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    • Sep 13, 1911
    Bill Monroe is born in Rosine, Kentucky. Recognized as the Father of Bluegrass, he joins the Grand Ole Opry in 1939 and enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1970 behind such titles as "Uncle Pen," "In The Pines" and "Blue Moon Of Kentucky"
    Feb 19, 1913
    Bass player and comedian Howard Watts is born in Monticello, Florida. Using the stage name Cedric Rainwater, he plays with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, Ray Price's Cherokee Cowboys and Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys
    Jun 19, 1914
    Lester Flatt is born in Duncan's Chapel, Tennessee. Along with partner Earl Scruggs, he rises out of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys to become a leading figure in the development of bluegrass, joining the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1985
    Jun 17, 1915
    David "Stringbean" Akeman is born in Annville, Kentucky. As a banjo player, he joins Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys. But he is better known as a comedian, noted for a striped shirt and pants that seem belted at his thighs. He joins the Grand Ole Opry in the 1940s, remaining a member until his murder in 1973
    Jul 29, 1915
    Gladys Stacey is born in White County, Tennessee. She marries Lester Flatt and will co-write "Foggy Mountain Rock," a Flatt & Scruggs song that appears in the PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
    Oct 2, 1915
    Fiddler Chubby Wise is born in Lake City, Florida. A member of Bill Monroe's band when he introduces bluegrass in 1945, Wise works with Flatt & Scruggs and Hank Williams and spends 16 years as a member of Hank Snow's band
    Oct 21, 1916
    Fiddler Tommy Magness is born in Mineral Bluff, Georgia. He supports Little Jimmy Dickens in the singer's first recording session, playing on "Take An Old Cold 'Tater (And Wait)." During his tenure with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, Magness also plays on "Mule Skinner Blues"
    May 17, 1918
    Fiddler Paul Warren is born in Lyles, Tennessee. He plays on numerous Kitty Wells hits, including "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels," "Release Me" and "Paying For That Back Street Affair"
    Mar 9, 1919
    Guitarist Cleo Davis is born. He's the first musician Bill Monroe hires, in August 1938, when he assembles his Blue Grass Boys
    Apr 18, 1920
    Guitarist and vocalist Pete Pyle is born near Burnsville, Mississippi. He joins Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys from 1941-1942 and again briefly in '53, appearing on Monroe's recording of "Orange Blossom Special"



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