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    • Mar 11, 1898
    Creole accordion player Amede Ardoin is born in L'Anse Rougeau, Louisiana. He joins fiddler Dennis McGee to record the Cajun "One Step Des Chameaux," ranked in a Country Music Foundation book among country's 500 greatest singles
    Apr 10, 1898
    Fiddlin' Arthur Smith is born in Bold Springs, Tennessee. He performs on the Grand Ole Opry from 1929-1938, helping popularize the long-bow style of fiddle playing
    May 28, 1898
    Fiddler Lowe Stokes is born in Elijay Gilmer County, Georgia. He plays with Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers, taking part in their 1929 recording of "Soldier's Joy"
    Jan 26, 1900
    Fiddler Clayton McMichen is born in Allatoona, Georgia. He records as a member of Gid Tanner's Skillet Lickers, a string band that rises to importance in country music during the 1920s, before embarking on a solo career
    Sep 7, 1900
    Cajun songwriter Amadie Breaux is born near Rayne, Louisiana. Breaux writes and records the first version of the classic "Jole Blon," made famous by Harry Choates
    Mar 1, 1901
    Old-time fiddler Tommy Jarrell is born in Surry County, North Carolina. A future member of the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame, he earns a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts
    May 11, 1901
    Banjo player Charles "Chick" Hurt is born in Willowshade, Kentucky. He becomes a member of The Prairie Ramblers, a WLS Radio act that backs Patsy Montana on the 1935 hit "I Wanna Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart"
    May 16, 1901
    Bass player Birch Monroe is born. The older brother of Bill Monroe, he's among the Blue Grass Boys on the 1948 hit "Wicked Path Of Sin"
    Dec 7, 1901
    Bass player Jack Taylor is born in Summershade, Kentucky. He emerges in 1932 with The Prairie Ramblers, a group that performs on WLS Radio and backs up Patsy Montana on the 1935 hit "I Wanna Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart"
    Jan 27, 1904
    Steel guitarist Frankie Marvin is born in Butler, Oklahoma. He plays in numerous Gene Autry movies and also provides instrumental support on hits by Autry, Tex Ritter and Al Dexter



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