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Nov 4, 2004

Record executive Scott Borchetta sees Taylor Swift perform for the first time at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville. The following year, he signs her to a recording contract with his new label, Big Machine

Nov 5, 2004

Music City native Rita Coolidge performs with the Nashville Symphony. The audience includes Grand Ole Opry member Jan Howard

Nov 7, 2004

The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame adds Guy Clark ("Heartbroke"), Freddie Hart ("Easy Loving"), Dennis Morgan ("I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool") and Billy Joe Shaver ("I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal")

Nov 8, 2004

Kris Kristofferson is the first person enshrined at Tootsie's Orchid Lounge in Nashville, as he receives the inaugural Orchid Award

Nov 8, 2004

Neal McCoy shoots the video for "Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On" in Nashville with an appearance by comedian Rob Schneider

Nov 9, 2004

Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss win two times apiece as CBS telecasts the 38th annual Country Music Association awards from Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House. Chesney takes Entertainer of the Year and Album of the Year, for "When The Sun Goes Down"

Nov 9, 2004

While the Country Music Association awards are being presented, Gretchen Wilson's bodyguard, Daniel Rhoades, is arrested for unlawful weapons possession and acting as a security guard without a license when four guns and more than 100 rounds of ammunition are found in his SUV

Nov 9, 2004

Kris Kristofferson and retired record company executive Jim Foglesong join the Country Music Hall of Fame during the 38th annual Country Music Association awards, telecast by CBS from Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House

Nov 10, 2004

Adrian Washington, an employee at Lorrie Morgan and Sammy Kershaw's HotChickens.com restaurant, is arrested on stalking charges in Nashville after threatening to rape, kill or otherwise harm members of the family

Nov 11, 2004

John Conlee joins Marine brigadier general Mary Anne Krusa-Dossin as co-grand marshal of the Nashville Veterans Day Parade

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