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    • May 26, 1944
    Steel guitarist Gates Nichols is born in New York, New York. He joins Confederate Railroad, whose blend of Southern rock and honky tonk nets the 1990s hits "Trashy Women," "Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind" and "Queen Of Memphis"
    Jun 18, 1976
    Henry Gross' pop hit "Shannon" is certified gold by the RIAA. The single's bass player, Warren Gates Nichols, is destined to play steel guitar for Confederate Railroad
    Aug 11, 2002
    Gates Nichols, steel guitarist for Confederate Railroad, proposes to his girlfriend, Beverly, in front of the congregation during a church service in Georgia. She says yes
    Nov 10, 2002
    Gates and Beverly Nichols are married in Georgia. She walks down the aisle to John Michael Montgomery's "I Can Love You Like That" as she's wedded to Confederate Railroad's steel guitarist
    Dec 31, 2008
    Confederate Railroad's steel guitarist, Gates Nichols, officially retires
    Jul 6, 2009
    Gates Nichols, former steel guitarist for Confederate Railroad, is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in Georgia
    Aug 4, 2009
    Former Confederate Railroad steel player Gates Nichols checks into the Cobb Hospital hospice in Austell, Georgia
    Aug 14, 2009
    Gates Nichols, retired steel guitarist for Confederate Railroad, dies of cancer at the Cobb Hospital hospice in Austell, Georgia. The band created a series of 1990s singles heavily influenced by Southern rock
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