Born 96 Years Ago Today in South Carolina, the Guitar Virtuoso Who Backed Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, and Johnny Cash—and Sold a Million Records Before He Could Legally Drink
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TUPELO, MI - SEPTEMBER 1957: Rock and roll musician Elvis Presley and his guitarist Hank Garland at the Mississippi and Alabama Fair and Dairy Show in Tupelo, Mississippi, where Elvis was born and grew up. Elvis performed without charge so that the entire $25,000 proceeds of the show could go to build an Elvis Presley Youth Recreation Center in Tupelo. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Hank Garland, the guitar genius who played with Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, and Brenda Lee, would have turned 96 today. The post Born 96 Years Ago Today in South Carolina, the Guitar Virtuoso Who Backed Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, and Johnny Cash—and Sold a Million Records Before He Could Legally Drink appeared first on American Songwriter .
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