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    • Dec 30, 1974
    Rhythm guitarist Howard "Johnny" Johnson dies. He played with Little Jimmy Dickens and Lester Flatt on the road, and performed on a number of Ernest Tubb's 1950s hits, including "Half A Mind," "I Cried A Tear" and "Through That Door"
    Sep 18, 1975
    Dobro player Clell Summey dies of cancer. Under the stage name Cousin Jody, he preceded Bashful Brother Oswald in Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys
    Oct 1, 1975
    Drummer Al Jackson Jr. is shot five times and killed by burglars at his Memphis home. A member of Booker T. & The MG's, he played on Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay," hailed among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Jan 28, 1976
    Fiddler Skeeter Willis dies in a Nashville hospital. He was a member of The Willis Brothers, who played on numerous Eddy Arnold hits and backed Hank Williams on his first recording session
    Aug 9, 1976
    Texas Playboys fiddler Jesse Ashlock dies in Austin, Texas. An original member of Bob Wills' western swing band, he played on such classics as "New San Antonio Rose," "Cherokee Maiden," "Ida Red" and "Right Or Wrong"
    Jan 6, 1977
    Texas Playboys fiddler Keith Coleman dies of cancer in Chickasha, Oklahoma. He played on the Bob Wills classic "Faded Love" in 1950 and worked with Hank Thompson and Ray Price
    Jan 10, 1978
    Zeb Turner dies from cancer at the Montreal Chest Hospital. Along with brother Zeke, he was a member of Red Foley's band and recorded on such classics as Hank Williams' "Move It On Over" and "Honky Tonkin'." He also wrote Eddy Arnold's "It's A Sin" and his own 1949 hit "Tennessee Boogie"
    Jan 12, 1978
    Fiddler Paul Warren dies in Nashville. He played with Flatt & Scruggs and appeared on a number of Kitty Wells hits, including "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels," "Release Me" and "Paying For That Back Street Affair"
    Dec 24, 1978
    Derwood Brown, a guitarist with the western swing band Milton Brown's Musical Brownies, dies in Fort Worth, Texas. In addition to his work with The Brownies, he appeared on the seminal Fort Worth Doughboys single "Sunbonnet Sue"
    Dec 9, 1979
    Fiddler Tommy Jackson dies in Nashville. One of the most influential musicians to play the instrument, he took part in recordings by Hank Williams, Webb Pierce, Ray Price and Little Jimmy Dickens, among others



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