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    • Oct 8, 1932
    Steel guitarist Pete Drake is born in Augusta, Georgia. He plays on hits by the likes of George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Kenny Rogers, Bob Dylan and Jim Reeves, and produces several of B.J. Thomas' 1980s country hits. He joins the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2022
    Oct 1, 1964
    Roy Drusky sings "Anymore" and "Peel Me A Nanner" on ABC-TV's "The Jimmy Dean Show" and joins the show's host on "Second Hand Rose." Pop singer Vikki Carr delivers "Cuando Calienta El Sol" and "Your Cheatin' Heart." Also on the episode is steel guitarist Pete Drake
    Aug 5, 1966
    Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York, hosts a country concert, featuring Roy Acuff, Kay Adams, Dick Curless, Pete Drake, Roy Drusky, Flatt & Scruggs, The Geezinslaw Brothers, Stonewall Jackson, Warner Mack, Webb Pierce, Ray Price, Dottie West and Hank Williams Jr.
    Dec 29, 1966
    The movie "Second Fiddle To A Steel Guitar" debuts in theaters, with Minnie Pearl, Sonny James, Carl and Pearl Butler, Pete Drake, George Hamilton IV, Homer & Jethro, Merle Kilgore, Lamar Morris, Bill Phillips, Del Reeves, and Buddy Spicher
    Jul 12, 1967
    "That Tennessee Beat" debuts in movie theaters with Merle Travis, The Statler Brothers, Minnie Pearl, Floyd "Lightnin'" Chance, Pete Drake, Buddy Mize, Boots Randolph and The Stoney Mountain Cloggers
    Oct 17, 1967
    Bob Dylan begins recording the album "John Wesley Harding," the second of three he records in Nashville, at the Columbia Recording Studios, with local musicians Kenny Buttrey, Charlie McCoy and Pete Drake
    Feb 13, 1969
    Bob Dylan holds the first session for the album "Nashville Skyline" at the Columbia Recording Studios on Music Row with local musicians Pete Drake, Charlie McCoy, Kenny Buttrey and future Country Music Hall of Fame member Charlie Daniels
    Feb 14, 1969
    Bob Dylan records his pop hit "Lay Lady Lay" during sessions for the album "Nashville Skyline" at the Columbia Recording Studio, with Music City musicians Pete Drake, Charlie McCoy, Charlie Daniels and Kenny Buttrey
    Apr 24, 1969
    Bob Dylan begins recording his album "Self Portrait" at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville, with Charlie Daniels among the session players. Other musicians include Charlie McCoy, Fred Carter Jr., Pete Drake and Kenny Buttrey
    Aug 10, 1970
    Steel player Pete Drake takes part in evening overdubs for Sonny James' "Empty Arms" at Nashville's Jack Clement Studios
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