Jun 5, 2009
    Violinist Cate Myer dies. A member of the Nashville Symphony and the Nashville String Machine, she played on such hits as Keith Urban's "Everybody," Lee Ann Womack's "A Little Past Little Rock" and Carrie Underwood's "Just A Dream"



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