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Aug 9, 1949
Session guitarist Mark Casstevens is born in Fort Worth, Texas. He appears on hits by Alabama, Garth Brooks, Brooks & Dunn and Randy Travis, among others
Aug 9, 1949
Billy Walker holds his first recording session, for Capitol Records, at radio station WBAP in Fort Worth, Texas. Among the musicians is Howdy Forrester, destined to become a member of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys
Aug 11, 1949
Bass player Dan "Bee" Spears is born in the San Antonio area. Beginning in 1968, he spends more than 40 years in Willie Nelson's Family Band, appearing on such hits as "Whiskey River," "Blue Skies" and "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain"
Aug 11, 1949
Leon Payne records "I Love You Because" at the KNUZ studios in Houston, Texas
Oct 5, 1949
Pop singer B.W. Stevenson is born in Dallas. His initials taken from the nickname "Buck Wheat," Stevenson grabs a Top 10 hit in 1973 with "My Maria," which Brooks & Dunn tackle for the country genre in 1996
Nov 8, 1949
Songwriter Gary Nicholson is born in Commerce, Texas. He builds such credits as Montgomery Gentry's "She Couldn't Change Me," Patty Loveless' "The Trouble With The Truth," Vince Gill's "One More Last Chance" and Waylon Jennings' "Working Without A Net"
Dec 16, 1949
ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons is born in Houston, Texas. In 2009, he contributes a spoken vocal signature to the Brooks & Dunn country hit "Honky Tonk Stomp"
Dec 25, 1949
Sissy Spacek is born in Quitman, Texas. She portrays Loretta Lynn in the 1980 movie "Coal Miner's Daughter" and earns a minor 1983 hit, "Lonely But Only For You"
Feb 24, 1950
Songwriter/record executive Larry Willoughby is born in Houston, Texas. He writes Waylon Jennings' "The Devil's On The Loose," Eddy Raven's "Operator, Operator" and "Building Bridges" by Brooks & Dunn with Sheryl Crow & Vince Gill
Jul 4, 1950
Hank Williams is unable to perform for 11,000 fans at the Watermelon Festival in DeLeon, Texas, because he's "too sick"
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