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    • Oct 2, 1995
    When Fruit of the Loom announces sponsorship of a major event in 1996 at The Wildhorse Saloon, Alan Jackson lauds the company: "They been supportin' me in other areas of my life for a lotta years"
    Dec 23, 1995
    The Tennessean quotes Clint Black, who says he goes through periods where he refuses to read his reviews: "I know when I suck"
    Jan 8, 1996
    Reader Clint Wilmoth, of Gretna, Virginia, tells Baseball America that if baseball ceased to exist he'd "be so depressed I would write country music lyrics"
    Apr 6, 1996
    In The Tennessean, Shania Twain refutes a Canadian story questioning her Native American ancestry: "Being raised by a full-blooded Indian and being a part of his family and their culture from such a young age is all I've ever known"
    May 7, 1996
    When Nashville's election ballot includes a referendum on bringing the NFL's Houston Oilers to Tennessee, Chet Atkins votes "no." "It seems like somebody gets hurt every play," he tells The Tennessean. "I don't like that"
    Jan 9, 1997
    The ever-quotable Naomi Judd takes a figurative pulpit at a hospital fundraiser in Columbia, South Carolina. "If y'all don't believe in God," she tells the audience, "you're a few sandwiches short of a picnic"
    Apr 13, 1997
    Following a rash of fast-food murders in Nashville, Hank Williams Jr. has a letter to the editor printed in The Tennessean, favoring the death penalty: "If there has ever been a reason for the state of Tennessee to start executing people--now is the time"
    Aug 22, 1997
    Mark Wills performs "Jacob's Ladder" in his debut on the Grand Ole Opry. He says of the experience, "It's kinda like walkin' on God's stage"
    Sep 19, 1997
    Deana Carter graces the cover of the USA Weekend newspaper supplement, where she compares her career to the story of the tortoise and the hare: "I thought I'd never see the finish line. I honestly believe I'm the turtle finally making it across"
    Oct 16, 1997
    The Oak Ridge Boys' Richard Sterban is singled out in The Tennessean as "a walking, singing fashion show." "I think," he says, "I'm the only person doing what I do who wears Versace onstage"



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