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    • Feb 26, 2015
    Guitarist Jimmy "Spider" Wilson dies in Nashville. A longtime member of the Grand Ole Opry house band, he played on Faron Young's "Sweet Dreams," Ray Price's "My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You" and Skeeter Davis' "The End Of The World"
    Mar 9, 2015
    Steel guitarist Jerry Brightman dies in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. During his tenure with Buck Owens' Buckaroos, he played on such hits as "Big Game Hunter," "(It's A) Monster's Holiday" and "On The Cover Of The Music City News"
    Apr 3, 2015
    Drummer Robert Burns dies in a single-car accident near Cartersville, Georgia. During his tenure in Lynyrd Skynyrd, he played on "Sweet Home Alabama," ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Apr 9, 2015
    Dobro player and guitarist Robert "Tut" Taylor dies at Wilkes Regional Medical Center in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. A bluegrass musician and instrument retailer who began recording his own albums in 1964, Taylor co-produced the Grammy-winning 1994 album "The Great Dobro Sessions"
    May 9, 2015
    Fiddler Johnny Gimble dies in Dripping Springs, Texas. A five-time winner of the Country Music Association's Instrumentalist of the Year, he played on such hits as Bob Wills' "Faded Love," George Strait's "Ocean Front Property" and Merle Haggard's "Ramblin' Fever," joining the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2018
    May 21, 2015
    Bass player Louis Johnson dies in Las Vegas. One-half of the R&B band The Brothers Johnson, he played on recordings by Michael Jackson and Michael McDonald, plus country hits by T.G. Sheppard and Bill Anderson
    Jun 17, 2015
    Background vocalist Delores Edgin dies in Springfield, Tennessee. A longtime member of The Nashville Edition, who performed on "Hee Haw," she sang on hit singles by Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Connie Smith and Waylon Jennings
    Sep 1, 2015
    Boomer Castleman dies of cancer in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. Formerly in a duo with Michael Martin Murphey, he played on Johnny Lee's 1977 hit "Country Party"
    Sep 25, 2015
    Drummer Hugh Wright dies at his home in Great Falls, Montana. During his tenure in Boy Howdy, he played on the country hits "A Cowboy's Born With A Broken Heart," "She'd Give Anything" and "They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore"
    Oct 16, 2015
    Producer, guitarist and songwriter John Jennings dies of kidney cancer at a hospice in Rockville, Maryland. A key collaborator with Mary Chapin Carpenter, he directed such hits as "Down At The Twist And Shout," "I Feel Lucky," "Shut Up And Kiss Me" and "He Thinks He'll Keep Her"



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