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    • Mar 13, 1968
    The Byrds visit WSM-AM Nashville to deliver their new single, "You Ain't Going Nowhere," to Ralph Emery, who declines to play it. The song will be listed among the 500 greatest country singles in the 2003 Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Mar 15, 1968
    The Byrds, including Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman, play the Grand Ole Opry with steel guitarist Lloyd Green. Some fans hoot and call for them to get haircuts. Their set list includes Merle Haggard's "Sing Me Back Home" and their own "Hickory Wind"
    Mar 21, 1968
    Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy speaks at Nashville's Vanderbilt University. George Hamilton IV provides music at the event
    Mar 22, 1968
    Tammy Wynette records "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" at Nashville's Columbia Recording Studios
    Mar 26, 1968
    Kenny Chesney is born in Knoxville, Tennessee. After a 1993 launch, he becomes one of the biggest hitmakers of the early-21st century, regularly winning Entertainer of the Year trophies and selling out stadiums in his annual summer concert treks
    Apr 1, 1968
    Trini Lopez begins recording a country album in Nashville. The project includes a cover of Ray Price's "Crazy Arms"
    Apr 2, 1968
    Eddy Arnold records "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" at Nashville's RCA Studio B
    Apr 3, 1968
    Eddy Arnold records "It's Over" at RCA Studio B in Nashville
    Apr 4, 1968
    Martin Luther King Jr. is killed at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. Expected riots force the cancellation that weekend of the Grand Ole Opry for the first time since 1928
    Apr 6, 1968
    With riots expected in downtown Nashville after the April 4th shooting of Martin Luther King in Memphis, the Grand Ole Opry is cancelled. Also scotched are downtown appearances by The Beach Boys and Peter, Paul & Mary
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