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10/7/1870 - Uncle Dave Macon, "The Dixie Dewdrop," is born in Smart Station, TN. Read more....
10/10/1902 - Orville Gibson starts up the Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Manufacturing Company, Ltd. At first, Orville made high-end arch-topped mandolins and the occasional guitar. Investors eventually took over his company and he was ousted, never to return.
10/9/1927 - Curtis McPeake born in Scotts Hill, TN. Read more....
10/7/1942 - John Hickman born in Hilliard, OH. Read more....
10/8/1948 - Lynn Morris born in San Antonio, TX. Read more....
10/6/1952 - Terry Baucom born in Monroe, NC.
10/8/1956 - Blake Williams born in Sparta, TN.
10/12/1962 - "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" (featuring Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs) is released. It would remain number one on the Billboard country singles chart for three weeks in 1962. Read more....
