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    • Jun 24, 2009
    Songwriter Tim Krekel dies at his home in Louisville, Kentucky, of abdominal cancer. A former Jimmy Buffett band member, he wrote Crystal Gayle's "Turning Away" and Patty Loveless' "You Can Feel Bad"
    Jul 28, 2009
    Cellist Byron Bach dies in Nashville. He played in the string section on numerous hits, including Marie Osmond's "Paper Roses," Kenny Rogers' "She Believes In Me" and Johnny Cash's "Sunday Morning Coming Down"
    Aug 2, 2009
    Rockabilly artist Billy Lee Riley dies of colon cancer at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas. In addition to his own recordings, including "Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll," he played on hits by Charlie Rich, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis
    Aug 6, 2009
    Songwriter/guitarist/producer Otha Young dies of cancer at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. Juice Newton's musical partner wrote "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)," The Forester Sisters' "Don't You" and The Carpenters' "Sweet, Sweet Smile"
    Aug 7, 2009
    Mandolin player Mike Seeger dies at his home in Lexington, Virginia. He was a founding member of the string band The New Lost City Ramblers, whose version of "On Some Foggy Mountain Top" will be featured in the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
    Aug 13, 2009
    Guitarist and recording pioneer Les Paul dies of pneumonia in New York's West Plains Hospital. With then-wife Mary Ford he had a 1951 country hit with "Mockin' Bird Hill." He also won a country Grammy for a recording with Chet Atkins
    Aug 14, 2009
    Gates Nichols, retired steel guitarist for Confederate Railroad, dies of cancer at the Cobb Hospital hospice in Austell, Georgia. The band created a series of 1990s singles heavily influenced by Southern rock
    Aug 14, 2009
    Piano player Joe Eddie Gough dies of cancer. During his tenure with Gene Watson's Farewell Party Band, Gough played on such hits as "Drinkin' My Way Back Home," "You're Out Doing What I'm Here Doing Without" and "Memories To Burn"
    Aug 20, 2009
    Keyboard player Larry Knechtel dies at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital in Yakima, Washington. A member of the 1970s pop band Bread, he also worked on recordings by Elvis Presley, The Beach Boys and Neil Diamond, and contributed to Dolly Parton's movie theme "9 To 5"
    Dec 1, 2009
    Bluegrass bass player Jack Cooke dies in Norton, Virginia. A 39-year member of Ralph Stanley's Clinch Mountain Boys, he also played on Bill Monroe's 1959 country hit "Gotta Travel On"



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