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    • Mar 6, 1909
    Guitarist Floyd "Salty" Holmes is born in Glasgow, Kentucky. He's an original member of The Prairie Ramblers, who form in 1932 and back Patsy Montana on the 1935 hit "I Wanna Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart." He leaves the act in 1942
    Dec 11, 1936
    "Banjo On My Knee," starring Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan and Buddy Ebsen, debuts in theaters. It includes a bit role for guitarist Floyd "Salty" Holmes, who played the previous year on Patsy Montana's "I Wanna Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart"
    Jan 30, 1937
    Tex Ritter's third movie, "Arizona Days," opens. The Prairie Ramblers' Floyd "Salty" Holmes appears on-screen, playing harmonica
    Dec 21, 1944
    The Charles Starrett western "Saddle Leather Law" debuts in movie theaters. The picture's cast includes Lloyd Bridges, Jimmy Wakely and Floyd "Salty" Holmes, formerly of The Prairie Ramblers
    Jan 1, 1970
    Guitarist Floyd "Salty" Holmes dies in Elwood, Indiana. He was an original member of The Prairie Ramblers, who formed in 1932 and backed Patsy Montana on the 1935 hit "I Wanna Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart." He left the act in 1942
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