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    • Aug 10, 1949
    Gene Johnson is born in Jamestown, New York. He plays mandolin for Diamond Rio, a harmony-based sextet that wins multiple awards from the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music in the 1990s
    Aug 29, 1972
    Gene Johnson and June Smith have a daughter, Callie Johnson, in District Heights, Maryland. Dad is destined to become a member of Diamond Rio
    Dec 24, 1972
    Future Diamond Rio mandolinist Gene Johnson marries June Smith
    Jul 22, 1975
    Gene and June Johnson welcome a daughter, Mattie Johnson. Dad will become the mandolin player in Diamond Rio
    Aug 29, 1985
    Mandolin player Gene Johnson moves his family from Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania, to Nashville, where he will become a member of Diamond Rio
    May 4, 1987
    Mandolin player Gene Johnson performs for the first time with The Tennessee River Boys--destined to become Diamond Rio--in Clewiston, Florida
    Aug 9, 1990
    Diamond Rio mandolin player Gene Johnson slices his left thumb in a saw accident while doing cabinetry work in Little Rock, Arkansas
    Dec 9, 2001
    The Diamond Trio, a bluegrass subset of Diamond Rio, debuts at a Christmas benefit for the homeless at Nashville's Station Inn. Trio members: Marty Roe, Dana Williams and Gene Johnson
    Apr 28, 2012
    Sheryl Crow runs her first half-marathon, finishing the 13.1-mile course in less than two hours during the Country Music Marathon in Nashville. Joanna Smith sings the national anthem and runs the half. Diamond Rio's Gene Johnson runs his first half, Jimmy Olander his first full marathon
    Sep 9, 2014
    Jana Kramer, Sheryl Crow, RaeLynn, 50 Cent, Scott Hamilton and Diamond Rio's Gene Johnson host a packing party at the Second Harvest Food Bank in Nashville
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