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Aug 1, 2003

Rodney Atkins makes his Grand Ole Opry debut

Aug 2, 2003

Lisa Marie Presley opens for Chris Isaak at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, the same venue where her father, Elvis Presley, was derided in his only Grand Ole Opry performance. Her mother, Priscilla Presley, attends the show

Aug 4, 2003

The Dixie Chicks close their Top Of The World U.S. tour with a performance at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville. Singer/songwriter Radney Foster, who contributed a song to their album "Home," is in attendance

Aug 6, 2003

John Mellencamp joins Kenny Chesney to tape an episode of "CMT Crossroads" in Nashville, where the set list includes "Young," "R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A." and "Folsom Prison Blues." Radney Foster hosts

Aug 7, 2003

Marty Stuart and Jack Clement perform "Ballad Of A Teenage Queen" during a Memphis memorial service for late Sun Records founder Sam Phillips. Jerry Lee Lewis, Isaac Hayes and David Porter are among the honorary pallbearers, and producer Mike Post attends

Aug 12, 2003

Vince Gill, Amy Grant and Darryl Worley perform at Pringles Park in Jackson, Tennessee, for Storm Aid, raising $600,000 to benefit victims of May tornadoes

Aug 15, 2003

Songwriter Gerry House, the morning air personality on Nashville radio station WSIX, has emergency surgery for a bleeding artery in his brain. Among House's credits: "Little Rock," "On The Side Of Angels" and "The Big One"

Aug 15, 2003

Fiddler Mack Magaha dies of pneumonia at Nashville's Veterans Hospital. A longtime member of Porter Wagoner's Wagonmasters, he played on the Dolly Parton hits "Jolene," "I Will Always Love You" and "Coat Of Many Colors"

Aug 17, 2003

Songwriter and Nashville radio personality Gerry House has his second brain surgery in a three-day period, this one to relieve swelling and fluid on the brain. House wrote "Little Rock," "The River And The Highway" and "On The Side Of Angels"

Aug 17, 2003

Tom Petty, who joined Hank Williams Jr. on a remake of "Mind Your Own Business," takes his second tour of Elvis Presley's former Memphis home, Graceland Mansion

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