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    • Feb 17, 1920
    Guitarist Billy Byrd is born in Nashville, Tennessee. After working with Little Jimmy Dickens and George Morgan, he backs Ernest Tubb from 1949-1959, then returns for two more short stints with The Texas Troubadours
    Aug 26, 1949
    Merry Christmas, a few days early: Ernest Tubb records "White Christmas" and "Blue Christmas" in an afternoon session at the Castle Studio in Nashville. It marks the first Tubb session for guitarist Billy Byrd, an essential Texas Troubadour
    Feb 20, 1974
    Guitarist Billy Byrd records with Ernest Tubb for the last time
    Sep 25, 1997
    Ernest Tubb guitarist Billy Byrd and bluegrass fiddler Gordon Terry are entered in the Walkway of Stars at the Country Music Hall of Fame, the last two artists inducted before the Hall of Fame moves to a new downtown location
    Aug 7, 2001
    Guitarist Billy Byrd dies in Nashville. A capable jazz player, he was best known as the lead guitarist in Ernest Tubb's Texas Troubadours
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