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.
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National Moonshine Day
(Do we need to suggest any songs for this one? Probably not.)
Hazel Dickens born, 1925 (died 4/22/2011)
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Evan Ward born, 1988
Van Stoneman died, 1995
James Alan Shelton died, 2014
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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
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Gene Wooten born, 1953 (died 11/07/2001)
Suzanne Cox born, 1967
Gail Davies born, 1948
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Gid Tanner born, 1885 (died May 13, 1960)
Charlie Cline born, 1931 (died 11/19/2004)
Courtney Johnson died, 1996
Craig Smith born, 1956
Vern Williams died, 2006
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Rick Lang born, 1947
Clarence White born, 1944 (died July 15, 1973)
Jim Britton born, 1972
Nancy Moore born, 1973
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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
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Jamie Dailey born, 1975
Willard Cox born, 1937 (died 11/5/2019)
Gloria Belle born, 1939 (died 5/5/2023)
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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
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Jimmy Arnold born, 1952 (died 12/26/1992)
Joe Val died, 1985
Nancy Blake born, 1952
Gabe Witcher born, 1978
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Kazuhiro Inaba born, 1960
Adam Poindexter born, 1967
J.E. Mainer died, 1971
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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
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Flag Day
(Song suggestions: play “Wrap Me In Old Glory” by the Osborne Brothers, “I Wave” by the Family Sowell, or “Born to Fly” by Eddie Sanders)
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.
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C.F. Martin III died, 1986
Kenny Blackwell born, 1955
Delia Bell died, 2018
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Father’s Day
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First recording of the O.B.S. (by the Rouse Brothers), 1939
Bob Everhart born, 1936 (died 8/20/2021)
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Earl Taylor born, 1929 (died 1/28/84)
David “Stringbean” Akeman born, 1915 (died 11/10/73)
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Tim Austin born, 1961
Jake Tullock died, 1988
Paul McCartney born, 1942
Don Light died, 2014
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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
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First Day of Summer (Summer Solstice)
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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
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Eddie Adcock born, 1938
Joe Carr born, 1951 (died 12/14/2014)
James Price born, 1964
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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)
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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
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Johnny Bailes born, 1918
Ed Ferris died, 1993
Bill Harrell died, 2009
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Joe Val born, 1926 (died June 11, 1985)
Pee Wee Lambert died, 1965
Boudleaux Bryant died, 1987
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Kenny Baker born, 1926 (died 7/8/2011)
Frank Wakefield born, 1934 (died 4/26/2024)
Steve Waller died, 2015
Dave Evans died, 2017
Lake City, Tennessee (pop. 1781) officially changes its name to Rocky Top, Tennessee, 2014
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Fletcher Bright born, 1931 (died 12/25/2017)
Bobby Osborned died, 2023
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Reno and Smiley record, “Love Please Come Home”, 1960
Sen. Robert Byrd died, 2010
“Tootie” Williams (Stone Mountain Boys) died, 2018
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Tina Adair born, 1979
Vickie Simmons born, 1954
Kitsy Kuykendall born, 1938
Randy Howard died, 1999
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Dean Webb died, 2018