Beloved veteran country session musician and longtime Grand Ole Opry house band guitarist Jimmy Capps has died at age 81. A spokesperson for the Opry confirmed the news to Billboard, though no cause of death was revealed at press time.
The Musicians Hall of Fame member began his career with the Louvin Brothers in 1958, kicking off a more than half-century career that included laying down iconic licks on such country standards as Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man," George Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today," the Oak Ridge Boys' "Elvira," Kenny Rogers' "The Gambler" and "The Rose" by Conway Twitty.
Along the way, according to a bio on his official site, Capps, born on May 25, 1939, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, averaged 520 recording
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