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Jul 14, 1969
Ralph Stanley holds his final recording session for King Records in Nashville
Aug 22, 1969
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs record together for the last time, five months after they broke up the duo, at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville. Among the session's musicians are two future members of the Country Music Hall of Fame: Charlie Daniels and Charlie McCoy
Aug 23, 1969
Stand-up bass player Barry Bales is born in Kingsport, Tennessee. He becomes a member of Alison Krauss' bluegrass band, Union Station, performing on "When You Say Nothing At All" and The Soggy Bottom Boys' "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow." He also co-writes Chris Stapleton's 2015 single "Nobody To Blame"
Sep 13, 1969
Earl Scruggs makes his first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium since splitting with longtime partner Lester Flatt. He plays "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" with his sons, Gary and Randy Scruggs
Oct 28, 1969
Bill Monroe records the original version of "Walk Softly On This Heart Of Mine" in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. Twenty years later, a suped-up version becomes the first single for The Kentucky HeadHunters
Dec 27, 1969
Stand-up bass player Darrin Vincent is born in Missouri. The brother of bluegrass singer Rhonda Vincent, he joins Jamie Dailey to establish Dailey & Vincent, winning the IBMA's Entertainer of the Year in 2008 and 2009. The duo joins the Grand Ole Opry in 2017
Jan 21, 1970
Bass player Howard Watts dies of a heart attack in Nashville. As Cedric Rainwater, he played with Ray Price, Bill Monroe and Flatt & Scruggs, and was a member of The Drifting Cowboys band during the final three years of Hank Williams' life
Apr 19, 1970
A storm with 80-mile-per-hour winds rips through Middle Tennessee, tearing the back porch off Lester Flatt's home and sinking his boat house along the Cumberland River in Hendersonville, Tennessee
Oct 14, 1970
The Original Carter Family and Bill Monroe enter the Country Music Hall Of Fame during the fourth annual Country Music Association awards, hosted by Tennessee Ernie Ford from Nashville's Ryman Auditorium on NBC-TV's "The Kraft Music Hall"
Oct 27, 1970
Ken Irwin, Bill Nowlin and Marian Leighton-Levy co-found Rounder Records in Somerville, Massachusetts. Specializing in American roots music, the label is best known for its association with Alison Krauss + Union Station
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