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    • Jun 12, 2008
    Trumpet player Danny Davis dies at Nashville's Saint Thomas Hospital. He won a Grammy and multiple Country Music Association awards as the leader of the instrumental group Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass
    Jun 24, 2008
    Drummer Len "Snuffy" Miller is found dead at his Nashville home. A former member of Bill Anderson's Po' Boys, he toured and/or played on records with Dottie West, Connie Smith and Nat Stuckey, and produced Jerry Clower comedy albums
    Aug 11, 2008
    Steel player Don Helms dies of an apparent heart attack at Nashville's Skyline Medical Center. The last of the original Drifting Cowboys, he appeared on hits by Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Ray Price and Loretta Lynn
    Aug 21, 2008
    Drummer Buddy Harman dies of congestive heart failure at his Nashville home. A member of the A-Team of session musicians, he played on hits by Elvis Presley, Loretta Lynn, The Everly Brothers and Patsy Cline
    Sep 1, 2008
    Jerry Reed dies of emphysema at home in Brentwood, Tennessee. Best known for the singles "When You're Hot, You're Hot" and "East Bound And Down," the singer, songwriter and guitarist extended his music career with a series of acting roles. He enters the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2017
    Sep 13, 2008
    Fiddler Hal Smith dies at Skyline Medical Center in Nashville. The husband of Roy Acuff musician Velma Williams Smith, he played on hits by Ernest Tubb, Carl Smith and Little Jimmy Dickens
    Sep 19, 2008
    Drummer Earl Palmer dies in his Los Angeles home. An R&B pioneer, he played on Glen Campbell's "I Wanna Live" in addition to hits by Little Richard, Eddie Cochran, Ricky Nelson and The Righteous Brothers
    Sep 26, 2008
    Charlie Garner, a 26-year member of Del Reeves' band The Goodtime Charlies, dies from brain cancer
    Oct 14, 2008
    Trombone player Rex Peer dies in Chapel Hill, Tennessee. After working with Benny Goodman and Louis Armstrong, he played on recordings by Johnny Cash, Crystal Gayle and Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass
    Oct 19, 2008
    Steel guitarist Howard White dies at his home in Gallatin, Tennessee. He played on several Hank Snow hits and worked with Hawkshaw Hawkins, Jean Shepard and Cowboy Copas, among others



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