Some Folk & Country Figures

Paul Cotton ~ 78 ~ Singer/Guitarist with American 1970's Country Rock band Poco

Rusty Young ~ 75 ~ Pedal steel guitarist with American Country Rock bands Poco & Buffalo Springfield

POCO ~ "HEART OF THE NIGHT";


POCO ~ "ROSE OF CIMARRON";


Byron Berline ~ 77 ~ American Country & Bluegrass Fiddler w/Bryron Berline & Sundance, The Dillards, Flying Burrito Bros, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Elton John, The Byrds, Janis Ian, Earl Scruggs, Dillard & Clark, Willie Nelson, Bill Monroe, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Doc Watson, John Denver, Gene Clark, Rod Stewart, The Eagles, The Band, Vince Gill, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, Tammy Wynette, Alabama, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Mason Williams, Stephen Stills, Bill Wyman, Manhattan Transfer, The Doobie Brothers, Lucinda Williams, Mickey Gilley and Andy Statman.

THE FLYING BURRITO BROS ~ "SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD";


BYRON BERLINE ~ "HAMILTON COUNTY BREAKDOWN";


BYRON BERLINE ~ "SALLY GOODIN";


Richie Albright - 81 - Drummer w/Waylon Jennings backing band Waymore's Outlaws (AKA "Waylon's Right Hand")

WAYLON JENNINGS ~ "NASHVILLE REBEL";


WAYLON JENNINGS ~ "GOOD HEARTED WOMAN";


Don Heffington ~ American drummer w/Bob Dylan, Dave & Phil Alvin, Emmy Lou Harris, Lone Justice, Chuck E. Weiss, Buddy Miller, Peter Case, Victoria Williams, Lucinda Williams, Van Dyke Parks, Rosie Flores, Ronee Blakley, Jimmie Dale Gilmore

DAVE ALVIN ~ "HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED";


LONE JUSTICE ~ "SHELTER";


Nanci Griffith - 68 - American singer-songwriter ("Love at the Five and Dime", "Outbound Plane")

NANCY GRIFFITH ~ "LISTEN TO THE RADIO";


NANCI GRIFFITH ~ "LOVE AT THE FIVE & DIME";


NANCI FRIFFITH ~ "BOOTS OF SPANISH LEATHER";


Tom T Hall ~ 85 ~ American Country singer/songwriter ("Harper Valley PTA", "I Love", "OLD DOGS & WATERMELLON WINE")

TOM T HALL ~ "I LIKE BEER";


TOM T HALL ~ "A WEEK IN A COUNTRY JAIL";


TOM T HALL ~ "BALLAD OF FORTY DOLLARS";


Bill Emerson ~ 83 ~ American Bluegrass & Country banjo player from the 1950's onward w/The Country Gentlemen, Cliff Waldron's New Shades Of Grass, The Tony Rice Unit, The West Virginia Mountaineers, Jimmy Martin's Sunny Valley Boys, Red Allen, Buzz Busby & the Bayou Boys and Emerson & Waller

CLIFF WALDRON'S NEW SHADES OF GRASS ~ "FOUR STRONG WINDS";


THE TONY RICE UNIT;


B. J. Thomas ~ 78 ~ American singersongwriter ("Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head", "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song", "Hooked on a Feeling")

BJ THOMAS ~ "I'M SO LONELY I COULD CRY";


BJ THOMAS ~ "HOOKED ON A FEELING";


BJ THOMAS ~ "RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD";


Glenn Douglas Tubb ~ 85 ~ American singer-songwriter ("Skip A Rope", "Two Story House", "Home Of The Blues"), nephew of Ernest Tubb & cousin of Justin Tubb

GLENN DOUGLAS TUBB ~ "I'M SO HAPPY I COULD CRY";


Razzy Bailey - 82 - American country musician ("Midnight Hauler", "She Left Love All Over Me", "I Keep Coming Back").

RAZZY BAILEY ~ "MIDNIGHT HAULER";


Johnny Ashcroft - 94 - Australian country singer

JOHNNY ASHCROFT ~ "I'M FALLING LOVE";


Misty Morgan ~ 75 ~ American country pop music singer (Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan)

JACK BLANCHARD & MISTY MORGAN ~ "TENNESSEE BIRDWALK" & "HUMPHREY THE CAMEL";


Lee Sexton ~ 92 ~ American Old Time banjo and fiddle player

LEE SEXTON ~ "DOWN SOUTH BLUES";


LEE SEXTON BAND ~ "WHOA MULE";


LEE SEXTON BAND ~ "OLD JOE CLARK";


LEE SEXTON ~ "SHADEY GROVE", "LITTLE MAGGIE" & "WILDWOOD FLOWER";


Ray "Doc" Hinsen ~ 88 ~ Guitarist and singer with the Weems String Band, Old Time Country band from the 1940's & 50's ("Greenback Dollar")

THE WEEMS STRING BAND ~ "GREENBACK DOLLAR":


Chris McPeake ~ 93 ~ American banjoist with Natchez South
NATCHEZ SOUTH ~ "HEADIN SOUTH";


NATCHEZ SOUTH "MOLLY & TENBROOKS";


Peter Ostroushko - 67 - American Bluegrass & Folk violinist and mandolinist w/Bob Dylan, Norman Blake, Chet Atkins, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Johnny Gimble and John Hartford

PETER OSTROUSHKO, SAM BUSH & MIKE MARSHALL ~ "BROADWAY";


JOHNNY GIMBLE, PETER OSTROUSHKO & CHET ATKINS ~ "ONE MORE SPRING IN MINNESOTA";


Patrick Sky ~ 80 ~ American/Creek Indian folk singer/songwriter

PATRICK SKY ~ "SEPERATION BLUES";


Ed Britt ~ Boston folk club owner and banjo player with the Blunt Insturments

ED BRITT & DON BORCHELT ~ "LIZA JANE";


ED BRITT & DON BORCHELT ~ "CRIPPLE CREEK";


Jason Rowdy Cope ~ 43 ~ American Country Rock guitarist (The Steel Woods, Jamey Johnson, Lindi Ortega)

THE STEEL WOODS ~ "STAW IN THE WIND";