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    • Aug 6, 1970
    Webb Pierce records "Here I Am Drunk Again" in a morning session at Bradley's Barn in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. It's the second time he's recorded the song, which becomes a hit for Moe Bandy in 1976
    Oct 22, 1971
    The Jeff Bridges movie "The Last Picture Show" debuts in theaters. The soundtrack features a load of Hank Williams songs, plus Webb Pierce's "Back Street Affair" and Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys' "Faded Love"
    Jul 12, 1973
    Webb Pierce holds a recording session at Bradley's Barn in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. It proves to be the final session in a 22-year relationship with Decca and MCA
    Mar 21, 1975
    Ray Stevens files suit against neighbor Webb Pierce to prohibit Pierce from building a parking ramp for tour buses in his driveway. Says Pierce: "That's the price you have to pay for living across from a star"
    May 24, 1978
    A day before it opens to the public, Webb Pierce unveils his guitar-shaped swimming pool to the music industry. Record producer Glenn Sutton runs through the crowd in a Green Hornet mask and green trunks, swims the length of the pool and disappears
    May 25, 1978
    Webb Pierce's guitar-shaped pool on Music Row is opened to the public. Also on display is his $100,000 silver-dollar convertible, a 1962 Pontiac with 1,100 silver dollars embedded in the design
    Sep 28, 1978
    The Statler Brothers record "How To Be A Country Star" at Nashville's Sound Stage. The second verse celebrates Ronnie Milsap, Mickey Gilley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Acuff, Ralph Emery, Conway Twitty and Webb Pierce
    Oct 14, 1978
    At odds with ex-business partner Webb Pierce over a guitar-shaped swimming pool on Music Row, Jim Donoho tells The Nashville Banner he plans to turn the pool into a pond: "The catfish will draw more people in here than Webb Pierce ever did"
    Mar 7, 1979
    Webb Pierce's controversial guitar-shaped swimming pool on Music Row is sold at auction. Top bid: $150,000 from Pierce's former business partner, William Donoho
    Jun 8, 1981
    Two future Country Music Hall of Fame members hook up for two days of recording, as Willie Nelson and Webb Pierce cut the duet album "In The Jailhouse Now." The project also features Leon Russell and The Band's Richard Manuel
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