Musical Birthday Notes – October 29th
Zoot Sims – jazz saxophonist – (10/29/1925 – 3/23/1985) Sonny Osborne – bluegrass banjo player – best known as part of the duo – The
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Zoot Sims – jazz saxophonist – (10/29/1925 – 3/23/1985) Sonny Osborne – bluegrass banjo player – best known as part of the duo – The
Gene Autry – country-western singer/musician/actor – known as – “The Singing Cowboy” – best known for – Back In The Saddle Again – several traditional
Hank Williams Sr. – The Mount Olive, Alabama native is known as – one of country music’s most influential singer/songwriters – alcoholism and prescription drug
Booker T. Laury – blues-boogie woogie pianist/singer – associated acts include – Mose Vinson – Memphis Slim – (9/2/1914 – 9/23/1995) Tom Glazer – folk
Willie Bryant – jazz band leader/musician/singer/disc jockey – New Orleans native – (8/30/1908 – 2/9/1964) Kitty Wells (Muriel Deason) – country singer/songwriter – Country Music
Cindy Walker – singer/songwriter/dancer – 1997 Country Music Hall of Fame – 2011 Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame – (7/20/1918 – 3/23/2006) Buddy Knox
Al Dexter – country singer/songwriter – best known for 1943 hit – Pistol Packin’ Mama – additional hits include – Rosalita – So Long Pal
Theodore Roosevelt “Hound Dog” Taylor – blues guitarist/singer/pianist/slide guitar – 1984 posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame – (4/12/1915 – 12/17/1975) Tiny Tim