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▪ 2005Walter Louis GarlandAmerican musician (b. Nov. 11, 1930, Cowpens, S.C.—d. Dec. 27, 2004, Orange Park, Fla.), was a legendary country, jazz, and rock guitarist, best known for his studio work with such performers as Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, the Everly Brothers, and Patsy Cline. Garland, nicknamed “Sugarfoot” for his first hit, “Sugarfoot Rag” (1949), was seriously injured in a 1961 car accident that effectively ended his career.
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