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Sep 11, 1993

Merle Haggard marries Theresa Ann Lane at his ranch near Redding, California. It's his fifth marriage

Sep 30, 1993

Kathy Mattea, Amy Grant, Melissa Etheridge and Vanessa Williams perform as a quartet at a Beverly Hills benefit that raises $3.7 million for City of Hope. Also appearing: Billy Ray Cyrus, John Mellencamp and Brian McKnight

Oct 31, 1993

Actor River Phoenix dies of a drug overdose outside the Viper Room in Los Angeles. His final picture was "The Thing Called Love," based on Nashville's famed listening room, The Bluebird Cafe

Nov 2, 1993

A week after fires broke out in Southern California, a blaze engulfs Malibu, destroying a home owned by Dwight Yoakam

Nov 23, 1993

Western-swing musician Eugene "Smokey" Rogers dies in San Diego. He had a hit in 1949 after recording "A Little Bird Told Me." He also wrote Ferlin Husky's "Gone" and Spade Cooley's "Shame On You," and played on hits by Cooley and Tex Williams

Dec 3, 1993

Johnny Cash performs at the Viper Room in Los Angeles. Two songs from the date, "Tennessee Stud" and "The Man Who Couldn't Cry," will become part of his album "American Recordings"

Dec 5, 1993

Johnny Cash records "Delia's Gone" in the Los Angeles living room of producer Rick Rubin. The performance is used in episode seven of the 2019 PBS series "Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns"

Dec 6, 1993

The Eagles reunite after a 13-year hiatus when Travis Tritt shoots a video in Los Angeles for "Take It Easy"

Dec 7, 1993

Johnny Cash records 10 songs in the living room of producer Rick Rubin's Los Angeles home. Three of the songs, including a cover of Kris Kristofferson's "Why Me," are added to Cash's album "American Recordings" as sessions for that project conclude

Dec 13, 1993

When Billy Joel performs at the Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, Guns N' Roses rocker Slash joins him for a guitar solo on "Shameless," two years after Garth Brooks turned the song into a country hit

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