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Jun 17, 2001
Western-swing guitarist Bob Kiser dies at his home in Purcell, Oklahoma. He played with Johnnie Lee Wills and Leon McAuliffe, participating in McAuliffe's 1949 recording of "Panhandle Rag"
Jul 3, 2001
Roy Nichols, longtime guitarist for Merle Haggard, dies at Bakersfield's Mercy Hospital. Nichols played on "Mama Tried" and "Big City," among Haggard hits, plus Johnny Cash's "Tennessee Flat-Top Box." He also wrote Haggard's "Street Singer"
Aug 7, 2001
Guitarist Billy Byrd dies in Nashville. A capable jazz player, he was best known as the lead guitarist in Ernest Tubb's Texas Troubadours
Aug 23, 2001
Trombone player Eric Allendale dies. He was a member of the pop band The Foundations, whose 1960s hit "Baby, Now That I've Found You" became a 1996 country Grammy-winner for Alison Krauss
Oct 9, 2001
Drummer William "Smokey" Dacus dies at the Kellmark Nursing Center in Rogers, Arkansas. A member of Bob Wills' original Texas Playboys from 1935-1940, he played on "San Antonio Rose" and "Maiden's Prayer," among others
Nov 13, 2001
Drummer David "Panama" Francis dies in Orlando. Skilled in jazz, pop and R&B, he played on recordings by Neil Sedaka, Dinah Washington and The Four Seasons, and also contributed to Bobby Darin's pop/country crossover "Splish Splash"
Dec 3, 2001
Guitarist Grady Martin dies of congestive heart failure at the Marshall Medical Center in Lewisburg, Tennessee. One of Nashville's most-used session players, he graced hits by Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Ray Price and others. He is added to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2015
Jan 4, 2002
Songwriter/guitarist Tim Buckley dies from a heart attack in Dallas. Buckley played in Doug Supernaw's band and co-wrote his first hit, "Reno"
Feb 6, 2002
Jazz bass player Wendell Marshall dies in St. Louis. He worked with Carmen McRae, Lionel Hampton and Mercer Ellington, and played on Bobby Darin's pop/country crossover hit "Splish Splash"
Feb 9, 2002
Trumpet player and arranger Bill McElhiney dies at his home in Diamond Head, Mississippi. He appeared on hits by Bill Anderson, Jim Reeves and Johnny Cash, including "Ring Of Fire"
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