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    • Aug 30, 1986
    Steve Earle is sued by his former manager, John Lomax, for $40,160, covering unpaid commissions, expenses and interest. They settle out of court for $20,000
    Oct 9, 1986
    Bill Anderson and his wife, Becky, are awarded $1.2 million by a Nashville jury for injuries she sustained in a 1984 accident. The other driver's damages are later reduced to $825,000
    Nov 11, 1986

    A Nashville benefit raises $40,000 for O.B. McClinton, suffering from liver cancer. Performers include Reba McEntire, Kathy Mattea, Waylon Jennings, Ricky Skaggs, Jeff Cook, Jessi Colter, Tom T. Hall, Larry Gatlin, Johnny Rodriguez, Steve Wariner and Rex Allen Jr.

    Apr 15, 1987
    Bantam Books is revealed to have given a $310,000 advance to Barbara Mandrell for her life story
    May 11, 1987
    The Oak Ridge Boys announce the addition of Steve Sanders the same day that former Oak William Lee Golden files a $40-million lawsuit against the group
    Jul 13, 1987
    A New Orleans judge reverses a 1986 ruling that required Jimmy Dean to pay his brother $500,000 for disparaging him publicly. The two have feuded since Don Dean was ousted from Jimmy Dean Foods 10 years prior
    Oct 7, 1987
    Mel Tillis announces he's selling his publishing companies to PolyGram Music for an estimated $4 million. Among Tillis-penned songs in the catalog are "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town," "Detroit City" and "Burning Memories"
    Apr 11, 1988
    Conway Twitty sells his shares in the Nashville Sounds minor league baseball team. Twitty owned 20% of the ballclub
    Jun 17, 1988
    Lawrence Irving Taylor is arrested at the Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, for impersonating Jack Greene while trying to buy a $700,000 racehorse
    Jun 18, 1988
    Elvis Presley's Gibson J-200 guitar brings in $27,500 at auction. A collection of his personal items--including maroon underwear, an electric razor, hairbrush and black socks--nets $605



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