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    • Feb 13, 1927
    Guitarist Jim McReynolds is born in Coeburn, Virginia. With his brother, he forms Jim & Jesse, a bluegrass duo that begins recording in 1951, joining the Grand Ole Opry in 1964. They gain a Congressional Medal of the Arts in the 1990s
    Feb 19, 1927
    The Carolina Tar Heels hold their first recording session in Atlanta
    Feb 21, 1927
    WWNC Radio goes on the air in Asheville, North Carolina. Two months later, it provides a home for Jimmie Rodgers' broadcast debut
    Feb 21, 1927
    Don Reno, of the bluegrass act Reno & Smiley, is born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The duo, which also features Red Smiley, collects a minor country hit in 1961 with "Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die"
    Feb 25, 1927
    Ralph Stanley is born in Stratton, Virginia. His duo The Stanley Brothers is one of the pioneering acts in bluegrass, and his later band, the Clinch Mountain Boys, graduates Ricky Skaggs and Keith Whitley. Stanley earns a Grammy for "O Death," from the "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack
    Feb 27, 1927
    A.P. and Sara Carter, members of The Carter Family, have a son, Joe Carter, in Maces Spring, Virginia
    Feb 28, 1927
    Steel player Don Helms is born in New Brockton, Alabama. He becomes a member of The Original Drifting Cowboys during Hank Williams' days on The Louisiana Hayride. Helms rejoins the Cowboys in 1949, and remains until the group is disbanded in 1951
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