Aug 23, 2020

Singer/songwriter Justin Townes Earle is found dead of an apparent drug overdose at his home in Nashville. A significant Americana artist, he was the son of "Guitar Town" singer Steve Earle

Aug 23, 2020

LANCO guitarist Eric Steedly marries Jessica Wardwell in Nashville. The ceremony's groomsmen include his bandmates: Brandon Lancaster, Chandler Baldwin, Tripp Howell and Jared Hampton

Sep 3, 2020

Piano player Bill Pursell dies in Nashville of pneumonia after contracting COVID-19. He played on Johnny Cash's "Ring Of Fire," Marty Robbins' "Devil Woman," Sammi Smith's "Help Me Make It Through The Night" and Patsy Cline's "Sweet Dreams (Of You)," among others

Sep 4, 2020

Scotty McCreery performs at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium in the venue's first live show since a pandemic-related shutdown six months prior. Seating is limited to 125 people to accommodate safe-distancing protocols

Sep 10, 2020

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum reopens in downtown Nashville, nearly six months after closing amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Sep 16, 2020

Luke Combs and Old Dominion win two trophies apiece during the 55th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, aired by CBS from Nashville for the first time

Sep 16, 2020

A Nashville judge sentences a Texas man who stalked Taylor Swift to 30 months in jail. The man sent over 40 letters and emails to Big Machine Records in an attempt to meet the singer and grew increasingly hostile when his wishes went unfulfilled

Sep 23, 2020

Drummer W.S. "Fluke" Holland dies at his home in Jackson, Tennessee. He played on such Johnny Cash hits as "Ring Of Fire," "One Piece At A Time" and "A Boy Named Sue," as well as recordings by Bob Dylan, Carl Perkins and The Statler Brothers

Sep 29, 2020

Mac Davis dies in Nashville several days after undergoing heart bypass surgery. A recording artist, actor and TV host, he earned country hits with "It's Hard To Be Humble" and "Texas In My Rear View Mirror" and penned hits for Elvis Presley, Bobby Goldsboro and Kenny Rogers & The First Edition

Sep 30, 2020

Jameson Rodgers gets engaged to Sarah Allison Turner at Nashville's Bluebird Cafe, the club where they met nine years prior