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Steve Wariner is a singer and guitar player from Noblesville, Indiana, who got his start playing bass for Dottie West and joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1996. His hit "Holes in the Floor of Heaven" won CMA Song of the Year and Single of the Year in 1998, and he went into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2022.

Born
December 25, 1954
Hometown
Noblesville, Indiana
Grand Ole Opry
Member since 1996

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