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    • Nov 4, 1990
    Guitarist Phil Baugh dies in Nashville. Winner of the Academy of Country Music's first Top Guitarist award in 1966, his bent notes contributed to such recordings as Merle Haggard's "Swinging Doors" and George Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today"
    Jan 8, 1991
    Guitarist Steve Clark dies of drug and alcohol poisoning at his home in London. A member of the rock band Def Leppard, he co-wrote "Pour Some Sugar On Me," which will be mentioned in the lyrics of Keith Urban's 2019 country hit "We Were"
    Jan 24, 1991
    Steel player Shot Jackson dies in Nashville. One of the instrument's innovators, he played with the likes of Roy Acuff, Kitty Wells and Webb Pierce, among others
    Feb 14, 1991
    Guitarist Roy Lanham dies of cancer in Camarillo, California. A member of The Sons Of The Pioneers, he played on Loretta Lynn's "I'm A Honky Tonk Girl" and Ned Miller's "From A Jack To A King"
    Oct 20, 1991
    Curt Massey dies at the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California. He played in his sister's band, Louise Massey & The Westerners, which earned crossover hits in the 1930s and '40s. He also wrote the theme to "Petticoat Junction"
    Nov 28, 1991
    Bass player Wanna Coffman dies from pneumonia at a nursing home in Whitney, Texas. Coffman was the last surviving member of Milton Brown's influential western swing band, The Musical Brownies
    Jan 15, 1992
    Bass player Dee Murray dies of a stroke in Nashville. An important member of Elton John's band, he also performed as a backing vocalist on Earl Thomas Conley's "Nobody Falls Like A Fool"
    Jan 29, 1992
    Blues musician Willie Dixon dies in Burbank, California. Influential in both R&B and rock, he played bass on Chuck Berry's "Maybellene," ranked among the 500 greatest country singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    May 4, 1992
    Banjo player Hubert Davis dies from a heart attack at Memorial Hospital in Nashville. A former member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, he appeared on Monroe's 1954 recording of "Wheel Hoss"
    Aug 5, 1992
    Drummer Jeff Porcaro dies of a heart attack, spurred by years of cocaine use, at his home in Los Angeles. A founding member of the rock band Toto, he also played on pop hits by Boz Scaggs, Michael McDonald and Don Henley, as well as Dolly Parton's singles "Starting Over Again" and "Old Flames Can't Hold A Candle To You"



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