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    • Dec 3, 1973
    Bob Wills holds what proves to be his final recording session at the Sumet-Burnet Studio in Dallas. He suffers a stroke during the night, and The Texas Playboys record the next day without him
    Aug 30, 1974
    Steel guitar player Noel Boggs dies of a heart attack in Los Angeles. He earned acclaim for his work on recordings by Bob Wills, Merle Travis, Jimmy Wakely and The Sons Of The Pioneers
    Mar 14, 1975
    Songwriter Haven Gillespie dies in Las Vegas. In addition to the holiday classic "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town," he wrote The Hoosier Hot Shots' "Breezin' Along With The Breeze" and the western-swing classic "Right Or Wrong"
    May 13, 1975
    Bob Wills dies of heart complications, caused by a stroke, in Fort Worth, Texas. The bandleader was the best-known western-swing performer, with recordings such as "Faded Love" and "San Antonio Rose" landing him in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Jun 9, 1975
    Asleep At The Wheel records "The Letter That Johnny Walker Read" at Nashville's Jack Clement Studios in the first day of sessions for the album "Texas Gold"
    Jun 30, 1975
    Asleep At The Wheel records the Bob Wills-penned instrumental "Fat Boy Rag" at the KAFM Studio in Dallas in the final session for the album "Texas Gold." Both the track and the album will be nominated for Grammy awards
    Jul 25, 1975
    Fiddler Jason Roberts is born in Texas. Raised on the sounds of Bob Wills and Johnny Gimble, he becomes a significant member of Asleep At The Wheel and appears on albums by Clay Walker, Trace Adkins and Suzy Bogguss
    Nov 12, 1975
    Merle Haggard records the Bob Wills hit "Cherokee Maiden" in an evening at Nashville's Jack Clement Studios with a band that features former Texas Playboys Tiny Moore, Eldon Shamblin and Johnny Gimble
    Mar 31, 1976
    Asleep At The Wheel records the former Nat King Cole hit "Route 66" at the Jack Clement Studios in Nashville. The performance garners a Grammy nomination
    Apr 13, 1976
    Asleep At The Wheel records "Miles And Miles Of Texas" in Nashville. The cut will be used in episode seven of the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"



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