Jun 1, 2002

Oops! Jimmy Buffett flies his biplane into a runway sign at Palm Beach International Airport, returning from Key West

Jun 5, 2002

Astronaut Paul Lockhart brings a George Strait belt buckle with him when the Space Shuttle Endeavour launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida

Jun 10, 2002

Howard Bellamy marries songwriter Sharon Vaughn on The Bellamy Brothers' Florida estate. Her credits include: Trisha Yearwood's "Powerful Thing," Willie Nelson's "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" and Patty Loveless' "Lonely Too Long"

Jul 19, 2002

Musicologist Alan Lomax dies at the Mease Countryside Hospital in Safety Harbor, Florida. He aided his father in recording American roots music, and had a hand in the careers of Woody Guthrie, Burl Ives, Pete Seeger and Lead Belly, among others

Aug 7, 2002

Phil Vassar performs for American troops at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida

Sep 22, 2002

Tracy Byrd performs "I'm From The Country" and "Ten Rounds With Jose Cuervo" during halftime when the Miami Dolphins host the New York Jets in an NFL game at Pro Player Stadium. The Dolphins win, 30-3

Oct 6, 2002

Kellie Coffey delivers a pre-game concert during a tailgate party at Miami's Pro Player Stadium. The NFL's Dolphins defeat the New England Patriots, 26-13

Oct 18, 2002

Songwriter Donn Hecht dies at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami Beach, following a heart attack. He wrote Patsy Cline's first hit, "Walkin' After Midnight"

Oct 20, 2002

Kevin Denney performs at a pre-game tailgate party at Pro Player Stadium in Miami, where the NFL's Buffalo Bills beat the Dolphins, 23-10

Oct 22, 2002

Pop producer/engineer Tom Dowd dies of a respiratory illness in Miami, Florida. Associated with such acts as Rod Stewart, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Aretha Franklin, he co-produced Dusty Springfield's "Son-Of-A-Preacher Man," hailed among country's 500 greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book