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Feb 29, 1996

Sawyer Brown records "I Get Around" at Nashville's Masterfonics, collaborating with The Beach Boys on their country album

Mar 1, 1996

The Beach Boys overdub the Nashville String Machine at Nashville's Masterfonics, adding parts to a version of "Caroline, No" featuring The Eagles' Timothy B. Schmit

Mar 4, 1996

Minnie Pearl dies in Nashville of complications from a stroke. Noted for her homespun humor, the country comic spent more than 50 years with the Grand Ole Opry, becoming a regular on the syndicated TV show "Hee Haw" and a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame

Mar 5, 1996

Earl Thomas Conley, Lee Roy Parnell, Betsy Smittle and Becky Hobbs perform at Nashville's Belmont Church during a memorial service for Gus Hardin

Mar 7, 1996

Junior Brown pops into Masterfonics in Nashville to help The Beach Boys on a country album, remaking "409"

Mar 9, 1996

Days after her passing, Minnie Pearl is honored at the Grand Ole Opry as her favorite song, "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You," is sung by Wilma Lee Cooper, Jean Shepard, Jeanne Pruett, Skeeter Davis, Connie Smith, Jeannie Seely and Jan Howard, among others

Mar 9, 1996

Bill Monroe plays the Grand Ole Opry in what proves to be his final appearance on a Saturday edition of the show

Mar 14, 1996

The Tennessean reports Crystal Gayle spent the week in court, where she was summoned for jury duty. The defendant in the trial is charged with drug possession, weapon possession, aggravated assault and resisting arrest

Mar 15, 1996

Bluegrass legend Bill Monroe makes what becomes his final appearance on the Grand Ole Opry

Mar 16, 1996

Bill Monroe is rushed to Nashville's Baptist Hospital, where doctors determine he's had two strokes since February. He remains hospitalized until his death in September

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