music · 29 July 1988 · 37 years ago
American record producer and pedal steel guitar player Pete Drake died of lung disease. Worked with Elvis Presley, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Played on such hits as Lynn Anderson's Rose Garden, Charlie Rich's Behind Closed Doors', Bob Dylan's Lay Lady Lay' and Tammy Wynette's Stand by Your Man.
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