Now would be a good time to play “July, You’re a Woman” by Red, White and Bluegrass or Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen.
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Summer Brooke (McMahan) born, 1993
Keith Whitley born, 1954 (died May 9, 1989)
(Play “Song for Keith” by Larry Cordle or “Keith How Many” by Ernie Thacker)
Everett Lilly born, 1924
Dempsey Young born, 1954 (died 12/10/2006)
Tim Laughlin born, 1964
Kristy Cox born, 1985
Cliff Waldron died, 2024
Battle of Gettysburg fought July 1-3, 1863.
(Song suggestioins: “Last Day at Gettysburg” by Gary Ferguson, “Three Days in July” by the Infamous Stringdusters, or “Soldier’s Last Request” by Rick Lang feat. Trey Hensley).
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Amelia Earhart’s plane disappeared, 1937
(Play “Amelia Earhart’s Last Flight” by the Country Gentlemen)
Allen Shelton born, 1936 (died 11/21/2009)
Ray Goins died, 2007
Ralph Rinzler died, 1994
Janette Carter born, 1923 (died 1/22/2006)
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Jimmy Gaudreau born, 1946
Glenn Laney born, 1955
Clay Hess born, 1971
Johnny Russell died, 2001
Andy Griffith died, 2012
Zeke Saunders died, 2014
Alison Krauss joins Grand Ole Opry, 1993.
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Independence Day
(For song suggestions, click here)
Jeff Autry born, 1965
Charlie Monroe born, 1903
Peter Rowan born, 1942
First Country Gentlemen performance, 1957
Bill Vernon born, 1937 (died 11/20/96)
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Bobby Thompson born, 1937 (died 5/18/2005)
Mike Drudge born, 1965
John Chapman born, 1977
Mitch Jayne born, 1930 (died 8/2/2010)
Roy McMillan died, 2014
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John Dopyera (inventor of the Dobro™) born, 1893 (died 1/3/1988)
Wallace Lewis born, 1928 (died 5/16/2007)
Byron Berline born, 1944 (died 7/10/2021)
(Play “Skippin’ Along On Top” from Byron’s “Fiddle and a Song” album–tells his life story! Or, play “A Million Memories” from Darin & Brooke Aldridge’s “Talk of the Town” album, featuring Vince Gill.)
John Jorgenson born, 1956
Charlie Daniels died, 2020
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Greg Luck born, 1968
Charlie Louvin born, 1927 (died 1/26/2011)
Jim Smoak born, 1934
Linda Williams born, 1947
Mike Nadolson born, 1951 (died 6/4/2020)
Betty Fisher died, 2012
Elvis Presley records “Blue Moon of Kentucky,” 1954
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Ervin Rouse died, 1981
Kenny Baker died, 2011
First recording by Uncle Dave Macon, 1924
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(Play “Last Day at Vicksburg” by Bradley Walker from the album “God Didn’t Choose Sides.” It mentions the 9th day of July.)
Jesse McReynolds born, 1929 (died 6/23/2023)
Ronnie Bowman born, 1961
Molly O’Day born, 1923 (died 12/5/1987)
Bill Monroe’s mandolin born. His Gibson F-5 was finished and signed on this date by luthier Lloyd Loar, 1923
(Play “Number 73987” by Carolina Blue or “Monroe’s Mandolin” by Carolina Road)
Bill Grant died, 2019
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Bela Fleck born, 1958
Ken Mellons born, 1965
Byron Berline died, 2021
(Play “A Million Memories” from Darin & Brooke Aldridge’s “Talk of the Town” album, featuring Vince Gill.)
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Ezra Cline died, 1984
Dana Cupp born, 1959
Roger Smith born, 1926 (died 5/22/2013)
Troy Castleberry died, 2000
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Andrea Roberts born, 1966
Jimmy Driftwood died, 1998
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Larry McPeak born, 1947 (died 9/18/2014)
Rhonda Vincent born, 1962
Mike Barber born, 1970
Jerry Williamson born, 1940 (died 4/6/2015)
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Richard Underwood born, 1956
Jack Sanbower born, 1960
Mike Henderson born, 1953 (died 9/22/2023)
Woody Guthrie born, 1912 (d. 10/3/1967)
(Play “Woody Guthrie” by Leftover Salmon or anything from “Del and Woody” by the Del McCoury Band).
Lonnie Pierce born, 1923 (died May, 1996)
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Clarence White died, 1973
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Babe Lofton (Connie and Babe) died, 1993
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Cleo Davis (original Blue Grass Boy) died, 1986.
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Ricky Skaggs born, 1954
Wayne Taylor (Country Current/Appaloosa) born, 1952
John Herald died, 2005
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Vallie Cain born, 1927 (died April 15, 1993)
Bernie Leadon born, 1947
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J.E. Mainer born, 1898 (died June 12, 1974)
Ralph Rinzler born, 1934 (died 7/2/1994)
Tommy Edwards born, 1945 (died 5/22/2021)
T. G. Sheppard born, 1944
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Sara Carter born, 1898 (died Jan 8, 1979)
Bobby Hicks born, 1933 (died 8/16/2024)
Jim Orchard born, 1936 (died 2/1/2023)
Sidney Cox born, 1965
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Earl Scruggs was presented with the National Medal of the Arts by President George H.W. Bush, 1992
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Alison Krauss born, 1971
Jake Tullock born, 1923 (died 6/18/1988)
Patsy Stoneman died, 2015
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Dave Evans born, 1950 (died 6/26/2017)
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Valerie Smith born, 1966
William “Bill” Holden born, 1950 (died 7/15/2021)
Lonnie Hoppers born, 1935 (died 11/17/2024)
First of Ralph Peer’s recording sessions in Bristol, Tennessee (featuring Ernest Stoneman and the Dixie Mountaineers), the birth-date of country music as we know it today, 1927.
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Kenny Ingram died, 2020
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Jim Hurst born, 1954
Scott Napier born, 1977
Craig Morris died, 2024
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Ron Spears born, 1953 (died 3/22/2023)
Jonathan Edwards born, 1946
Dick Smith died, 2022
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Shea Noble born, 1978
Melvin Goins died, 2016
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Ron Block born, 1964
Danny Roberts born, 1963
Andy Leftwich born, 1981
Scott Nygaard born, 1955
Jack Sanbower died, 2008
Don Parmley died, 2016