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  • Mar 31, 1922
    Fiddler Howdy Forrester is born in Vernon, Tennessee. He joins Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys for two years in the 1940s and plays with Roy Acuff during the '50s
    Dec 20, 1922
    Wilene "Sally Ann" Forrester is born. Married to fiddler "Howdy" Forrester, she plays accordion in Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys for three years during World War II, appearing on record on "Kentucky Waltz"
    Aug 9, 1949
    Billy Walker holds his first recording session, for Capitol Records, at radio station WBAP in Fort Worth, Texas. Among the musicians is Howdy Forrester, destined to become a member of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys
    Aug 1, 1987
    Fiddler Howard "Howdy" Forrester dies of cancer in Nashville. He was a member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys in the 1940s and Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys in the '50s, and played on hits by Hank Thompson and Kitty Wells
    Nov 17, 1999
    Wilene "Sally Ann" Forrester dies with Alzheimer's disease in Nashville. Married to fiddler "Howdy" Forrester, she played accordion with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys for three years in the 1940s, appearing on record on "Kentucky Waltz"

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