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Aug 20, 1982
Bass player and guitarist Louis Innis dies in Nashville. Building on his membership in Red Foley's band, he played on numerous country hits by Hank Williams, Kitty Wells and Eddy Arnold
Oct 19, 1982
Tenor sax player Jesse Powell dies in New York City. A former band member with Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong, Powell also took part in the session for Bobby Darin's pop/country crossover "Splish Splash"
Oct 22, 1982
Fiddler Bert Layne dies in Kentucky. A member of Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers, he played on the 1926 recording "Bully Of The Town," ranked among country's greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
Oct 23, 1982
Hoyt Hawkins dies following a heart attack at his home in Nashville. In 1950, Hawkins joined The Jordanaires, a vocal quartet that provided background to records by Kenny Rogers, Jimmy Dean, Elvis Presley, Tammy Wynette and others, joining the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001
Dec 10, 1982
Harmonica player Jimmie Riddle dies of cancer in Nashville. Beginning in 1943, he became a regular member of Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys and spent much of his later years as a member of the "Hee Haw" cast
Feb 21, 1984
Guitarist Herman Arnspiger dies in a Tulsa, Oklahoma, nursing home. During his tenure with Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, he took part in recording "Maiden's Prayer," "Right Or Wrong" and "New San Antonio Rose," among others
May 26, 1984
Onie Wheeler, the harmonica player in Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys, dies of cardiac arrest during videotaping of "Grand Ole Gospel Time" on the stage at the Grand Ole Opry House
Aug 10, 1984
Banjo player Bill Mounce dies in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He joined Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys in 1945, playing on "White Cross On Okinawa"
Aug 13, 1984
Bass player and comedian Bill Wesbrooks dies in Tucker, Georgia. Known as Cousin Wilbur, he appeared in Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys from 1940-1944, playing on such Monroe recordings as "Kentucky Waltz" and "Mule Skinner Blues"
Sep 18, 1984
Lefty Perkins, a member of The Light Crust Doughboys and Milton Brown's Musical Brownies, dies of cancer. The guitarist joined the Brownies in 1936 after the departure of steel player Bob Dunn
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