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Aug 20, 1997

Record producer Roy Dea dies at Nashville's Southern Hills Medical Center, two days after suffering a heart attack. His credits included hits by Tom T. Hall, Gary Stewart, Johnny Rodriguez and Dickey Lee

Aug 22, 1997

Mark Wills performs "Jacob's Ladder" in his debut on the Grand Ole Opry. He says of the experience, "It's kinda like walkin' on God's stage"

Aug 28, 1997

Alan and Denise Jackson welcome a daughter, Dani Grace Jackson, at Baptist Hospital in Nashville

Aug 31, 1997

Fiddler Mark O'Connor makes a guest appearance on several songs when James Taylor performs at Nashville's Starwood Amphitheatre

Sep 1, 1997

Lila McCann shoots a video in Nashville for her first hit, "I Wanna Fall In Love"

Sep 1, 1997

During a tour stop in Nashville, James Taylor spends three hours swapping music war stories with Chet Atkins

Sep 5, 1997

A Nashville judge rules the William Morris Agency and agent Joe Harris tampered with the contracts of Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, convincing them to break an agreement with Buddy Lee Attractions. The judge levies $450,000 in damages. Harris died the previous year

Sep 6, 1997

Bass player Roy Huskey Jr. dies after a bout with lung cancer at Nashville's Centennial Medical Center. His credits included recordings by Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, Ricky Van Shelton, Travis Tritt and Ricky Skaggs, among others

Sep 8, 1997

Garth Brooks appears unannounced during a benefit for Nashville's Belmont University at the Grand Ole Opry House, where he joins Trisha Yearwood to perform "In Another's Eyes"

Sep 10, 1997

In honor of Friendship Day, a Nashville disc jockey hands out roses to unsuspecting citizens at the Nashville Airport. A confused Johnny Cash initially refuses his but eventually accepts it and gives the deejay $5

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