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    • Jul 11, 1947
    Singer/songwriter/guitarist Jeff Hanna is born in Detroit, Michigan. He helps found The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, whose historic 1972 album "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" precedes a string of country hits in the 1980s. In addition to writing Dirt Band successes, he co-writes Rascal Flatts' "Bless The Broken Road"
    Dec 5, 1964
    Bob Dylan performs at Wilson High School in Long Beach, California, where the audience includes future Nitty Gritty Dirt Band member Jeff Hanna
    Aug 16, 1972
    Jeff Hanna, of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, has a son, Jamie Hanna, in Wheatridge, Colorado. The boy is destined to become one-half of the duo Hanna-McEuen, which debuts in 2005 with the single "Something Like A Broken Heart"
    Dec 5, 1993
    Jeff Hanna, of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, marries singer/songwriter Matraca Berg nine years after they first met. Singer/songwriter Marcus Hummon performs "Only Love" during the ceremony
    Feb 14, 1996
    Ray Charles performs at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House for an audience that includes The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Jeff Hanna and "Strawberry Wine" songwriter Matraca Berg
    Nov 2, 1999
    Vince Gill conducts his 10th celebrity basketball game at Nashville's Belmont University. Players include Larry Stewart, Baillie & The Boys, Chely Wright, Marty Raybon, Shane Minor, and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Jeff Hanna, among others
    Feb 14, 2003
    Bon Jovi plays Nashville's Gaylord Entertainment Center, with Jessica Andrews among the concert-goers. Attending a post-show party: Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Jeff Hanna, Matraca Berg and songwriters Bob DiPiero, Troy Verges and Tia Sillers
    Sep 13, 2003
    Vince Gill and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band members Jeff Hanna, Jimmie Fadden and John McEuen perform a Roy Acuff tribute on the Grand Ole Opry, the same day the legend is honored with a U.S. stamp
    Sep 29, 2004
    Kerry-Oke Night At The Trap, a Nashville fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, features Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, J.D. Souther, Kim Carnes, Raul Malo, Jeff Hanna, Allison Moorer, Mandy Barnett, Nanci Griffith, Matraca Berg and Beth Nielsen Chapman
    Apr 15, 2005
    The duo Hanna-McEuen makes its Grand Ole Opry debut. The fathers of Jaime Hanna and Jonathan McEuen--Nitty Gritty Dirt Band associates Jeff Hanna and John McEuen--watch from the side of the stage at the Opry House
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