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    • Dec 28, 1920
    Bessie Lee Mauldin is born in Norwood, North Carolina. She becomes a longtime companion of bluegrass legend Bill Monroe and plays bass on his 1959 country hit "Gotta Travel On"
    Sep 4, 1945
    Bass player Bessie Lee Mauldin marries Naval officer Nelson Gann at a private home in Franklin, Kentucky. A former--and future--lover of Bill Monroe, she plays on Monroe's 1959 hit "Gotta Travel On"
    Sep 25, 1951
    Bluegrass bass player Bessie Lee Mauldin and Nelson Gann are separated. Later in the decade, she appears on "Gotta Travel On" by Bill Monroe
    Nov 28, 1951
    Bessie Lee Mauldin is granted a divorce from Nelson Gann. She is already romantically involved with Bill Monroe, whose 1959 hit "Gotta Travel On" will feature her on bass
    Jan 16, 1953
    Bill Monroe suffers 19 broken bones in a head-on collision on Highway 31 near White House, Tennessee. He still manages to get out of the car and pull another passenger, Bessie Lee Mauldin, out of the other side. Monroe is unable to tour until May
    Jan 21, 1954
    Bill Monroe buys his second farm, a 288-acre property in Sumner County, Tennessee, with a $10 down payment for the $15,660 purchase. He will share the home with bass player Bessie Lee Mauldin while his wife Carolyn remains on his other farm
    Sep 16, 1955
    Bill Monroe holds a recording session in Nashville using three fiddlers: Vassar Clements, Bobby Hicks and Gordon Terry. It marks the first of 31 sessions in which he employs his mistress, Bessie Lee Mauldin, on bass
    Dec 12, 1959
    During an appearance at the Grand Ole Opry, Bill Monroe is presented with divorce papers filed by the former Carolyn Brown, who charges he's had an affair with bass player Bessie Lee Mauldin since 1941
    Aug 12, 1960
    The former Carolyn Brown is granted a divorce from Bill Monroe. The judge stipulates that Monroe cannot marry Bessie Lee Mauldin, with whom he shares a home in Tennessee, during his ex-wife's lifetime
    Apr 15, 1975
    Bessie Lee Mauldin files for divorce from Bill Monroe in Nashville, claiming to be his common-law wife. He agrees to pay his former bass player $75,000
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