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    • Nov 13, 1985
    Vandals break into Bill Monroe's house and assault his Gibson mandolin, the instrument with which he established bluegrass music. Nothing is stolen
    Feb 25, 1986
    Bill Monroe plays his 1923 Gibson F-5 mandolin again for the first time since it was vandalized in November. Gibson reconstructed the instrument, which had been shattered into 150 pieces
    Apr 25, 1986
    Joe Ely's equipment trailer is burglarized in San Francisco. The thief gets away with all the band's gear, including two of Ely's guitars
    Oct 27, 1986
    Bobby Helms donates a guitar and stage outfit to the Country Music Hall of Fame on Music Row in Nashville
    Dec 25, 1987
    Four-year-old Danelle Leverett receives a ukulele for Christmas. It's a key early moment in her musical development, which leads to membership more than 20 years later in the duo the JaneDear girls
    Dec 25, 1987
    Kenny Chesney receives his first electric guitar for Christmas
    Feb 3, 1989
    Alabama's Jeff Cook has his red fiddle stolen from the backstage area when the band plays the Murphy Center at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro
    Jun 23, 1990
    Gary Busey, who portrayed Buddy Holly in the 1978 movie "The Buddy Holly Story," buys the late singer's guitar for $242,000 at auction in New York
    Aug 19, 1991
    Travis Tritt presents a 20-foot replica of a Gibson guitar to the Country Music Hall Of Fame. The guitar served as his booth at Fan Fair in June; Tritt estimates the display cost $100,000 to build
    Nov 13, 1991
    Johnny Paycheck donates his guitar, with the words "Shove it" embedded in the fret board, to the Country Music Hall Of Fame



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