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    • Jun 29, 2007
    Guitarist George McCorkle dies of cancer at the University Medical Center in Lebanon, Tennessee. He was a founding member of The Marshall Tucker Band, which earned a country Grammy nomination in 1977 for "Long Hard Ride"
    Oct 11, 2007
    Fiddler Benny Williams dies at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville. He toured with Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs, Marty Robbins and Bill Monroe and appeared on the Porter Wagoner hit "Misery Loves Company"
    Oct 17, 2007
    Clarence "Tater" Tate dies of lung cancer at his home in Jonesborough, Tennessee. He earned acclaim as a fiddler and bass player with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys
    Nov 18, 2007
    Steel guitarist John Hughey dies of a heart ailment at Hendersonville Medical Center in Tennessee. He played on hits by Conway Twitty, Vince Gill, Dolly Parton and Barbara Mandrell, among others
    Nov 30, 2007
    Ralph Ezell dies of a heart attack in South Dakota. He played bass for Shenandoah, which put together a string of hits during the late-20th century, including "The Church On Cumberland Road," "Two Dozen Roses" and "Next To You, Next To Me"
    Feb 26, 2008
    "Ozark Jubilee" guitarist Herschel "Speedy" Haworth dies at his Springfield, Missouri, home. He played on numerous Porter Wagoner hits, including "A Satisfied Mind" and "What Would You Do (If Jesus Came To Your House)"
    Mar 10, 2008
    Guitarist Barry "Byrd" Burton dies of leukemia at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. A former member of The Amazing Rhythm Aces, he played on "Third Rate Romance," Merle Haggard's single "The Way I Am" and the Don Williams hit "Tulsa Time," among others
    May 4, 2008
    Guitarist George "Leo" Jackson, suffering from chronic back pain, commits suicide at his home in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. A former member of Jim Reeves' Blue Boys, he played on hits by Moe Bandy, George Strait and Tom T. Hall
    May 31, 2008

    Bass singer Hugh Jarrett, formerly of The Jordanaires, dies in Atlanta two months after an automobile accident. He took part in several Elvis Presley hits as well as the Jim Reeves classic "The Blizzard"

    Jun 10, 2008
    Gordon Lightfoot guitarist Red Shea dies of pancreatic cancer in Aurora, Ontario. Among Shea's credits: the 1974 country hit "Sundown"



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