Oct 1, 2020

High Valley performs a socially-distanced concert at The Mulehouse in Columbia, Tennessee. The date is the first show delivered at the venue, owned by national radio personality Blair Garner

Oct 3, 2020

Dierks Bentley celebrates his 15th anniversary as a Grand Ole Opry member as the radio show plays for a limited live audience for the first time since a pandemic hit in March. Bentley, Vince Gill, Lorrie Morgan and Terri Clark close the show with "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"

Oct 4, 2020

The Mavericks' trumpet player, Lorenzo Molina Ruiz, and friend Orlando Morales are assaulted at a Franklin, Tennessee, sports bar, Tony's Eat & Drink, when they're overheard speaking in Spanish

Oct 6, 2020

Lainey Wilson writes "Heart Like A Truck" with Trannie Anderson and Dallas Wilson at his home in Nashville

Oct 7, 2020

Former label executive, producer and songwriter Ray Pennington dies in a house fire in Hendersonville, Tennessee.  He authored Waylon Jennings' "I'm A Ramblin' Man" and Ricky Skaggs' "Don't Cheat In Our Hometown." Pennington also produced hits for Jennings and Ray Price

Oct 8, 2020

Brad Paisley plays an acoustic version of "Southern Comfort Zone" and Vince Gill does "Pretty Little Adriana" in a benefit for the Nashville Zoo, co-hosted by Scott Hamilton on local station WKRN-TV. Also heard are Amy Grant's "Baby, Baby," Keith Urban's "Polaroid" and Sheryl Crow's "Soak Up The Sun"

Oct 10, 2020

Singer/songwriter Niko Moon makes his Grand Ole Opry debut. Moon co-wrote the Zac Brown Band hits "Loving You Easy," "Homegrown" and "My Old Man"

Oct 14, 2020

Kacey Musgraves casts a ballot after a one-hour wait in line on the first day polls are open for early voting in Tennessee

Oct 18, 2020

Matt Stell performs the national anthem at Nashville's Nissan Stadium, where the NFL's Tennessee Titans defeat the Houston Texans, 42-36, in overtime

Oct 20, 2020

Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, observes Charlie Daniels Honoring Our Heroes Day