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Mar 11, 1845
Fiddler Henry Gilliland is born in Jasper County, Missouri. He joins Eck Robertson for the first country recording session in 1922
Mar 23, 1868
Fiddlin' John Carson is born in Fannin County, Georgia. When he performs on Atlanta's WSB in 1922, he becomes one of the first country acts to appear on radio, and a year later, he becomes one of the first to be recorded
Dec 17, 1876
Fiddler Henry Bandy is born in Macon County, Tennessee. He becomes one of the early soloists on the Grand Ole Opry after its inception in 1925 but stays with the program less than three years
Dec 26, 1882
George Stoneman is born. He plays banjo on some of the early recordings by his cousin, Ernest Stoneman
Nov 11, 1887
Guitarist Burt Hutcherson is born in Williamson County, Tennessee. He joins The Gully Jumpers, a stringband that plays on the Grand Ole Opry for more than 50 years beginning in 1927. The group is also the first act to hold a recording session for Victor Records in Nashville
Aug 16, 1889
Guitarist Paul Warmack is born in Whites Creek, Tennessee. He forms The Gully Jumpers, a stringband that appears on the Grand Ole Opry from 1927 to the '70s, and becomes the first Victor act to record in Nashville
Dec 14, 1889
Fiddler Bert Layne is born in Arkansas. He's a founding member of Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers, playing on "Bully Of The Town," ranked among country's greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
Jul 19, 1896
Banjo player William Hardison is born in Maury County, Tennessee. He joins The Gully Jumpers, a stringband that begins a lengthy Grand Ole Opry association in 1927 and becomes the first Victor act to record in Nashville
Feb 3, 1898
Piano player Lillian Hardin Armstrong is born in Memphis, Tennessee. She appears on one country single during her life, playing alongside her husband, trumpet legend Louis Armstrong, on Jimmie Rodgers' "Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' On The Corner)"
Feb 26, 1898
Sid Harkreader is born in Gladeville, Tennessee. A fiddler and guitarist, he performs alongside Uncle Dave Macon in a career that includes on-again, off-again membership in the Grand Ole Opry
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