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    • Oct 2, 1996
    Merle Haggard is the subject of a three-hour pay-per-view special from the Las Vegas Hilton. Guests include Willie Nelson, Dick Clark, Jewel, Connie Smith and Dwight Yoakam, who joins Haggard on "Swinging Doors"
    Oct 12, 1996
    More than 45,000 attend Farm Aid in Columbia, South Carolina, with performances by regulars Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp, plus John Conlee, Robert Earl Keen, Marshall Chapman, Hootie + The Blowfish, The Beach Boys, Martina McBride and Jewel
    Nov 16, 1996
    Willie Nelson shows up as a marshal in an episode of "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman"
    Dec 25, 1996
    The John Travolta movie "Michael" appears in theaters. It includes music by Willie Nelson, Aretha Franklin, The Mavericks, Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler, Don Henley, Bonnie Raitt, Al Green, Randy Newman, Frank Sinatra and Van Morrison
    Feb 3, 1997
    "19 Hot Country Requests" is certified gold by the RIAA. The compilation features early-'80s hits from Merle Haggard, Mickey Gilley, George Jones, Charly McClain, David Allan Coe, Ronnie McDowell, Janie Fricke, Willie Nelson, Ricky Skaggs, B.J. Thomas and The Gatlin Brothers
    Feb 23, 1997
    Willie Nelson is the first country artist to appear as a special guest on the animated TV show "King Of The Hill"
    Mar 24, 1997

    Willie Nelson and Miss America Tara Holland sing the national anthem during a USO event in Washington, D.C., honoring John McCain

    May 12, 1997
    Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson tape an appearance on "VH1 Storytellers"
    Jul 4, 1997
    Willie Nelson hosts his Fourth of July Picnic in Luckenbach, Texas, for the third straight year, joined by Ray Price, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Steve Fromholz, Ray Wylie Hubbard and Joe Ely, who welcomes surprise guest Dwight Yoakam
    Aug 19, 1997
    Egyptian Records releases "The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute." Among the 14 tracks: Bono's "Dreaming With Tears In My Eyes," Bob Dylan's "My Blue-Eyed Jane" and Willie Nelson's "Peach Pickin' Time Down In Georgia"
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