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Dec 18, 1950
Decca releases Bill Monroe's original version of "Uncle Pen"
May 2, 1951
Bass player Mike Fleming is born in Evansville, Indiana. As a member of the bluegrass band The SteelDrivers, he takes part in recording "Blue Side Of The Mountain," a country Grammy nominee in 2009
May 9, 1951
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs record "Don't Get Above Your Raisin'" at the Castle Studio in downtown Nashville. It will be covered some 30 years later by Ricky Skaggs
Jun 8, 1951
Tony Rice is born in Danville, Virginia. A highly admired bluegrass guitarist, he joins J.D. Crowe & The New South in the 1970s, where his bandmates for a short time include Ricky Skaggs and Dobro ace Jerry Douglas
Aug 14, 1951
Columbia releases Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs' "Don't Get Above Your Raisin'," destined to become a hit 30 years later for Ricky Skaggs
Aug 17, 1951
Ralph Stanley is seriously injured in an auto accident near Raleigh, North Carolina. During his recovery, Bill Monroe drops plans to bring The Stanley Brothers on as members of his backing band
Sep 25, 1951
Bluegrass bass player Bessie Lee Mauldin and Nelson Gann are separated. Later in the decade, she appears on "Gotta Travel On" by Bill Monroe
Oct 1, 1951
Songwriter Chip Hardy is born in Scott City, Kansas. He writes three early-'80s hits for The Whites: "Hangin' Around," "Pins And Needles" and "You Put The Blue In Me"
Nov 28, 1951
Bessie Lee Mauldin is granted a divorce from Nelson Gann. She is already romantically involved with Bill Monroe, whose 1959 hit "Gotta Travel On" will feature her on bass
Nov 30, 1951
Columbia releases Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs' "'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered"
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