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    • Jan 10, 1971
    PBS airs "Earl Scruggs: His Family And Friends." In addition to Randy and Gary Scruggs, his guests include Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, The Byrds and Bill Monroe
    Feb 22, 1971
    Ralph Stanley records for Rebel Records for the first time, beginning a lengthy relationship for the bluegrass legend
    Feb 28, 1971
    Fiddlin' Arthur Smith dies of cancer in Louisville. A fiddler whose style was a major influence on bluegrass music, he was a prominent member of the Grand Ole Opry from 1929-1938
    May 16, 1971
    Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell record "Dueling Banjos" in Clayton, Georgia. The performance appears in the movie "Deliverance"
    Jun 21, 1971
    Capitol releases "Buck Owens' Ruby & Other Bluegrass Specials"
    Jul 23, 1971
    Alison Krauss is born in Decatur, Illinois. The fiddler/vocalist leads the bluegrass group Union Station, joining the Grand Ole Opry in 1993 and winning more Grammy awards than any other woman in history
    Aug 12, 1971
    Earl Scruggs holds an all-star recording session in Nashville, recording "I Saw The Light" with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Linda Ronstadt, plus Gary, Steve and Randy Scruggs; Vassar Clements; and Norman Blake
    Sep 7, 1971
    "The Beverly Hillbillies" ends its prime-time run on CBS-TV with Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs singing the theme song
    Nov 1, 1971
    The progressive bluegrass band The Seldom Scene forms in Washington, D.C. Membership includes John Duffey, Ben Eldridge, Mike Auldridge, Tom Gray and John Starling, who will provide backing vocals on "Those Memories Of You" by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
    Jan 2, 1972
    Arthur Lee "Red" Smiley dies in Richmond, Virginia. The guitarist was one-half of the successful 1950s bluegrass duo Reno & Smiley



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