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Dec 28, 1920
Bessie Lee Mauldin is born in Norwood, North Carolina. She becomes a longtime companion of bluegrass legend Bill Monroe and plays bass on his 1959 country hit "Gotta Travel On"
Mar 31, 1922
Fiddler Howdy Forrester is born in Vernon, Tennessee. He joins Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys for two years in the 1940s and plays with Roy Acuff during the '50s
Apr 20, 1922
Frank "Hylo" Brown is born in River, Kentucky. The bluegrass singer, noted for his wide vocal range, signs with Capitol Records in 1954 and becomes a regular touring partner for Flatt & Scruggs
Jul 23, 1922
Bass player English Pierce "Jake" Tullock is born near Etowah, Tennessee. He becomes a member of Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs' Foggy Mountain Boys, playing on "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett"
Dec 20, 1922
Wilene "Sally Ann" Forrester is born. Married to fiddler "Howdy" Forrester, she plays accordion in Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys for three years during World War II, appearing on record on "Kentucky Waltz"
Jul 9, 1923
A Gibson F-5 Master mandolin is tested and approved. The instrument, with serial number 73987, is purchased by Bill Monroe in Florida in 1943 for $150 and becomes the vehicle for his life's work
Nov 20, 1923
Dobro player Robert "Tut" Taylor is born in Milledgeville, Georgia. He earns a Grammy as a co-producer of the album "The Great Dobro Sessions"
Jan 6, 1924
Earl Scruggs is born in Shelby, North Carolina. The innovative banjo man joins Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys in the 1940s, then forms a duo with Lester Flatt on the way to the Country Music Hall of Fame as one of bluegrass' pillars
Jul 1, 1924
Mandolin player Everett Lilly is born in Cedar Creek, West Virginia. He plays on Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs' "'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered"
Aug 5, 1924
Darrell "Pee Wee" Lambert is born in Thacker, West Virginia. He plays mandolin with The Stanley Brothers' band, The Clinch Mountain Boys, participating in their Grammy Hall of Fame recording "I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow"
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