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    • May 1, 1971
    Cousin Jody gives his final performance as a Grand Ole Opry member, playing "On Top Of Old Smoky" on Dobro
    May 1, 1971
    The Everly Brothers play a benefit for the Free Clinic of Southern California at the Hollywood Bowl, joined in the lineup by Joan Baez, The Association, Country Joe McDonald and Earth, Wind & Fire
    May 1, 1971
    The Tom Laughlin movie "Billy Jack" debuts in theaters with the Dennis Lambert-Brian Potter song "One Tin Soldier" as its theme. Four months later, Skeeter Davis records a version of the song that nets a Grammy nomination
    May 1, 1971
    The Wabash Cannonball, the train deified by Roy Acuff, reaches the end of the line as Amtrak takes over all intercity rail passenger service
    May 3, 1971
    Bass player John Driskell Hopkins is born in Gainesville, Georgia. As a member of The Zac Brown Band, he provides a sonic foundation for "Chicken Fried," "Free" and "Highway 20 Ride" and co-writes the hits "Toes" and "Goodbye In Her Eyes"
    May 3, 1971
    Decca releases Loretta Lynn's album "I Wanna Be Free"
    May 3, 1971
    Decca releases Jerry Clower's comedy album "From Yazoo City: Mississippi Talkin'"
    May 3, 1971
    Willie Nelson records the original version of "Yesterday's Wine" at RCA Studio B in Nashville. The song becomes a hit for Merle Haggard & George Jones 11 years later
    May 4, 1971
    Tommy Overstreet records "I Don't Know You (Anymore)" in an evening session at the Jack Clement Studios in Nashville
    May 4, 1971
    Willie Nelson records "Me And Paul," with references to Kitty Wells and Charley Pride, and "Help Me Make It Through The Night" for the first time at Nashville's RCA Studio B. Both songs will become hits for him in future years when he re-records them
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