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    • Apr 30, 2017
    Bass player Bill Bryson dies in California. He was a founding member of The Desert Rose Band, a 1980s act that built a series of harmony-laden progressive commercial hits, including "One Step Forward," "Summer Wind" and "Love Reunited"
    May 11, 2017
    Guitar player Corki Casey O'Dell dies in Tennessee. A 2014 inductee in the Musicians Hall of Fame, she played on a number of Duane Eddy rock singles as well as Sanford Clark's 1956 country hit "The Fool"
    May 27, 2017
    Gregg Allman dies at his home in Savannah, Georgia. A co-founder of The Allman Brothers Band, he authored "Midnight Rider," which became a country hit after Willie Nelson covered it for the movie "The Electric Horseman"
    Jul 13, 2017
    Steel guitarist Kayton Roberts dies in Nashville following a stroke. Beginning in 1968, he spent 31 years as a member of Hank Snow's Rainbow Ranch Boys
    Jul 25, 2017
    Songwriter/producer/guitarist Billy Joe Walker Jr. dies in Kerrville, Texas. He wrote Eddie Rabbitt's "I Wanna Dance With You," produced country hits for Travis Tritt and Bryan White, and played on singles by George Strait, Waylon Jennings, Randy Travis and Martina McBride
    Jul 29, 2017
    Guitarist Steve Chapman dies. He played on country hits by George Strait, Mickey Gilley, Ronnie Milsap and Bill Anderson
    Aug 8, 2017
    Glen Campbell dies in Nashville following a battle with Alzheimer's disease. A deft guitarist and smooth vocalist, he earned numerous crossover hits--including "Wichita Lineman," "Rhinestone Cowboy," "Southern Nights" and "By The Time I Get To Phoenix"--while earning a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Sep 18, 2017
    Songwriter/guitarist Mark Selby dies of cancer. He authored The Dixie Chicks' "There's Your Trouble" and Tammy Cochran's "I Cry"
    Sep 30, 2017
    Banjo player Tom Paley dies in Brighton, England. He was a founding member of the string band The New Lost City Ramblers, whose 1961 recording of "On Some Foggy Mountain Top" will be used in the an episode of the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"
    Oct 28, 2017
    Songwriter and Southern California TV host Billy Mize dies at a nursing home in Pleasanton, California. He authored Charlie Walker's hit "Who Will Buy The Wine" and played steel guitar on Merle Haggard's "The Bottle Let Me Down"



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