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Sep 19, 1979
Madison Square Garden launches a four-day anti-nuclear event, "Musicians United For Safe Energy," with Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne and The Doobie Brothers. The Doobies include future Southern Pacific members John McFee and Keith Knudsen
Sep 28, 1979
Loretta Lynn receives treatment for nervous exhaustion at St. Joseph's Hospital in Elmira, New York
Oct 8, 1979
Carlene Carter performs at the Bottom Line in New York's Greenwich Village, where she introduces a song by saying, "If this song doesn't put the cunt back in country, nothing will." She is unaware that the show is attended by family members Johnny Cash and June Carter, who are... well... offended
Nov 4, 1979
"The Last Waltz" premieres in New York. The film, documenting The Band's final concert, includes performances by Emmylou Harris, Neil Diamond, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Ringo Starr and Pops Staples
Nov 20, 1979
Susan Anton attends an Andy Warhol art opening with Sylvester Stallone at the Whitney Museum in New York. A year later, she's part of a country hit, as a duet partner with Fred Knoblock on "Killin' Time"
Dec 30, 1979
Broadway songwriter Richard Rodgers dies at his New York City home. Associated with such musicals as "South Pacific," "The Sound Of Music" and "The King And I," his song "Blue Moon" is covered by The Mavericks for the 1995 movie "Apollo 13"
Jan 28, 1980
Pop singer Nick Carter is born in Jamestown, New York. He becomes a member of The Backstreet Boys, earning a country hit when the group joins Florida Georgia Line on the 2017 release "God, Your Mama, And Me"
Mar 3, 1980
Johnny Cash dictates a letter to his secretary from New York, firing his longtime bass player Marshall Grant
Mar 17, 1980
A year after Jim Ed Brown & Helen Cornelius got a country hit with their song "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," Alan and Marilyn Bergman are inducted in the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York
Mar 20, 1980
Joseph Riviera holds the Asylum Records employees in New York hostage, demanding an audience with The Eagles or Jackson Browne. He surrenders when he discovers neither California-based act is in the office
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