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Feb 1, 1930
Banjo player Smith Hammett is shot and killed by a gas station owner in Gaffney, South Carolina, after threatening the man and his customers with a knife. During his life, Hammett mentored Earl Scruggs, teaching the younger musician the three-finger style of picking that would bring Scruggs to national attention
Feb 12, 1930
Bluegrass vocalist Harley "Red" Allen is born in Perry County, Kentucky. He works with the likes of Jimmy Martin and The Osborne Brothers, appearing on their bluegrass classic "Ruby, Are You Mad?"
Jun 13, 1930
Bluegrass musician Curley Lambert is born in Brodnax, Virginia. He plays mandolin on the Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs hit "Cabin In The Hills" and on The Stanley Brothers' classic "Rank Stranger"
Dec 13, 1930
Buck White, of The Whites, is born in Oklahoma City. Along with daughters Cheryl and Sharon, he earns bluegrass-inflected hits in the early-1980s with "Hangin' Around," "You Put The Blue In Me" and "Give Me Back That Old Familiar Feeling"
Feb 4, 1931
Fiddler Clarence "Tater" Tate is born in Gate City, Virginia. He performs with Bill Monroe, Patty Loveless and Wilma Lee Cooper, among others
Mar 28, 1931
Fiddler Benny Williams is born in Bledsoe County, Tennessee. He tours with Stonewall Jackson, Flatt & Scruggs, Mac Wiseman and Bill Monroe and plays on the Porter Wagoner hit "Misery Loves Company"
Apr 14, 1931
African-American blues guitarist Arnold Shultz dies from a heart disorder in Morgantown, Kentucky. He was a musical mentor to a teen-aged Bill Monroe
May 6, 1931
Fiddler Charlie Cline is born in Baisden, West Virginia. A member of numerous bluegrass bands, he plays with Bill Monroe in the early-1950s, appearing on "Wheel Hoss," "In The Pines" and "Blue Moon Of Kentucky"
Sep 20, 1931
Bluegrass fiddler Lester Woodie is born in Valdese, North Carolina. He performs as a member of The Stanley Brothers' Clinch Mountain Boys, contributing to their Grammy Hall of Fame single "I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow"
Oct 3, 1931
Lester Flatt marries Gladys Stacey
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