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    • Dec 23, 1967
    Jack Greene joins the Grand Ole Opry, performing "There Goes My Everything" and "What Locks The Door" at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville
    Mar 9, 1968
    Irene Ryan, who plays Granny on "The Beverly Hillbillies," is a special guest on the Grand Ole Opry
    Mar 15, 1968
    The Byrds, including Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman, play the Grand Ole Opry with steel guitarist Lloyd Green. Some fans hoot and call for them to get haircuts. Their set list includes Merle Haggard's "Sing Me Back Home" and their own "Hickory Wind"
    Apr 4, 1968
    Martin Luther King Jr. is killed at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. Expected riots force the cancellation that weekend of the Grand Ole Opry for the first time since 1928
    Apr 6, 1968
    With riots expected in downtown Nashville after the April 4th shooting of Martin Luther King in Memphis, the Grand Ole Opry is cancelled. Also scotched are downtown appearances by The Beach Boys and Peter, Paul & Mary
    May 8, 1968
    George D. Hay dies in his apartment in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Nicknamed the Solemn Ole Judge, he founded and named the influential WSM radio show the Grand Ole Opry, entering the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1966
    Aug 31, 1968
    Jeannie C. Riley makes her Grand Ole Opry debut
    Oct 8, 1968
    Former Grand Ole Opry general manager Harry Stone dies at Millers Hospital-Clinic in Nashville following a stroke
    Jan 4, 1969
    George Jones, Mel Tillis, Tammy Wynette and Dolly Parton join the Grand Ole Opry. Wynette and Tillis remain members a relatively short time
    Feb 22, 1969
    Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs make their final public appearance on the Grand Ole Opry before a nasty split



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