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    • May 31, 1974
    Guitarist Teddy Irwin and steel player Pete Drake overdub parts on Ray Price's "Like A First Time Thing" at Columbia Recording Studio A in Nashville
    Apr 7, 1977
    R.C. Bannon holds his first Columbia session at Pete Drake's Nashville recording studio, Pete's Place
    Nov 10, 1978
    Keyboard player David Briggs, steel guitarist Pete Drake and guitar players Reggie Young and Jimmie Capps do further work on Billy "Crash" Craddock's "If I Could Write A Song As Beautiful As You" at Nashville's Woodland Sound Studios
    May 7, 1987
    The Nashville Entertainment Association presents its Master Award to steel guitarist and record producer Pete Drake. His credits include hits by Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty, George Jones and B.J. Thomas
    Jul 29, 1988
    Steel guitar player Pete Drake dies from a lung ailment at his home in Brentwood, Tennessee. In addition to playing on records by Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Roger Miller and Tammy Wynette, he produced B.J. Thomas in the early-1980s. In 2022, Drake becomes a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Sep 11, 2010
    Songwriters Paul Davis and John Jarrard and steel guitarist Pete Drake are inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta
    Aug 16, 2021
    The Judds, Ray Charles, steel guitarist Pete Drake and drummer Eddie Bayers are announced by the CMA as the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame
    May 1, 2022
    The Judds, Ray Charles, drummer Eddie Bayers and steel guitarist Pete Drake join the Country Music Hall of Fame during the official medallion ceremony in Nashville
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