Country Music Birthdays - December 22 - 28, 2008

This week's country music birthdays (even those no longer with us) include:

December 22 - Chuck Mead (BR5-49) (1960) "Charles Lynn Mead"
December 22 - Hawkshaw Hawkins (1921) "Harold Franklin Hawkins" (died 3/5/63)
December 22 - Red Steagall (1937) "Russell Steagall"
December 24 - Stoney Edwards (1929) "Frenchie Edwards" (died 4/6/97)
December 25 - Alton Delmore (Delmore Bros.) (1908) (died 6/8/64)
December 25 - Jimmy Buffett (1946)
December 25 - Barbara Mandrell (1948) "Barbara Ann Mandrell"
December 25 - Steve Wariner (1954) "Steven Noel Wariner"
December 26 - Bashful Brother Oswald (1911) (died 10/17/02) "Beecher Ray Kirby"
December 26 - Bob Carpenter (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) (1946)
December 26 - Audrey Wiggins (1967)
December 27 - Jeff Bryant (Ricochet) (1962)
December 28 - Joe Diffie (1958) "Joe Logan Diffie"
December 28 - Mike McGuire (Shenandoah) (1958)
December 28 - Marcus Hummon (1960)
December 28 - Marty Roe (Diamond Rio) (1960) "Timothy Martin Roe"

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