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    • Apr 22, 1968
    RCA executive Steve Sholes dies when he suffers a heart attack while driving to the Nashville Airport. A 1967 inductee in the Country Music Hall of Fame, Sholes produced country hits by Elvis Presley, Eddy Arnold, Hank Snow and Jim Reeves
    Aug 5, 1968
    Guitarist Luther Perkins dies at Nashville's Vanderbilt Medical Center of injuries sustained in a fire two days prior. As a member of Johnny Cash's Tennessee Two, he played rhythm on numerous recordings and inspired "Luther Played The Boogie"
    Jun 29, 1969
    R&B artist Frederick "Shorty" Long dies in a boating accident in the Detroit River. A co-writer of "Devil With The Blue Dress On," he played piano on several Elvis Presley sessions, including the date in which Presley cut "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel"
    Jul 2, 1969
    Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones is found dead in his swimming pool in England, just three weeks after the band fired him. Officially he drowned, although many believe he was accidentally killed in a fight
    Sep 30, 1969
    Former Byrd David Crosby's girlfriend, Christine Gail Hinton, dies in a car accident north of San Francisco
    Oct 16, 1969
    Record producer and Chess label executive Leonard Chess dies when he has a heart attack and crashes his car in Chicago. He produced Chuck Berry's "Maybellene," ranked among country's greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
    Mar 4, 1970
    Ferlin Husky's 17-year-old son Danny, who plays drums in Husky's band, dies in a storm-related car accident in Kentucky
    Oct 29, 1971
    Rock guitarist Duane Allman dies in a motorcycle crash in Macon, Georgia. He was a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band, namechecked in Conway Twitty's 1978 recording "Boogie Grass Band"
    Feb 27, 1972
    Bass player Pat Brady dies in a car accident near Colorado Springs, Colorado. He replaced Roy Rogers as a member of The Sons Of The Pioneers, and had three different stints with the group, in addition to playing sidekick on Rogers' TV show
    Sep 19, 1973
    Gram Parsons dies at Joshua Tree, California, of an accidental chemical overdose. A former member of The Byrds, one of country-rock's seminal acts, Parsons influenced Emmylou Harris to take up country music



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