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    • Sep 4, 1986
    Western swing piano player John "Knocky" Parker dies in Los Angeles. He appeared on recordings by Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers and The Light Crust Doughboys
    Oct 15, 1986
    Pianist Al Stricklin dies of cancer at a Cleburne, Texas, nursing home. A member of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys from 1935-1941, he played on "San Antonio Rose," "Right Or Wrong," "Cherokee Maiden" and "Take Me Back To Tulsa," among others
    Nov 16, 1986
    Bob Wills' Texas Playboys give their final performance at the Will Rogers Auditorium in Fort Worth, Texas
    Jul 4, 1987
    Piano player Fred "Papa" Calhoun dies in a Fort Worth nursing home. He made his greatest impact as a member of Milton Brown's western swing band, The Musical Brownies, though he would later play with Cliff Bruner and Ted Daffan
    Jul 25, 1987
    Left-handed fiddler Joe Holley dies of pneumonia in Fresno, California. During his tenure in Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, he appeared on such recordings as "Stay A Little Longer," "Smoke On The Water" and "Heart To Heart Talk"
    Dec 15, 1987
    Tiny Moore dies from a heart attack suffered on stage in Jackpot, Nevada. Moore played fiddle and mandolin for Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys and for Merle Haggard, appearing on "Bubbles In My Beer," "Mama Tried" and "Big City"
    Feb 2, 1988
    The Oklahoma Senate designates "Faded Love" as the official state song
    Apr 23, 1988
    Ocie Stockard, a former member of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, dies in a Fort Worth, Texas, nursing home. He played banjo on such recordings as "Keeper Of My Heart," "Bubbles In My Beer" and "Texarkana Baby" during his tenure from 1945-1952
    Aug 20, 1988
    Leon McAuliffe dies at Tulsa's St. Francis Hospital. The steel guitarist made his mark as a member of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys from 1935-1942, with his 1936 recording of "Steel Guitar Rag" recognized as a touchstone in the instrument's development
    Jan 25, 1989
    Laura Lee McBride, the first female vocalist with Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, dies in Bryan, Texas. She performed on the classic "Faded Love"



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