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Jul 25, 1987
Left-handed fiddler Joe Holley dies of pneumonia in Fresno, California. During his tenure in Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, he appeared on such recordings as "Stay A Little Longer," "Smoke On The Water" and "Heart To Heart Talk"
Jul 31, 1987
Guitarist Kenneth "Thumbs" Carllile dies of a heart attack in Chattanooga. He can still be heard on recordings by Ray Price, Jim Reeves and Eddy Arnold
Aug 1, 1987
Fiddler Howard "Howdy" Forrester dies of cancer in Nashville. He was a member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys in the 1940s and Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys in the '50s, and played on hits by Hank Thompson and Kitty Wells
Dec 15, 1987
Tiny Moore dies from a heart attack suffered on stage in Jackpot, Nevada. Moore played fiddle and mandolin for Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys and for Merle Haggard, appearing on "Bubbles In My Beer," "Mama Tried" and "Big City"
Mar 17, 1988
Guitarist Sammy Pruett dies in Birmingham. He appeared on a ream of hits by Hank Williams, Carl Smith and Ray Price, including "Hey, Good Lookin'," "City Lights" and "I've Got A New Heartache"
Mar 19, 1988
Fiddler Sid Harkreader dies in Nashville. A former sideman for Uncle Dave Macon, he was a regular on the Grand Ole Opry during the radio show's early years
Apr 23, 1988
Ocie Stockard, a former member of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, dies in a Fort Worth, Texas, nursing home. He played banjo on such recordings as "Keeper Of My Heart," "Bubbles In My Beer" and "Texarkana Baby" during his tenure from 1945-1952
Jun 18, 1988
Bass player Jake Tullock dies at Blount County Hospital in Maryville, Tennessee. He was a longtime member of Flatt & Scruggs' Foggy Mountain Boys and played on "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett"
Jul 19, 1988
Bass player Johnny Miller dies in Los Angeles. As a member of The King Cole Trio, he played on two songs that appeared in 1944 on an early version of the Billboard country chart: "Straighten Up And Fly Right" and "I Can't See For Lookin'"
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
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