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Slice and dice country music history by a specific kind of event: birth, death, gold album, Macy�s Thanksgiving Day Parade appearance - more than 250 ways to look at recurring events

Aug 23, 2020

Singer/songwriter Justin Townes Earle is found dead of an apparent drug overdose at his home in Nashville. A significant Americana artist, he was the son of "Guitar Town" singer Steve Earle

Sep 3, 2020

Piano player Bill Pursell dies in Nashville of pneumonia after contracting COVID-19. He played on Johnny Cash's "Ring Of Fire," Marty Robbins' "Devil Woman," Sammi Smith's "Help Me Make It Through The Night" and Patsy Cline's "Sweet Dreams (Of You)," among others

Sep 11, 2020

Songwriter Troy Jones dies of electrocution in a freak accident on a fishing dock at his home in Fayetteville, Alabama. Dubbed the Forklift Philosopher, he penned Kenny Chesney's "Shiftwork" and two Billy Currington hits: "People Are Crazy" and "Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer"

Sep 21, 2020

Singer/songwriter Roy Head dies at his home in Porter, Texas. He earned a #2 pop single in 1965 with "Treat Her Right," which became a country hit when Barbara Mandrell remade it as "Treat Him Right." Head became a country artist in the 1970s. Son Sundance Head won NBC's "The Voice" in December 2016

Sep 22, 2020

Songwriter/guitarist Carl Chambers dies at George C. Forsythe Hospice House in Auburndale, Florida. He wrote Alabama's "Close Enough To Perfect" and Ricky Skaggs' "Love's Gonna Get You Someday," and played on The Bellamy Brothers' hits "Dancin' Cowboys" and "Sugar Daddy"

Sep 23, 2020

Drummer W.S. "Fluke" Holland dies at his home in Jackson, Tennessee. He played on such Johnny Cash hits as "Ring Of Fire," "One Piece At A Time" and "A Boy Named Sue," as well as recordings by Bob Dylan, Carl Perkins and The Statler Brothers

Sep 29, 2020

Mac Davis dies in Nashville several days after undergoing heart bypass surgery. A recording artist, actor and TV host, he earned country hits with "It's Hard To Be Humble" and "Texas In My Rear View Mirror" and penned hits for Elvis Presley, Bobby Goldsboro and Kenny Rogers & The First Edition

Oct 7, 2020

Former label executive, producer and songwriter Ray Pennington dies in a house fire in Hendersonville, Tennessee. He authored Waylon Jennings' "I'm A Ramblin' Man" and Ricky Skaggs' "Don't Cheat In Our Hometown." Pennington also produced hits for Jennings and Ray Price

Oct 16, 2020

Singer/songwriter Johnny Bush dies of pneumonia in San Antonio. He earned Top 15 country singles in the 1960s and '70s with "Undo The Right," "You Gave Me A Mountain" and "Whiskey River," the latter a self-penned song that became one of Willie Nelson's signatures

Oct 22, 2020

Songwriter Bryan Wayne Galentine dies after a three-year struggle with ALS. Operating professionally as Bryan Wayne, he authored the Tommy Shane Steiner hit "What If She's An Angel"

The Ultimate Country Music Database

RolandNote.com is a detailed country music database compiled by veteran music journalist Tom Roland that chronicles more than 60,000 events and 10,000 recordings.

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From George Jones to George Strait, from the Carter Family to Carrie Underwood, from Johnny Cash to Jason Aldean, from Hank Williams to HARDY, from Merle Haggard to Miranda Lambert.

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