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May 1, 1929
Johnnie High is born in Texas. He founds a country music venue in Garland, aiding the careers of such artists as LeAnn Rimes, Gary Morris and Lee Ann Womack
May 4, 1929
Banjo player Kirk McGee makes his Grand Ole Opry debut
May 7, 1929
Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers record "Sweet Sunny South" for Columbia in New York City
May 10, 1929
Ernest and Hattie Stoneman have their seventh child, Jack Monroe Stoneman, in Galax, Virginia. Jack does not participate when many of his siblings join their father in forming The Stoneman Family
May 15, 1929
Eddy Arnold's father, Will, dies, the same day Eddy celebrates his 11th birthday
May 17, 1929
Victor releases The Gully Jumpers' "The Little Red Caboose Behind The Train," the first Nashville recording to be issued as a single. An earlier Nashville release, by the Vaughan Quartet and The Binckley Brothers, was actually recorded later
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