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Feb 4, 1966

Stonewall Jackson records "Blues Plus Booze (Means I Lose)"

Feb 7, 1966

George Hamilton IV records "Steel Rail Blues," written by Gordon Lightfoot, at RCA Studio A in Nashville

Feb 8, 1966

Porter Wagoner begins two days of recording that yield most of his concept album "Confessions Of A Broken Man." The album becomes the first Nashville release to win a Grammy for Best Cover Photography

Feb 9, 1966

Chet Atkins pulls together a recording session at Nashville's RCA Studios on 17th Avenue, in which the musicians add new instrumental support to the voice of the late Jim Reeves, taken from demo recordings of "Distant Drums" and "Nobody's Fool"

Feb 14, 1966

Buck Owens records "Where Does The Good Times Go" at the Capitol Studios in Hollywood. The version is placed in the vault after a more satisfactory version gets cut several weeks later

Feb 14, 1966

Bob Dylan begins recording his album "Blonde On Blonde" at Nashville's Columbia Studios, using top Music City session men, including Charlie McCoy, Wayne Moss, Kenny Buttrey, Henry Strzelecki and Hargus "Pig" Robbins

Feb 15, 1966

Buck Owens records "Think Of Me" at the Capitol Recording Studios in Hollywood

Feb 16, 1966

Ray Price records "A Way To Survive" at the Columbia Studios in Nashville

Feb 17, 1966

Waylon Jennings records the Gordon Lightfoot-penned "(That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me" at RCA Studio B in Nashville

Mar 7, 1966

Hank Williams Jr. records "Standing In The Shadows," a song recognizing the daunting influence of his late father, in Nashville

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