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    • Oct 28, 1984
    Former Orleans drummer Wells Kelly dies of asphyxiation in London, while touring as a member of Meat Loaf's band. Kelly played on the original pop version of "Still The One," a 1977 country hit for Bill Anderson
    Jan 18, 1985
    Steel guitarist Frankie Marvin dies in Valencia, California. He played on such hits as Gene Autry's "You Are My Sunshine," Al Dexter's "Too Late To Worry, Too Blue To Cry" and Tex Ritter's "Jingle Jangle Jingle"
    Jan 28, 1985
    Appalachian fiddler Tommy Jarrell dies from heart failure in Mount Airy, North Carolina. Three years earlier, he received a National Heritage Fellowship honor from the National Endowment for the Arts
    Feb 11, 1985
    Banjo player Rudy Lyle dies from a heart attack at Williamson County Hospital in Tennessee. A former member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, he appeared on Monroe's classic "Uncle Pen"
    Apr 6, 1985
    Guitarist Gene Martin dies. He worked with Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys and played on two Hank Snow hits
    Oct 23, 1985
    Merle Watson dies in a North Carolina tractor accident. The son of Doc Watson, he played banjo and guitar with his influential father from 1964 until his death
    Mar 9, 1986
    Jim Hall dies. A member of The Anita Kerr Singers, Hall arranged Nashville's first million-seller, "Near You"
    Jun 27, 1986
    Guitarist Joe Maphis dies of cancer. He played on many of Rick Nelson's recording and performed the theme song to the TV series "Bonanza"
    Aug 29, 1986
    Guitar player Jimmie Short dies in Solano, California. As a member of the Texas Troubadours, he played on more than a dozen Ernest Tubb hits, including "Rainbow At Midnight," "Soldier's Last Letter" and "You Nearly Lose Your Mind"
    Sep 4, 1986
    Western swing piano player John "Knocky" Parker dies in Los Angeles. He appeared on recordings by Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers and The Light Crust Doughboys



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