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    • Nov 16, 1949
    Songwriter and bluegrass musician Larry Cordle is born in Cordell, Kentucky. He pens Ricky Skaggs' "Highway 40 Blues," Diamond Rio's "Mama Don't Forget To Pray For Me" and George Strait & Alan Jackson's "Murder On Music Row," among others
    Oct 26, 1999
    Shell Point Records releases "Murder On Music Row," an album by bluegrass act Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time. George Strait & Alan Jackson re-record the title song and receive a Country Music Association award
    Nov 7, 2001
    "Murder On Music Row," written by Larry Cordle and Larry Shell, is named Song of the Year during the 35th annual Country Music Association awards at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville
    Sep 14, 2002
    Darryl Worley hosts his inaugural Tennessee River Run charity concert at Pickwick Landing State Park. The bill includes Bill Anderson, Elizabeth Cook, Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time and songwriters Walt Aldridge, Rob Crosby, Steve Leslie and Jerry Salley
    Feb 8, 2004
    Producer Carl Jackson wins Best Country Album, for "Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs Of The Louvin Brothers," during the 46th annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles
    Jan 9, 2005
    Three days after his birthday, Earl Scruggs hosts a pickin' party at his Nashville home. Guests include Travis Tritt, Emmylou Harris, Ricky Skaggs, The Whites, Sam Bush, Bela Fleck, Bill Anderson, Mac Wiseman and Larry Cordle
    May 23, 2010
    Mac Wiseman's 85th birthday party at Nashville's Texas Troubadour Theatre draws David Frizzell, Jim Ed Brown, Helen Cornelius, Larry Cordle, Del McCoury, Jeannie Seely and Roni Stoneman
    Aug 27, 2011
    Former Halfway To Hazard members Chad Warrix and David Tolliver raise $80,000 with a benefit concert in Crockettsville, Kentucky. The bill includes Randy Houser, Larry Cordle, Keith Anderson and Danielle Peck
    Jun 21, 2012
    "Murder On Music Row" songwriter Larry Cordle plays a benefit for a scholarship fund at the Singletary Center for the Arts in Lexington, Kentucky
    Sep 8, 2012
    Montgomery Gentry, Keith Anderson, Danielle Peck, Gary Chapman and Larry Cordle perform during a benefit in Crockettsville, Kentucky, presented by former Halfway To Hazard members Chad Warrix and David Tolliver. The event raises over $100,000
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