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    • Oct 15, 1909
    Texas Jim Lewis is born in Meigs, Georgia. Making several appearances in western movies, he earns a hit in 1944 with "Too Late To Worry, Too Blue To Cry." His supporting band goes on to back Spade Cooley
    Nov 18, 1909
    Songwriter Johnny Mercer is born in Savannah, Georgia. In addition to writing such classics as "Moon River" and "Jeepers Creepers," he co-founds Capitol Records, crucial in the careers of Merle Haggard, Keith Urban and Garth Brooks, among others
    Dec 11, 1909
    Songwriter Arthur Q. Smith is born in Griffin, Georgia. He writes Ernest Tubb's "Missing In Action" and Ricky Skaggs' "I Wouldn't Change You If I Could"
    Nov 27, 1910
    Bass player Joel Price is born in Franklin County, Georgia. He plays on Bill Monroe's "Uncle Pen," and works with Little Jimmy Dickens, earning status as the first musician to play an electric bass on the Grand Ole Opry
    Apr 26, 1913
    Mary Phagan is killed in Atlanta when she picks up her paycheck at the National Pencil Factory. The incident becomes the basis for Fiddlin' John Carson's "Little Mary Phagan," a significant song in his rise as a country pioneer
    Apr 29, 1913
    Leo Frank is arrested in Atlanta for the alleged murder of his employee, Mary Phagan. The controversial case, which results in the death penalty, provides country pioneer Fiddlin' John Carson with a pivotal song, "Little Mary Phagan"
    Jun 3, 1913
    Curley Williams is born near Cairo, Georgia. A member of the Grand Ole Opry in the mid-1940s, he writes the Hank Williams hit "Half As Much"
    Jun 10, 1914
    Emmett Miller graduates from elementary school in Macon, Georgia. It represents the end of his education, as he persuades his parents to allow him to begin working. Miller goes on to influence Jimmie Rodgers and Hank Williams
    Jul 13, 1914
    Clarence Carson enlists in the National Guard, three days before his father, Fiddlin' John Carson, joins
    Jul 16, 1914
    Three days after his son, Clarence, enlisted, Fiddlin' John Carson joins the National Guard in Georgia
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