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    • Sep 12, 2000
    Steel guitarist Bob Foster dies in Nashville. He appeared on hits by Webb Pierce, Carl Smith, Kitty Wells and Faron Young, including the original version of "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')"
    Oct 20, 2000
    Following his second stroke, Luke Wills dies in Las Vegas, Nevada. A younger brother of Bob Wills, he played on The Texas Playboys' "Ida Red Likes The Boogie," "Heart To Heart Talk" and "Faded Love," plus Johnnie Lee Wills' "Milk Cow Blues"
    Oct 23, 2000
    Moises "Blondie" Calderon dies at Covenant Hospital in Lubbock, Texas, following open-heart surgery. Calderon had worked for 34 years as the piano player and bandleader for Ray Price
    Oct 26, 2000
    Harmonica player Don Brooks dies with leukemia in New York City. Noted for his work with Billy Joel, Diana Ross and The Bee Gees, he was a member of Waylon Jennings' band during the 1970s, appearing on "You Ask Me To" and "This Time"
    Jan 3, 2001
    Singer/guitarist Doye O'Dell dies in Northridge, California. Best known for his 1948 hit "Dear Oakie," he also played on Johnny Bond's "Oklahoma Waltz" and appeared in several western movies
    Feb 14, 2001
    Western-swing bass player Joe Ferguson dies in Fort Worth, Texas. He appeared with both The Light Crust Doughboys and Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, participating in Wills' hits "Right Or Wrong," "Ida Red" and "New San Antonio Rose"
    Mar 2, 2001
    Harmonica player Lonnie Glosson dies in Searcy, Arkansas. During his career, he worked with Molly O'Day and Wayne Raney, with whom he co-wrote "Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me"
    Mar 13, 2001
    Fiddler Benny Martin dies in a Nashville hospital. The inventor of the eight-string fiddle, he played with Roy Acuff, Bill Monroe and Flatt & Scruggs, among others
    Apr 3, 2001
    Rockabilly guitarist Paul Peek dies in Lithonia, Georgia, from cirrhosis of the liver. Peek played with Gene Vincent's Blue Caps
    Jun 6, 2001
    Light Crust Doughboys guitarist Marvin Montgomery dies of leukemia in Dallas. He co-wrote the western swing band's "Pussy, Pussy, Pussy," hailed among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"



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