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Aug 2, 1957

Guitarist Les Dudek is born in Rhode Island. He plays on The Allman Brothers Band's 1972 hit "Ramblin Man," referenced in Rascal Flatts' "Me And My Gang," The Eli Young Band's "Always The Love Songs" and Brad Paisley's collaboration with Keith Urban, "Start A Band"

Oct 14, 1957

TV producer Danny Petraitis is born in Red Bank, New Jersey. He sings in a mass studio choir that provides gang vocals on Brooks & Dunn's "Rock My World (Little Country Girl)." Petraitis also plays harmonica on Johnny Cash's "Red Hot + Country" track "Forever Young"

Oct 21, 1957

Guitarist Steve Lukather is born in Los Angeles. A founding member of the rock band Toto, he also plays on the Kenny Rogers hit "All My Life"

Dec 8, 1957

Guitarist Phil Collen is born in London. He joins the rock band Def Leppard in 1982, co-writing the signature hit "Pour Some Sugar On Me." It will be referenced in Keith Urban's 2019 country hit "We Were"

Jan 26, 1958

Guitarist B. James Lowry is born in Pensacola, Florida. A member of the 1980s pop group The Boys Band, he goes on to play on sessions behind Luke Bryan, Jo Dee Messina, Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Tim McGraw and Reba McEntire, among others

Apr 3, 1958

Bass player and songwriter Carl Goff Jr. is born. A member of Toby Keith's road band, he co-writes Keith's hits "Upstairs Downtown" and "You Ain't Much Fun"

Jul 10, 1958

Banjo player Bela Fleck is born in New York City. A member of the progressive bluegrass band New Grass Revival and the jazz act Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, he plays on recordings by Garth Brooks, Kathy Mattea, Randy Travis and Ricky Skaggs

Jul 31, 1958

Drummer Bill Berry is born in Duluth, Minnesota. He's a co-founder of R.E.M., a rock band that gets referenced in Darius Rucker's 2017 country single "For The First Time"

Dec 17, 1958

Bass player Mike Mills is born in Orange, California. He becomes a founding member of the Georgia-based rock band R.E.M., mentioned in the opening line of Darius Rucker's 2017 country single "For The First Time"

Jun 4, 1959

Guitarist Warner Hodges is born in Wurtzburg, Germany. He joins Jason & The Scorchers, a punkish country band whose speedy version of "Absolutely Sweet Marie" is cited among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"

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