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Feb 3, 1998

Garth and Sandy Brooks donate $1 million to the Nashville Zoo

Feb 3, 1998

Grand Ole Opry star Bill Carlisle has a pacemaker installed. Three days later, he's back on the radio show

Feb 6, 1998

Michael Peterson receives a standing ovation in his Grand Ole Opry debut, where he performs both of his hits: "Drink, Swear, Steal & Lie" and "From Here To Eternity." The Osborne Brothers' Bobby Osborne returns, just 15 days after heart surgery

Feb 8, 1998

The Dixie Chicks and rock group Matchbox 20 set off on a night of partying in Nashville. The evening includes bar-hopping, a stop at a strip club, and shaving a music executive's eyebrows with a beer-soaked razor

Feb 8, 1998

Joe Diffie hosts his annual First Steps benefit concert at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. His guests for the night: Rhett Akins, Collin Raye, Michael Peterson, Ricochet and Pam Tillis

Feb 8, 1998

The Tennessean runs a chart showing firms that have leased suites for Tennessee Titans games at Adelphia Coliseum. They include: Capitol Records, Gibson Guitar, Gaylord Entertainment, Warner Music and Reba McEntire's Starstruck Entertainment

Feb 8, 1998

Steve Wariner adds string parts to "Holes In The Floor Of Heaven" during an overdub session at Nashville's Javelina Studio

Feb 10, 1998

Jazz singer and songwriter Benita Hill celebrates her recovery from lymphoma with a "return to life" show at a Nashville club, The Sutler. Within short order, Capitol releases a song that she penned as a Garth Brooks single, "Two Pina Coladas"

Feb 10, 1998

A month after experiencing a pair of strokes, Grand Ole Opry comic Grandpa Jones is transferred from Baptist Hospital to McKendree Village, a Nashville nursing home

Feb 19, 1998

Grandpa Jones dies at McKendree Village in Nashville, seven weeks after suffering a stroke. A longtime Grand Ole Opry star and key member of the "Hee Haw" cast, he was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1978

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