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Feb 8, 2003

John Anderson performs his hit "I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be A Diamond Someday)" on the Grand Ole Opry with Billy Joe Shaver, who wrote it

Feb 9, 2003

Joe Diffie's annual First Steps concert at the Ryman Auditorium features his Rockin' Roadhouse tourmates Tracy Lawrence and Mark Chesnutt

Feb 10, 2003

Marty Stuart and Merle Haggard record together for the first time. The Nashville session features "Farmer's Blues," written by Stuart with his wife, Connie Smith

Feb 14, 2003

Bon Jovi plays Nashville's Gaylord Entertainment Center, with Jessica Andrews among the concert-goers. Attending a post-show party: Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Jeff Hanna, Matraca Berg and songwriters Bob DiPiero, Troy Verges and Tia Sillers

Feb 18, 2003

Jessi Colter is in the audience when RCA act Pinmonkey performs at Nashville club 12th & Porter. The band's set includes a version of "Are You Ready For The Country," made famous by Colter's late husband, Waylon Jennings

Feb 19, 2003

Johnny Paycheck dies in his sleep at Nashville's Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The "Take This Job And Shove It" singer, associated with the "outlaw" movement, scored hits from 1966-1986, while building a checkered personal reputation

Feb 19, 2003

Lonestar nabs the humanitarian award during the Country Radio Seminar in Nashville

Feb 24, 2003

TV personality Ralph Emery has quadruple bypass heart surgery in a five-and-a-half hour operation at Nashville's Centennial Medical Center

Feb 25, 2003

Johnny Paycheck is memorialized at Woodlawn Funeral Home in Nashville. Attending the service: George Jones, Daryle Singletary, Trace Adkins, Little Jimmy Dickens, Jeannie Seely, Joe Diffie, Billy Walker and John Conlee

Feb 25, 2003

Universal South announces the signing of McHayes, a new duo featuring former solo artist Wade Hayes and mandolin player Mike McClurg, an ex-member of Alan Jackson's touring band, The Strayhorns

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