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    • May 16, 2001
    Vince Gill becomes the first person to perform on the stage at the Ford Theater in Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame
    May 17, 2001
    A new $37-million Country Music Hall of Fame opens in downtown Nashville. On hand 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
    May 17, 2001
    James Caveye is convicted for the 1998 murder of David "Skull" Schulman, who owned the Printers Alley nightclub Skull's, one of the places Tim McGraw played on his way up. Caveye receives an automatic life sentence
    May 22, 2001
    Martha Carson is honored for her 80th birthday at Nashville's Texas Troubadour Theatre. On hand for the concert: Sonny James, Kitty Wells, Stonewall Jackson, Boots Randolph, Billy Walker, Mac Wiseman and guitarist Harold Bradley
    May 25, 2001
    Jennifer Hanson auditions for Capitol Records in the office of Nashville division chief Mike Dungan, singing "This Far Gone" among several songs. As she's driving home, Dungan calls her offering a recording contract
    Jun 1, 2001
    Jo Dee Messina meets president George W. Bush at the White House, then has dinner with vice president Dick Cheney, a day before running in a D.C. race to raise money for breast cancer research
    Jun 1, 2001
    John Hartford checks into Centennial Medical Center in Nashville with ailments related to a lengthy battle with lymphoma. He dies four days later
    Jun 4, 2001
    John Hartford dies of lymphoma at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. The bluegrass- and folk-influenced singer, banjo player and fiddler was best known for writing the Glen Campbell classic "Gentle On My Mind"
    Jun 8, 2001
    John Hartford's funeral is held at his Madison, Tennessee, home, with music by Earl Scruggs, Emmylou Harris, The Osborne Brothers, Jerry Douglas, Tim O'Brien and Gillian Welch. Also attending: Vince Gill, Marty Stuart, Connie Smith and Steve Earle
    Jun 9, 2001
    Kenny Chesney makes a surprise appearance on the Grand Ole Opry, where he delivers his first live performance of "A Lot Of Things Different," written by Opry member Bill Anderson
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