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    • Jun 25, 1997
    On Chet Atkins Day in Nashville, more than 70 artists and musicians pay tribute to the guitarist at a Ryman Auditorium concert. Among the night's performers are Steve Wariner, Ray Stevens, Ronnie McDowell, Mark Knopfler, Marty Stuart, Bobby Bare and Hank Williams III
    Jun 27, 1997
    Commerce, Georgia, renames Little Street as Bill Anderson Boulevard. The road used to run by WJJC Radio, the station where Anderson was employed when he wrote the country classic "City Lights"
    Aug 7, 1997
    Loretta Lynn Day is declared in the state of Minnesota
    Aug 7, 1997
    Garth Brooks gives a free concert in New York's Central Park that's broadcast live on HBO. He launches with "Rodeo" and welcomes guests Don McLean and Billy Joel, who joins Brooks on "Ain't Going Down (Til The Sun Comes Up)." Crowd estimates range from 200,000 to more than 1 million, as the city observes Garth Brooks Day
    Aug 12, 1997
    The state of Missouri observes Porter Wagoner Day as Wagoner turns 70
    Aug 20, 1997
    The State of Alabama dedicates a 50-mile stretch of Interstate 65 as the Hank Williams Memorial Lost Highway in a ceremony in the State Capitol. The renamed section runs from his birthplace, Georgiana, to Montgomery, the site of his grave
    Aug 27, 1997
    Fayetteville, Arkansas, observes Jeff Carson Day when the singer performs in the city
    Sep 25, 1997
    A bronze, eight-foot statue of Ernest Tubb is unveiled at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville
    Oct 25, 1997
    Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and Will Rogers have bronze markers placed in the Fort Worth National Historic District as they're entered in the Texas Trail of Fame
    Dec 7, 1997
    "You Ain't Going Nowhere" songwriter Bob Dylan, Charlton Heston and Lauren Bacall are celebrated during the annual Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, D.C., by a black-tie crowd that includes president Bill Clinton



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