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Oct 12, 1999

On the day Martie Seidel turns 30, The Dixie Chicks shoot a video in Los Angeles for "Cowboy Take Me Away," which she co-wrote

Oct 12, 1999

Dale Evans has heart surgery at the Loma Linda University Medical Center in California to replace a pacemaker battery

Oct 18, 1999

Dale Evans is released from a hospital in Loma Linda, California, six days after surgery to replace a battery in her pacemaker

Oct 23, 1999

Sandy Rosas, the wife of Los Lobos' Cesar Rosas, is reported missing from their Los Angeles home. Her half-brother is eventually convicted of killing her. Los Lobos' "Will The Wolf Survive" is ranked among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"

Oct 25, 1999

Steel guitar player Earl "Joaquin" Murphey dies of cancer in Los Angeles. The West Coast swing musician contributed to hits by Merle Travis, Spade Cooley, Tex Williams and The Sons Of The Pioneers

Oct 31, 1999

Emmylou Harris weaves "Pancho And Lefty" and "Boulder To Birmingham" into her set during Neil Young's annual Bridge School benefit at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California. The night also features The Who, Brian Wilson, Sheryl Crow and Pearl Jam

Nov 8, 1999

Gwen Gordy dies of cancer at her San Diego home. She was a co-writer on the Jackie Wilson R&B hit "Lonely Teardrops," which found new life in country music when Narvel Felts remade it in 1976

Nov 9, 1999

Diamond Rio's Brian Prout has surgery in California for carpal tunnel syndrome, brought on by his work as a drummer

Nov 30, 1999

Randy Travis performs at the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the Century Plaza Towers in Los Angeles

Dec 31, 1999

The Eagles welcome the new millennium with a performance at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. It proves to be guitarist Don Felder's final show with the band, documented in part on the album "Selected Works: 1972-1999"

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