Beegie Adair – born Bobbe Gorin Long in Cave City, Kentucky on December 11, 1937
- was an award-winning jazz pianist and arranger. At the age of five, she began
taking piano lessons and continued her piano studies through school and college
at Western Kentucky University. During and after college, she played in various
jazz bands. After a few years teaching, Adair began working as a session
musician at WSM-TV. She did a stint on The Johnny Cash Show from 1969 to '71,
playing with Chet Atkins, Dolly Parton, Steve Allen, Lucille Ball, Dinah Shore,
Mama Cass Elliott and Peggy Lee. I...