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    • Oct 9, 1967
    Banjo player Charles "Chick" Hurt dies. He played from 1932-1960 with The Prairie Ramblers, a WLS Radio act that supported Patsy Montana on the 1935 hit "I Wanna Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart"
    Jan 13, 1968
    Drummer Farris Coursey dies from a heart attack in Mount Pleasant, Tennessee. His credits include Patsy Cline's "Walkin' After Midnight," Red Foley's "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy," Hank Williams' "Kaw-Liga" and Bobby Helms' "Fraulein"
    Mar 12, 1968
    Piano player Millard Kelso dies in Santa Clara, California. An important member of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, he appeared on such recordings as "Roly-Poly," "Stay A Little Longer" and "Bubbles In My Beer"
    Oct 5, 1968
    Guitarist and harmonica player Garley Foster dies in Taylorsville, North Carolina. He was a member of The Carolina Tar Heels, a string band that landed two songs on the Smithsonian Institute's influential "Anthology Of American Folk Music"
    Jan 1, 1970
    Guitarist Floyd "Salty" Holmes dies in Elwood, Indiana. He was an original member of The Prairie Ramblers, who formed in 1932 and backed Patsy Montana on the 1935 hit "I Wanna Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart." He left the act in 1942
    Jan 4, 1970
    Fiddler Clayton McMichen dies in Battletown, Kentucky. He was a central figure in The Skillet Lickers, a Georgia-based string band that ranked among country's top acts during the 1920s
    Jan 21, 1970
    Bass player Howard Watts dies of a heart attack in Nashville. As Cedric Rainwater, he played with Ray Price, Bill Monroe and Flatt & Scruggs, and was a member of The Drifting Cowboys band during the final three years of Hank Williams' life
    May 27, 1971
    Bob Dunn, steel player for Milton Brown's Brownies, dies of lung cancer in Houston, Texas. In January 1935, he became the first person to play on a country recording with an electric instrument
    Aug 27, 1971
    Piano player Lillian Hardin Armstrong dies in Chicago, Illinois. She appeared on one country single during her lifetime, playing alongside her husband, trumpet legend Louis Armstrong, on Jimmie Rodgers' "Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' On The Corner)"
    Sep 8, 1971
    Bass player Junior Huskey dies of a heart attack in Nashville. His credits include work with The Everly Brothers, George Jones, Tammy Wynette and Loretta Lynn



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