March 2008

1
Tommy Jarrell born, 1901
Stanley Brothers record "White Dove" for Columbia Records, 1949
Curt Chapman born, 1956

2
Jim and Jesse join Opry, 1964
The Whites join the Opry, 1984

3
Doc Watson born, 1923
Kyle Bailes died, 1996
"Colonel" Tom Riggs born, 1936

4
John Duffey born, 1934 (died 12/9/97) Play "Tribute to John Duffey" by Lorraine Jordan (From her album "Mandolin Rose," Also on Prime Cuts, Volume 55)
Bill Chapman born, 1954
Art Menius born, 1955
Larry Lynch born, 1954
Scott Stoneman died, 1973 (Play "The Legend of Scott Stoneman" by Jack Tottle)

5
Fred Pike died, 1997

6
Doug Dillard born, 1937
Don Stover born, 1928 (died 11/11/96)
Bob Wills born, 1905 (Play "Take Me Back to Tulsa" by Flatt and Scruggs, or "San Antonio Rose" by the Reno Brothers)
Carl Sauceman born, 1922

7
First Bluegrass Special broadcast on KSON-FM, 1976.
Jack Anglin (Johnny and Jack) died, 1963

9
Cleo Davis born, 1919
It's Daylight Savings Time! Set clocks forward one hour.
(Play "Daylight Savings Time" by Grandpa Jones, or "Time Changes Everything," by the Reno Brothers.)

10
Jethro Burns born, 1920 (died Feb. 4, 1989)
Norman Blake born, 1938
Rickie Simpkins born, 1955

12
Marshall Wilborn born, 1952
Charles Bailey (Bailey Brothers) died, 2004

13
Tim White born, 1956
Moondi Klein born, 1963
Benny Martin died, 2001
Jimmy Martin records "Sunny Side of the Mountain", 1964

14
Bob Paisley born, 1931 (died 11/29/2004)
David Harvey born, 1957
Matt Flinner born, 1969
Dale Potter died, 1996
Bill Bolick (Blue Sky Boys) died, 2008

15
Raymond Fairchild born, 1939
Last performance by Bill Monroe on the Grand Ole Opry, 1996 (Friday night)

16
Palm Sunday
(For song suggestions, click here)
Tim O'Brien born, 1954
Robin Williams born, 1947
Bob Whitstein born, 1944
Ronnie McCoury born, 1967
Jim and Jesse record "Air Mail Special", 1953
Grand Ole Opry moves from the Ryman auditorium to its present home at Opryland U.S.A., 1974.

17
St. Patrick's Day
(For song suggestions, click here)
Wayne Lewis born, 1943
Rudy Lyle born, 1936 (died Feb. 11, 1985).
"Kentucky" made official state song of Kentucky, 1992

18
Walter Hensley born, 1936
Steve Wilson born, 1958
Jeff Easter born, 1960

19
Rose Maddox records "Rose Maddox Sings Bluegrass" album, 1962
Randall Hylton died, 2001

20
First Day of Spring
(Play "Winter's Come and Gone" by Kenny and Amanda Smith or "Springtime in Dear Old Dixie" by Reno and Smiley, "Springtime" by David Crow, "Spring Break" by Pete Wernick, "Ah Spring" by Chris Thile, "Cherry Blossoms in the Springtime" by Jeannette Williams, or some other "spring" song.)
Good Friday
(For song suggestions, click here)
Ranger Doug born (Riders in the Sky), 1946
Charles Sawtelle died, 1999.
Forrest Rose (Perfect Strangers) died, 2005

22
Charlie Poole born, 1892
Uncle Dave Macon died, 1952
Gene Libbea born, 1953
James Bailey born, 1957
Stoney Cooper died, 1977
Daniel Bailey (Bailey Brothers) died, 2004

23
Easter Sunday
(For song suggestions, click here)
Pappy Sherrill born, 1915
David Grisman born, 1945
Pop Lewis died, 2004

24
Smitty Irvin died, 2003

25
Buck Owens died, 2006
(Buck recorded one bluegrass album called "Ruby" in 1971)

26
John Starling born, 1940

27
Aubrey Haynie born, 1974

28
Dean Webb born, 1937
Benny Williams born, 1931 (died 10/11/2007)

29
Joe Drumright died, 1996
John Rigsby born, 1975
Mike Lantz died, 2006

30
Leslie Keith born, 1906
Paul Williams born, 1935

31
Phil Leadbetter born, 1962
Howard "Howdy" Forrester (longtime fiddler with Roy Acuff's Smokey Mtn. Boys) born, 1922 (died Aug. 1, 1987)
Carl Story died, 1995
Barry Crabtree born, 1966
Tommy Jackson born, 1926 (died 12/9/79)