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Old-time Music birthday list

Courtesy of Old-Time Herald friend and writer Kerry Blech.  You may have seen pieces of this grand work sailing around the internet.  Here we have, edited for our discerning readers, the unverified list of old-time musicians' birthdays.  Of course, additions and corrections to the list are always welcome, so drop us a line!

January
1 Kenny Jackson; Jimmy Don Bates
2 Hogie Siebert; Dave Marshall
3 Steve Roberts; Stefan Puchalski; Dan Gellert
6 Suzanne Thomas; Roy Hall
9 Rollin Sullivan
10 Curley Ray Cline; Garley Foster; Bruce Greene
11 Millie Good; David Molk
13 Ezra Cline; Rich Hartness
14 Bill Martin; Ervin Solomon
15 Alan Lomax; Kathy Anderson; Louis Franklin
16 Cliff Perry; Bart Reiter
17 Walter Bailes
18 Deborah "Tolly" Tollefson
19 Michael Cooney; Wayne Erbsen; Sharon Sandomirsky
20 Andy Cahan; Bill Hicks
21 John Hilston
22 Linda Wilson
23 Fields Ward ; Jerry Ray Weinert ; Peter Langston
24 Floyd and Lloyd Armstrong
26 Doc Hopkins; Dennis McGee;  Clayton McMichen ; Nancy Mamlin
27 Buddy Thomas
28 Betse Ellis
29 L'il Jimmy Sizemore

February
1   Francis Child
2   George Ainley ; John (Bunt) Stephens ;  Lester McFarland
3   Perry Riley ; Nancy Dols Neithammer
4   Dave Hooten; Clarence (Tater) Tate
5   Capt. Pearl Nye ; Peter McCracken
6   Anita Wheeler ; Jim Bowles
7   Dock Boggs; Fred Carlson; Wilma Lee Cooper
8   Doug Unger; Merle Watson; Lynn Frederick
9   Norman Edmonds; Preston Young
10 James Roberts;  Claude Henson;  Lauchlin Shaw
11 Leslie Freeney
12 Pat Conte
14 Pat Wilcox; Lars Hanslin; Terri McMurray; Earl White
15 Jere and Greg Canote
17 Mirabelle Rose Blech; Bob Bovee; Stevie Beck
18 Manco Sneed
21 Doug Dorschug; Jenny Wren Armstrong
23  Greg Dearth
25 Ralph Stanley
26 Sid Harkreader; Charlie Lowe; Paul Michel; Paul (Zig) Braden
27 Will Gilmer; Bruno Stefanini; Bill Dillof
29 Jim Ringer

March
1   Tommy Jarrell; Joe LaRose
2   Luther (Arkie) Ossinbrink ; Arthel (Doc) Watson
3   Pleasant Asbury Cofer; Kathy Goldman Shimberg
4   Mac Snow
6   Bob Wills
8   Slim Miller; Jim Lansford
9   Phillippe Fromont; Bob Douglas
10 Norman Blake; Jethro Burns
11 Green Bailey; Gary Hawk
14 Casey Jones
15 Beth Braden;  Dan Peck
16 Thurman Pugh; Marty Somberg; Allen Hart; Wayne Martin; Robin Williams
17 Lily May Ledford; Bob Carlin
19 Jenny Cleland; Ward Jarvis; Tom Paley
20 Frank Hutchison; Ben Paley
21 Tony Goldenberg; Bascom Lamar Lunsford; Eric Thompson
22 Mike Craver;  Charlie Poole; Debbie Butler Spiegelman
23 John Carson; Troy Lee; Lee Sexton
24 Clarice Blackard
26 Harold Hausenfluck
27 Chrissy Marshall; Kevin Enoch
28 Dave Edmundson
30 Lonnie Austin
31 Tommy Jackson

April
1   Patsy East; Paul Wells
2   Ralph Troxell
3   Sheila Blech ; Ron Mickelberry
4  Roy Combs; Jim Cauthen; Straley Allsup; Bertie Mae Dickens; Callahan Miller
5   Mark Gunther
6   Hank Bradley; Vernon Dalhart; Denny Jones; Bryant Houston
7   Stephanie Prausnitz
9   John Scotland Hannah; Mannon Campbell
10 Melvin Robinette; Arthur Smith
11 Millie Good; Glen Smith
12 Paul Anastasio
13 Adam Rose; Frannie Leopold; Joe Birchfield
14 Jack Link; Wally Rick Goehring
16 Scotty East; Scott Prouty
17 Paula Bradley
18 Warren Owings; Mac Benford
20 Frank Reed; Melvin Wine
21 Wade Mainer; Ira Louvin
22 Benny Thomasson;  Gianni Stefanini; Bob Douglass; Blanche Coldiron
23 Maxine Gerber
24 Jack Aldrich
25 Karl Marx Farr
26 Doc Roberts; Enoch Rutherford
28 John Jacob Niles; Dwight Rogers;  Henry Reed
29 Claudio Buchwald; Peter Hoover

May
1   Sam McGee;  Henry The Fiddler
2   Bud Landress; Orville Burns; Paul Brown
3   Pete Seeger
4   Randy Rinehart
5   Andy Wallace; Elder Golden Harris
6   Cliff Carlisle; Henry Whitter; Gerall Hieser
7   Riley Puckett;John Huddle; Laura Fishleder
8   Don Mussell; Chris Smith; Liz Slade;  Jimmy Tarlton; Eugene Wright; Benny Martin
9   Emmett Lundy
10 Maybelle Carter; Vesta Johnson; Hobart Smith
12 Leon Cofer; Pete Sutherland; Osey Helton
13 Andy Rogers
14 Ben Jarrell
16 Sarah Bryan; Dwight "Red" Lamb
18 Suzanne Girardot
19 Dave Rice
22 Willie Narmour; Ralph Peer
23 Ken Irwin; Dave Howard
25 Mark Graham; Ernest Stoneman; Norman Solomon
26 Joel Shimberg; Marianne Kovatch
27 Rector Hicks; Vivian Williams; Rick Davidson
28 Kilby Snow; Lowe Stokes
29 Burt Feintuch
30 Margot Mayo;  Mary Ann Geier; Leslie Keith
31 Tom Harley Campbell

June
1   Hazel Dickens; Willard Watson; Jody Stecher; Glenn Godsey
2   Mark Ritchie; A.R. Westmoreland
3   Paul Shepherd
4   Texas Ruby; Dave Leddel
5   Jeff Cherniss; Gina Guthrie Kytr
6   Asher Sizemore; Gid Tanner
7   Julie Yerxa; Glen Dudley
9   Kate Brett ; Mark Farrell; Barbara Weathers
11 Irene Herrmann
12 Jess Morris
13 Randy Johnson;  Rodman "Doc" Miller
14 Virgil Anderson; Paul Mitchell
15 Steve Uhrik; Alfred Reed
16 Larry Edelman; Uncle Bob Walter(s)
17 Dave (Stringbean) Akeman
18 David Lynch
20 Brett Riggs 
21 Reed Martin
22 Buddy Durham
23 Tina Liza Jones; Barry Schultz
24 Stephanie Dickey  
25 Asa Martin; Rick Abrams
26 Kenny Baker
27  Fletcher Bright; Rusty Neithammer
28 Paul Yeaton
29 Miles Krassen; Cece Conway; Ed Junot
30 Brad Leftwich; Laurie Rivin

July
1   Fiddler Joe Brown; Wil Bremer
2   Rich Kirby; Ray Alden; Janette Carter
3   Ruth Crawford Seeger
4   Paul Cofer; Abbie and Apsie Morrison
7   Linda Williams
8   Earnest East; Alice Gerrard
9   Molly O'Day
10 Candy Goldman; Susie Colpetzer Goehring; Rick Ruble; Bill Shull
11 Mark Simos; Mel Durham 
12 Emily Fine
13 Bradley Kincaid; Blanche Stirrat
14 Woody Guthrie; David Mount
15 Cowboy Copas
16 Fred Price; Jerry Mitchell
17 Eldridge Montgomery
18 Ricky Skaggs; Bruce Molsky
20 James T Newberry; JE Mainer
21 Ken Maynard; Sara Carter
22 Rodney Freeland; Obed Pickard;  Mable Hillary; Tommy Thompson; Mark Burhans
23 Dock Walsh
25 Rick Good
26 Tom Bledsoe; Ray Offutt
27 Clark Kessinger; Charlie Louvin
28 Sarah Carleton; Phil Levy; Dave Murray; Steve Millard
29 Herschel Anderson; Homer Haynes
30 Charlie Bowman; Henry Ford
31 Burr Beard

August
2   John Cohen; Marcus Martin; Hobe Kytr
3   Paul Rangell; Paul Reisler; Beverly Smith; Trevor & Travis Stuart 
4   Carson Robison; Jackie Spector
5   Fiddlin' Wolf (Alaska ot f); Frank Luther
8    Harry McClintock; Major Franklin
9   Liz Klein; Odell Thompson; Bert Garvin
10 Kevin Krajick
11 Lisa Bias; Warren Waldron; Jude Van Scoter
12 Peter Ostroushko; Walter Smith
14 John McCutcheon; James Lindsey
15 Mike Seeger; Tony Russell; Jody (Platt) Ayres
16 Rosie Ledford; Lisa Ornstein; Garry and Terry Harrison
18 Frank Hall
19 Pete Vigour
20 Gail Heil
21 Andy Cohen; Mark Campbell; Howard Marshall
22 Jerry Gallaher; Mike Schway
23 Frank Mare; Bob Smakula
24 Earl Johnson; Howie Meltzer
26 Nancy Sluys
27 Carter Stanley
29 Buell Kazee
30 David Cahn
31 Allen Sisson

September
1   Maggie Hammons Parker
3   Tim Hudson; Bill Blevins
7   Sue Perkins;  Ahaz Augustus Gray
8   Peter Bellamy;  Jimmie Rodgers; Matt Brown
9   Linda Dryer; Joyce Cauthen
10 Red Steely
11 Luther Davis; Frazier Moss
12 Gus Cannon; Joe Fallon; Bill Schmidt
13 Kelly Harrell; Joel Mabus
15 Roy Acuff 
16 Tom T. Ball; Paul Strother; Jim Bollman; Maurice Lesses
18 Linda Higgenbotham; Nancy Martin
19 Jack Herrick
20 Suzy Rothfield Thompson
21 Butch Hawes; Ira Bernstein
22 Posey Rorer; Howard Sacks
24 Kerry Blech; Cousin Curtis Buckhannon
25 Tom Mylet; Erin Shrader
26 Gordy Hinners   
27 Phil Jamison
28 Dave Brown
29 Clarence Ashley;  Sue Truman; Susan Madden; Paul Kovac; Barbara Breckenfeld; Chris Romaine

October
1   E.C. Ball, Paul Sutphin
4   Will Keys
5   Roy Marshall; Rena Rubin
6   Jenny Lind; Hoyt Ming
7   Uncle Dave Macon; Gordon Terry
8   Dick Burnett;  Bo Bradham 
9   Curly Fox; Walt Koken; Goebel Reeves; Hawk Hubbard
10 Rosalie Carson; Susie Ledford; George Lee Hawkins
11 Lynn "Chirps" Smith
14 Dorsey Dixon; Jeff Goehring; Tony Mates
15 Kenner Casteel Kartchner; Paul Tyler; Wade Ward
16 Charles Hawkes
19 Frank Dalton; Lois Unger; Casey Morell
20 Louis "Grandpa" Jones;  Pete Peterson
21 Clyde Davenport
22 Wilson Douglas 
23  Jess Young; Evo Bluestein
24 Lonnie Ellis; Paul Kotapish
25 Molly Tenenbaum; Ron Cole; Drew Smith
26 Glenn Ohrlin
27 Sherry Nevins; Mark Laskey ; Snuffy Jenkins 
28 Bill Bolick; Carlton Freeney
29 W. Bruce Reid; Martha Thompson
30 Clint Howard
31 Stephanie Coleman; Jeff Claus
 
November
1   Alva Lee Hendron
2   Bob Guida; John Summers; Dan Tate; Irving Williamson
3   Fred Cockerham
4   Warren Argo; Kirk McGee; Mary DuShane
5   Roy Rogers; Nimrod Workman
7   Jim Watson; Rachel Smith
9   George D Hay; Paul Winder
10 Jumahl
11 GB Grayson; Gary Dulabaum
12 Catherine Alexander
13 Bob Potts; Tracy Schwarz; Clyde Troxell; Cary Fridley
14 Jay Ungar
15 Babe Spangler; Bill Hensley
16  Earl Bolick; Julie Mangin
17 Sandy Bradley; Rufus Crisp; Charlie LaPrade; Bill Meyer
18 Susan Sterngold
19 Nancy Katz; Scott Drane
20 Louise Marie Blech; Eck Robertson; Judy Canova
21 Hilarie Burhans
22 Bill Henrie; Sandy Stark
23 Forrest Carroll
24 Dave Husic; Gusty Wallace
25 Audrey Molsky
26 Shel Smith
27 Dina Blade; Dick Rees
28 Bruce Hutton; Steve Goldfield
29 Rafe Stefanini; Merle Travis

December
1   Armin Barnett
2   Herman Crook; Paul Hostetter
3   Rabon Delmore; Richard Blaustein
5   Geoff Seitz; Ralph Blizard; Charlie Acuff
6   Hugh Farr
7   Gail Gillespie; Cyrus McQueen; Thomas Hoyt "Slim" Bryant
8   Jean Ritchie; Jeff Todd Titon
9   Joe Thompson
11 Dolly Good
12 Chris Wig; Mike Resnick
13  Bill Monroe: Jim Nelson
14 Bert Layne; Charles Seeger; Earl Thomas, jr.
15 AP Carter; Rayna Gellert
16 Earl Bolick; Robert Gardner
17 Dallas Jones
18 Chris Jong; Karen Leigh; Judy Angus Waldron; Harvey Sampson
19 Bill Carlisle
21 Marvin Gaster
23 Vernon Solomon
24 Bill Sluys
25 Alton Delmore; Joel Bernstein
26 Uncle Charlie Osborne; Ernie Hodges
27 Bob Naess; Ron Nagy; Molly Stouten; John Herrmann
29 Frank Blade
30  John Hartford; Dave Ross; Tom Legenhausen; Brendan Doyle
31  Stefan Curl;  Judith Bows; Bonnie Zahnow