June 2023

County or State Fair coming to town soon?
Play “Ferris Wheel” by the Two High String Band or “Queen of the County Fair” by Josh Williams.

1

National Moonshine Day
(Do we need to suggest any songs for this one? Probably not.)
Hazel Dickens born, 1925 (died 4/22/2011)

3

Evan Ward born, 1988
Van Stoneman died, 1995
James Alan Shelton died, 2014

4

John Hartford died, 2001
(Song suggestions: play “John’s Gone” by the Kruger Brothers, “Song for John Hartford” by Chatham County Line or “Hartford’s Bend” by Thomm Jutz.)
Comedian Fred E. Smith died, 2006
Ray Deaton died, 2019

5

Gene Wooten born, 1953 (died 11/07/2001)
Suzanne Cox born, 1967

Gail Davies born, 1948

6

Gid Tanner born, 1885 (died May 13, 1960)
Charlie Cline born, 1931 (died 11/19/2004)
Craig Smith born, 1956
Vern Williams died, 2006

7

Clarence White born, 1944 (died July 15, 1973)
Jim Britton born, 1972
Nancy Moore born, 1973
Courtney Johnson died, 1996

8

Tony Rice born, 1951 (died 12/25/2020)
Sturgill Simpson born, 1978

Bethany Dick born, 1980
Alton Delmore died, 1964
Sara Watkins born, 1981
Dave Adkins born, 1976

9

Willard Cox born, 1937 (died 11/5/2019)
Gloria Belle born, 1939 (died 5/5/2023)

Jamie Daley born, 1975

10

Willa Porter born, 1957
Stanley Brothers song “Rank Stranger” was  added to the Library of Congress National Recording Registry, a select list of sound recordings that “are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important”, 2009

11

Jimmy Arnold born, 1952 (died 12/26/1992)
Joe Val died, 1985
Nancy Blake born, 1952
Gabe Witcher born, 1978

12

Kazuhiro Inaba born, 1960
Adam Poindexter born, 1967
J.E. Mainer died, 1971

13

Geoff Stelling born, 1943
Bobby Slone born, 1936 (died 8/12/13)
Jim and Jesse’s first recording session for Capitol in the Tulane Hotel, 1952

14

Flag Day
(Song suggestions: play “Wrap Me In Old Glory” by the Osborne Brothers or “I Wave” by the Family Sowell)
Ernie Thacker born, 1971 (died 4/10/2018)
Bob Black born, 1949

Ernest “Pop” Stoneman died, 1968
Vern Young died, 2019

Fiddlin’ John Carson recorded “Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane” on Okeh Records, 1923 which is reportedly the first commercial recording of old time mountain-style country music.

15

C.F. Martin III died, 1986
Kenny Blackwell born, 1955
Delia Bell died, 2018

16

First recording of the O.B.S. (by the Rouse Brothers), 1939
Bob Everhart born, 1936 (died 8/20/2021)

17

Earl Taylor born, 1929 (died 1/28/84)
David “Stringbean” Akeman born, 1915 (died 11/10/73)

18

Father’s Day
(For song suggestions, click here)
Tim Austin born, 1961

Jake Tullock died, 1988
Paul McCartney born, 1942
Don Light died, 2014

19

Juneteenth
Lester Flatt born, 1914 (died 5/11/79)
(Song suggestion: Play “What Would Lester Say” by Eddie Sanders.)
Riders in the Sky join Grand Ole Opry, 1982
Mark Kuykendall died, 2023

20

Mom (Pauline) Lewis born, 1910 (died 2/9/2003)
Dan Tyminski born, 1967
Evelyn Cox born, 1959
Jimmy Driftwood born, 1907 (died 7/12/98)
Ira Louvin killed in auto accident, 1965

21

First Day of Summer (Summer Solstice)
(For song suggestions, click here.)
Eddie Adcock born, 1938
Joe Carr born, 1951 (died 12/14/2014)

James Price born, 1964

22

Jim and Jesse record “Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes”, 1962
Tom Dula (Tom Dooley) born, 1845 (died by hanging May 1, 1868)
(Song suggestion: play “Tom Dooley” by Rob Ickes from his “Hard Times” album, or Doc Watson from his self-titled “Doc Watson” album)

23

Haskell McCormick born, 1937
Dick Freeland born, 1938

Thomas Wywrot born, 1984
Ted Lundy died, 1980
Ralph Stanley died, 2016
Jesse McReynolds died, 2023

Eddie Stubbs joins Grand Ole Opry staff, 1995

24

Johnny Bailes born, 1918
Ed Ferris died, 1993
Bill Harrell died, 2009

25

Joe Val born, 1926 (died June 11, 1985)
Pee Wee Lambert died, 1965

Boudleaux Bryant died, 1987
Dave Evans died, 2017

26

Kenny Baker born, 1926 (died 7/8/2011)
Frank Wakefield born, 1934
Steve Waller died, 2015
Lake City, Tennessee (pop. 1781) officially changes its name to Rocky Top, Tennessee, 2014

27

Fletcher Bright born, 1931 (died 12/25/2017)
Bobby Osborned died, 2023

28

Reno and Smiley record, “Love Please Come Home”, 1960
Sen. Robert Byrd died, 2010
“Tootie” Williams (Stone Mountain Boys) died, 2018

29

Tina Adair born, 1979
Vickie Simmons born, 1954
Kitsy Kuykendall born, 1938
Randy Howard died, 1999

30

Dean Webb died, 2018