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May 20, 1983
Merle Haggard and two members of The Strangers, Jimmy Belkin and Don Markham, are arrested for drinking on stage at the Asheville Civic Center in North Carolina. The venue has no liquor license
Jun 14, 1983
Songwriter Brian Davis is born in Bilboa, North Carolina. He pens the Brantley Gilbert hit "One Hell Of An Amen"
Feb 4, 1984
Lawrence Joel, the first African-American medic to earn a medal of honor, dies in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Though wounded himself, he had helped 13 soldiers off the battlefield in a Vietnam event that inspired Big & Rich's "8th Of November"
Oct 23, 1984
Mayor Zander Guy makes Waylon Jennings an honorary deputy and declares Waylon Jennings Day in Jacksonville, North Carolina, as Jennings plays a benefit for a memorial to honor soldiers who were killed in a 1983 Beirut terrorist attack
Nov 9, 1984
Chris Lane is born in Kernersville, North Carolina He earns solo country hits beginning in 2015 with "Fix," "For Her" and "I Don't Know About You," plus a 2017 success with a Tori Kelly collaboration, "Take Back Home Girl." In 2019, Lane marries reality TV star Lauren Bushnell
Dec 21, 1984
Singer/songwriter Eric Gunderson is born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He becomes an original member of Love And Theft, a harmony-laden act that earns hits as a trio with 2009's "Runaway" and as a duo with 2011's "Angel Eyes"
Jan 28, 1985
Appalachian fiddler Tommy Jarrell dies from heart failure in Mount Airy, North Carolina. Three years earlier, he received a National Heritage Fellowship honor from the National Endowment for the Arts
Oct 23, 1985
Merle Watson dies in a North Carolina tractor accident. The son of Doc Watson, he played banjo and guitar with his influential father from 1964 until his death
Jun 17, 1986
Kate Smith, one of the best-known female singers of the 20th century, dies at the Raleigh Community Hospital in North Carolina. Long associated with "God Bless America," she netted a 1948 country hit with "Foggy River"
Jun 28, 1986
Kellie Pickler is born in Albemarle, North Carolina. She parlays exposure on FOX's "American Idol" into a recording career, earning a gold debut album and several hits, led by "Red High Heels." She also wins "Dancing With The Stars" in 2013
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