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May 17, 1976
The Charlie Daniels Band and Michael Martin Murphey draw 11,000 people with a fundraising concert for presidential candidate Jimmy Carter at the Municipal Auditorium in Nashville
May 17, 2012
Tracy Lawrence is a surprise guest during Jason Aldean's concert at the Oak Mountain Amphitheatre in Birmingham. Lawrence, Aldean and opening act Luke Bryan perform "Sticks And Stones," "I'm Over You" and "Paint Me A Birmingham"
May 17, 2016
Singer/songwriter Guy Clark dies in Nashville. A 2004 inductee in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, he authored Ricky Skaggs' "Heartbroke," Rodney Crowell's "She's Crazy For Leaving," Vince Gill's "Oklahoma Borderline" and Jerry Jeff Walker's "L.A. Freeway," among others
May 17, 2001
A new $37-million Country Music Hall of Fame opens in downtown Nashville. On hand for the event are Vince Gill, Brad Paisley, George Jones, Emmylou Harris, Diamond Rio, Martina McBride, Bill Anderson and ribbon-cutters Charley Pride, Brenda Lee and Kitty Wells