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    • Oct 27, 1973
    Roy Acuff performs "Wabash Cannonball" on TV's syndicated "Hee Haw." The episode also features music by Buck Owens, Roy Clark and Diana Trask
    Nov 13, 1973
    Three days after he was murdered, David "Stringbean" Akeman is laid to rest in Nashville. Attending the funeral are Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton, Grandpa Jones, Bill Carlisle, Tex Ritter, Roy Acuff, The Willis Brothers and Bill Anderson
    Dec 29, 1973
    Roy Acuff performs "Great Speckled Bird" and "Night Train To Memphis" on the syndicated TV show "Hee Haw." Hosted by Roy Clark and Buck Owens, the episode also features musical guest Jim Ed Brown
    Jan 4, 1974
    Four hundred attend the funeral for Tex Ritter at Nashville's First Presbyterian Church, including Roy Acuff and Ernest Tubb
    Jan 5, 1974
    Jim Ed Brown sings "Broad-Minded Man" and Roy Acuff performs "Great Speckled Bird" on the syndicated TV show "Hee Haw." Also appearing are regulars Buck Owens, Roy Clark and Gunilla Hutton
    Mar 16, 1974
    The Grand Ole Opry gives its first performance at the new Grand Ole Opry House. President Richard Nixon appears at the event. Roy Acuff, who gives Nixon a yo-yo demonstration, is the first performer, doing "Wabash Cannonball." The rest of the Opry cast appears alphabetically, beginning with Bill Anderson
    Apr 26, 1974
    Johnny Cash hosts "Country Comes Home," an NBC special shot at the new Grand Ole Opry House. Guests include Chet Atkins, Roy Acuff, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Tom T. Hall, Minnie Pearl, Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton, Ernest Tubb and Charlie Rich
    May 18, 1974
    Roy Acuff calls the treatment of president Richard Nixon a "disgrace," and vows to make sure any Tennessee congressman who votes for impeachment without "concrete evidence" loses in an election bid
    Jun 28, 1974
    Paul McCartney is introduced to fans at the Grand Ole Opry by Roy Acuff. The former Beatle is on an extended vacation in Nashville, staying at a house owned by songwriter Curly Putman
    Dec 1, 1974
    Roy Acuff is grand marshal of the Nashville Christmas parade
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