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    • May 2, 1951
    Bass player Mike Fleming is born in Evansville, Indiana. As a member of the bluegrass band The SteelDrivers, he takes part in recording "Blue Side Of The Mountain," a country Grammy nominee in 2009
    May 6, 1951
    Johnnie & Jack record "Cryin' Heart Blues"
    May 9, 1951
    Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs record "Don't Get Above Your Raisin'" at the Castle Studio in downtown Nashville. It will be covered some 30 years later by Ricky Skaggs
    May 15, 1951
    Buck Owens relocates from Phoenix, Arizona, to Bakersfield, California, with his family, including wife Bonnie Owens and son Buddy Alan 
    May 15, 1951
    Roy Rogers is caught up in a drought-related scandal with the movie debut of "In Old Amarillo," featuring an appearance by Pat Brady
    May 18, 1951
    The comedic picture "Kentucky Jubilee" appears in movie theaters. The film includes appearances by "Atomic Power" songwriter Fred Kirby and steel guitar player Les "Carrot Top" Anderson
    May 18, 1951
    The movie "Inside The Walls Of Folsom Prison" makes its debut in American theaters. The picture inspires Johnny Cash to write "Folsom Prison Blues"
    May 19, 1951
    Eddy Arnold steps to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "Kentucky Waltz"
    May 21, 1951
    Columbia releases Gene Autry's "Old Soldiers Never Die"
    May 21, 1951
    Hank Williams is sent to the North Louisiana Sanatorium in Shreveport, moaning about back pain. The pain remains throughout the rest of his life
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