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    • Oct 2, 1915
    Fiddler Chubby Wise is born in Lake City, Florida. A member of Bill Monroe's band when he introduces bluegrass in 1945, Wise works with Flatt & Scruggs and Hank Williams and spends 16 years as a member of Hank Snow's band
    Feb 13, 1945
    Bill Monroe holds his first Columbia session, recording "Kentucky Waltz" and "Footprints In The Snow" at the Wrigley Building in Chicago. Chubby Wise plays fiddle, and David "Stringbean" Akeman sits in on banjo
    Feb 1, 1948
    Having left Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, fiddler Chubby Wise joins guitarist Clyde Moody--also an ex-Blue Grass Boy--as regular on-air performers with radio station WARL in Arlington, Virginia
    Jan 31, 1981
    Fiddler Chubby Wise performs "Orange Blossom Special" on "Hee Haw," guesting alongside Sylvia and Paul Anka. Regular co-host Roy Clark sings "I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes," while co-host Buck Owens covers "Good Hearted Woman"
    Nov 14, 1981
    Sylvia performs "The Matador" on the week's edition of "Hee Haw," which also features music from Faron Young and fiddler Chubby Wise. Co-host Buck Owens sings his 1969 single "Tall Dark Stranger"
    Jan 6, 1996
    Fiddler Chubby Wise dies of heart failure in Bowie, Maryland. He played professionally more than 50 years, working with Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs and Hank Snow. Wise was best-known to the public for his frequent performances of "Orange Blossom Special" on the Grand Ole Opry
    Jul 1, 2002
    Centerstream Publications releases "Orange Blossom Boys: The Untold Story Of Ervin T. Rouse, Chubby Wise And The World's Most Famous Fiddle Tune," authored by Randy Noles
    Mar 25, 2008
    Skaggs Family releases Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder's "Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass: Tribute To 1946 And 1947," paying homage to the classic lineup of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys
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