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Jun 10, 1988
Harmonica player Herman Crook dies at Nashville's Park View Medical Center. He was a member of The Crook Brothers, who debuted on the Grand Ole Opry during the radio show's first year. Crook continued playing the Opry until his death, making him the final link to the original cast
Jun 10, 1988
Rosanne Cash receives a star in the Country Music Hall of Fame's Walkway of Stars
Jun 11, 1988
Patty Loveless joins the Grand Ole Opry, where she sings "If My Heart Had Windows" and "A Little Bit In Love"
Jun 17, 1988
Garth Brooks signs with Capitol Records
Jun 18, 1988
Bass player Jake Tullock dies at Blount County Hospital in Maryville, Tennessee. He was a longtime member of Flatt & Scruggs' Foggy Mountain Boys and played on "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett"
Jul 22, 1988
Bob Dylan drops in at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville to examine the recently opened Johnny Cash exhibit
Jul 29, 1988
Steel guitar player Pete Drake dies from a lung ailment at his home in Brentwood, Tennessee. In addition to playing on records by Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Roger Miller and Tammy Wynette, he produced B.J. Thomas in the early-1980s. In 2022, Drake becomes a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame
Aug 1, 1988
Skeeter Davis has a biopsy, and is diagnosed with cancer in her right breast
Aug 8, 1988
Crystal Gayle undergoes emergency surgery in Nashville for a tubal pregnancy, and cancels a three-week tour and an appearance at the Republican National Convention
Aug 11, 1988
Willie Nelson is honored with a black-tie event at Nashville's Opryland Hotel, as "Stardust" marks 10 years on the Billboard country albums chart
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