Aug 2, 2005

Bluegrass singer Rhonda Vincent has surgery to repair her large intestine

Aug 23, 2005

Alabama guitarist Jeff Cook undergoes gastric-bypass surgery

Sep 16, 2005

Following a show in Morton, Minnesota, Trace Adkins has emergency surgery for an abdominal infection. He cancels at least four concerts in the aftermath

Nov 29, 2005

Earl Scruggs undergoes knee surgery in Nashville days after an on-stage accident in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Dec 13, 2005

Jan Howard has follow-up surgery at Nashville's Baptist Hospital for cataracts

Dec 27, 2005

Ferlin Husky undergoes heart surgery in Springfield, Missouri

Feb 6, 2006

Columbia announces Troy Gentry underwent reconstructive surgery on his left knee over the weekend, his second operation following a July horse-riding accident

Feb 22, 2006

Sheryl Crow has surgery in Los Angeles for breast cancer. Just months earlier, she shared a country Grammy nomination with Vince Gill and Brooks & Dunn

Mar 14, 2006

Red Simpson has heart bypass surgery in Bakersfield, California

May 8, 2006

Keith Richards undergoes surgery to relieve pressure in his head at Ascot Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand, after falling from a palm tree. It's believed that the surgery involves drilling into his skull