This day in music history.

November 11, 1973, Stringbean and his wife returned home from a performance at the Grand Ole Opry, they surprised a pair of burglars who shot the banjoman dead on the spot and pursued and killed his wife. Stringbean was born David Akeman, He built his first homemade instrument at age seven out of a shoebox and thread borrowed from his mother, and by the time he was 12 he traded a pair of prize bantams (chickens) he had raised for a real banjo. He is best known for his appearances on the show Hee Haw. He was 58 years old at the time of his death. Stringbean once said "A man who plays the banjo has got it made.