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Aug 20, 1969

Johnny Cash and June Carter record "If I Were A Carpenter" in Nashville at the Columbia Recording Studios. Cash also cuts "See Ruby Fall"

Aug 22, 1969

Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs record together for the last time, five months after they broke up the duo, at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville. Among the session's musicians are two future members of the Country Music Hall of Fame: Charlie Daniels and Charlie McCoy

Aug 23, 1969

Stand-up bass player Barry Bales is born in Kingsport, Tennessee. He becomes a member of Alison Krauss' bluegrass band, Union Station, performing on "When You Say Nothing At All" and The Soggy Bottom Boys' "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow." He also co-writes Chris Stapleton's 2015 single "Nobody To Blame"

Aug 30, 1969

Crystal Gayle sings "Ribbon Of Darkness" as she makes her Grand Ole Opry debut at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium

Sep 7, 1969

Tommy Cash records "Six White Horses" at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville. The song laments three of the decade's assassinations: Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy

Sep 10, 1969

Johnny Cash records "Blistered" in Nashville at the Columbia Recording Studios

Sep 13, 1969

Earl Scruggs makes his first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium since splitting with longtime partner Lester Flatt. He plays "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" with his sons, Gary and Randy Scruggs

Sep 13, 1969

The Earl Scruggs Revue makes its debut as members of the Grand Ole Opry at the Ryman Auditorium in downtown Nashville. The evening's performances include "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"

Sep 16, 1969

Neil Diamond records the pop hit "Sweet Caroline" at the American Studios in Memphis. It will be referenced in the lyrics of Old Dominion's 2016 country hit "Song For Another Time"

Sep 17, 1969

Roy Acuff's mother, Ida Acuff, dies at the Hendersonville Nursing Home in Tennessee

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