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    • Feb 1, 2000
    An attorney for Jimmy Buffett sends a letter to a Naples, Florida, developer, demanding the company stop using the phrase "Where Margaritaville Meets Nantucket" to advertise a golf course. The developer, in turn, sues Buffett
    Sep 30, 2002
    A day after he was attacked in an unfavorable newspaper story, Grand Ole Opry general manager Pete Fisher sends a letter to members, insisting he is not squeezing out older acts and noting that attendance is up for the first time in almost 20 years
    Mar 10, 2003
    A letter is delivered to president George W. Bush from Veterans For Common Sense, questioning the impending war in Iraq. The note is signed by nearly 1,000 high-level military officers and former Army helicopter pilot Kris Kristofferson
    Jan 9, 2004
    A Universal South staffer sends an email to an unidentified radio station promising a free trip for a staff member and guest to see Pat Green in exchange for specific airplay. The note becomes evidence in a payola case
    Jan 16, 2004
    Entertainment attorney Orville Almon Jr. mails Jason Aldean the signed copy of his first Broken Bow recording contract
    Apr 13, 2005
    Willie Nelson's attorney sends a Texas senator a letter declining to have a toll road named for the singer. Nelson later tells The Austin American-Statesman, "I'd put my name on an electric chair, too, but I don't think that'd be too great a thing"
    May 3, 2006
    Ricky Van Shelton writes an open letter to his fans announcing he is retiring from the road. Insisting he and wife Bettye are in good health, he says they simply "need to be close to our families" in Virginia
    Jun 6, 2007
    Sony BMG sends a letter to country radio stations ordering them to stop playing Tracy Lawrence's version of "Find Out Who Your Friends Are," featuring Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw. Most stations ignore the edict, rescinded the next day
    Jun 7, 2007
    Sony BMG apologizes to radio for a June 6 letter demanding stations stop playing a version of Tracy Lawrence's "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" with Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney. The label calls it "a distraction and a waste of your time"
    Jun 12, 2009
    Shania Twain speaks to fans for the first time about her split from Robert John "Mutt" Lange in an online letter, saying she's "inspired by my pain to write." She also notes she's gone skydiving and deep-sea diving for the first time



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