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    • Nov 30, 2007
    Garth Brooks donates memorabilia from his career to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. The contributions include hand-written lyrics from "The Beaches Of Cheyenne," a gold record for his first album and the guitar he smashed in the TV special "This Is Garth Brooks"
    Feb 13, 2008
    Marty Stuart and Connie Smith donate memorabilia to the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, including her original acetate of "Once A Day" and Lester Flatt's guitar. On hand at the ceremony are Vince Gill, Earl Scruggs and Ricky Skaggs
    Jun 12, 2008
    Elvis Presley's "That's All Right," featuring sideman Scotty Moore, is ranked at #37 on Rolling Stone magazine's "100 Guitar Songs Of All-Time." Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" tops the list
    Jun 14, 2008
    George Jones is reunited with a guitar that had been stolen from a dressing room at Dallas' Panther Hall in 1962. Fan Larry Berry presents him the instrument during a show at the Diamond Jacks Casino in Bossier City, Louisiana
    Aug 15, 2008

    A new exhibit, "Kitty Wells: Queen Of Country Music," opens at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville. On display: her 1954 Gibson guitar, the dress in which she joined the Hall of Fame and the original manuscript for "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"

    Nov 24, 2008
    A ring worn by Elvis Presley in the 1970s fetches $32,500 during a Christie's rock memorabilia auction. Also sold: Paul McCartney's smallpox vaccination certificate, for $5,000; and Louis Armstrong's trumpet, $27,500
    Dec 10, 2008
    John Rich uses rum and a book of matches to set his guitar afire during a solo concert at the Las Vegas Hilton. Cowboy Troy, attempting to douse a blaze on the stage floor, slips in spilled alcohol and puts out the fire with his backside
    Jan 3, 2009
    Bass player Dave Pomeroy loses numerous instruments and his dog, Duke, in a fire at his Nashville home. Pomeroy is noted for his work with Keith Whitley, Don Williams and Trisha Yearwood
    Jan 24, 2009
    The Country Music Hall of Fame opens a new exhibit, "John Hartford: Ever Smiling Ever Gentle On My Mind." On display: a banjo he played on "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour," hand-written lyrics to "Gentle" and several Grammy awards
    Feb 14, 2009
    Joshua Scott Jones gives a guitar to his Steel Magnolia mate Meghan Linsey for Valentine's Day. On the back of the instrument are the letters "C.B.Y.D.T.Y.": "Can't buy you diamonds this year"



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