February 2013
Play "February
Snow" by Lester Flatt and the Nashville Grass.
1
Del McCoury born, 1939
Tom Gray born, 1941
David Parmley born, 1959
Jason Carter born, 1973
Wiley Morris born, 1919 (died 9/22/90)
2
Carrie Hassler born, 1979
Johnny Whisnant
died, 1992
Groundhog Day!
(For
song suggestions, click here)
Keith McReynolds died, 2000
Louise Scruggs died, 2006
3
Super Bowl XLVII played in New Orleans, LA
Bill Monroe's first Decca session, 1950
4
Clarence "Tater" Tate born, 1931
Steve Sparkman born, 1972
Art Wooten born, 1906. (Died Oct. 6, 1986)
Jethro Burns died, 1989
5
Pam Gadd born, 1960
George Garris born, 1953
Chubby Anthony died, 1980
6
Paul Brewster born, 1956
Dale Reno born, 1961
7
Wilma Lee Cooper born, 1921 (died, 2011)
Joe Stuart born, 1928
Donna Stoneman born, 1934
8
Merle Watson born, 1949 (died 10/23/85)
Don Wayne Reno born, 1963
Lulu Belle (of Lulu Belle and Scotty) died, 1999.
Steve Scruggs born, 1958 (died 9/23/92)
Pauline "Mom" Lewis died, 2003
Joe Meadows died, 2003
9
Lloyd Loar (master Gibson luthier) born, 1886.
Jim McCall died, 2010
10
55th Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center, Los Angeles
Louvin Brothers join the Opry, 1955
11
Banjo player Rudy Lyle died, 1985
Charles Bailey (Bailey Brothers) born, 1916 (died 3/12/2004)
12
Mardis
Gras
(Play "Mardis Gras" by Evie Ladin on her "Float
Downstream" album or maybe "When the Saints Go Marching In" by
Bill Monroe, "The City of New Orleans" by the Seldom Scene or any
other cajun tunes)
Abraham Lincoln born,
1809
(Play "Song for Abraham" by Irl Hees or "Booth
Shot Lincoln" by Uncle Earl)
Red Allen born, 1930 (died 4/3/93)
13
Ash Wednesday
Jim McReynolds born, 1927 (died 12/31/2002)
Charlie Moore born, 1935
Janis Lewis Phillips born, 1939
David McLaughlin born, 1958
Wilma Millsaps born, 1949
Boudleaux Bryant born, 1920 (died 6/25/87)
Earl Scruggs receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, 2003
14
Valentines Day
(For
song suggestions, click here)
Hubert Davis born, 1929
Raymond K. McLain died, 2003
16
David Davis born, 1961
17
Buck Trent
born, 1938
Louise Scruggs born, 1927 (died 2006)
First recording by the Monroe Brothers, 1936
18
Presidents
Day
(play "White House Blues" by Del McCoury
or "Truman's Vision" by Randy Kohrs)
Dudley Connell born,
1956
Dan Hays (IBMA) born, 1959
Sean Watkins born, 1977
Garland Shuping died, 2000
19
Howard "Cedric Rainwater" Watts born, 1913 (died 1970)
Grandpa Jones died, 1998
20
Mark Newton born,
1957
First Seldom Scene recording session, 1972
Claire Lynch born, 1954
Sharon Cort born, 1953
R.C. Harris born, 1940
Chris Thile born, 1981
21
Don Reno born, 1927
(died Oct. 16, 1984)
Dick Kimmel born, 1947
Bruce Moody died, 2009
22
George
Washington born, 1732
Last performance by Flatt & Scruggs on Grand Ole Opry, 1969
First bluegrass "Grammy" awarded to Bill Monroe, 1989
Garland Shuping born, 1951 (died 2/18/00)
Ron Rice born, 1955
24
Little Roy Lewis born, 1942
25
Ralph Stanley born,
1927
Play "The Mountain Doctor" by Don Rigsby from his album
"Doctor's Orders."
John Reischman born, 1955
Peter Wernick born, 1946
26
Brandon Rickman born, 1977
27
Alvin Breeden died, 2013
28
1958, school Bus #27 hit the rear end of a tow truck on U.S. 23 in Knotley Hollow,
near Lancer (Floyd County), Kentucky, and plunged into the Big Sandy River.
26 students plus the bus driver died. Inspired the song "No School Bus
in Heaven," recorded by the Stanley Brothers.
Warren Amberson born, 1964
29
(leap year day)
Mike Compton born, 1956