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    • Jun 17, 1904
    Guitarist Rudy Sooter is born in Oklahoma. He appears on Jimmie Davis' late-'30s hit "It Makes No Difference Now"
    Nov 13, 1904
    Guitarist Herman Arnspiger is born in Van Alstyne, Texas. During his membership in the Texas Playboys from 1935-1940, he appears on such Bob Wills classics as "Right Or Wrong," "Maiden's Prayer," "Ida Red" and "New San Antonio Rose"
    Nov 30, 1904
    Piano player Fred "Papa" Calhoun is born in Chico, Texas. He joins the western swing band Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies, appearing on the formative hits "Right Or Wrong" and "Who's Sorry Now?"
    Feb 4, 1906
    Fiddler Art Wooten is born in Sparta, North Carolina. He becomes the first fiddler in Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys in 1939 and returns to the band in the early-1940s, playing on Monroe's version of the fiddle tune "Orange Blossom Special"
    Dec 25, 1906
    Guitarist Buddy Jones is born in Asheville, North Carolina. A blues singer, he also appears as a sideman on Jimmie Davis' 1936 hit "I Wish I Had Never Seen Sunshine"
    Feb 17, 1907
    Guitarist Dick Reinhart is born in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. He moves to California with Johnny Bond and Jimmy Wakely, appearing in numerous westerns and playing on hits by Bond, Al Dexter and Gene Autry
    May 5, 1907
    Accordion player Arthur Wenzel is born in Wisconsin. As a member of Red Ingle & The Natural Seven, he performs on the 1947 novelty "Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)"
    Jul 22, 1907
    Guitarist Perry Botkin is born in Springfield, Ohio. He plays on recording sessions by pop and jazz acts, including Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong and Lena Horne, but also contributes to country hits by Jimmie Davis, Bing Crosby and The Sons Of The Pioneers
    Jan 29, 1908
    Piano player Al Stricklin is born in Antioch, Texas. A member of the Texas Playboys from 1935-1941, he appears on such Bob Wills standards as "Right Or Wrong," "Cherokee Maiden," "Take Me Back To Tulsa" and "San Antonio Rose"
    Feb 8, 1908
    Bob Dunn, the steel player for Milton Brown's Brownies, is born in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma. In January 1935, he becomes the first musician to play an electric instrument on a country recording session



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