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    • Apr 13, 1997
    Following a rash of fast-food murders in Nashville, Hank Williams Jr. has a letter to the editor printed in The Tennessean, favoring the death penalty: "If there has ever been a reason for the state of Tennessee to start executing people--now is the time"
    Apr 15, 1997
    James Bonamy and wife Amy Jane have their first son, James Daniel, in Nashville
    Apr 15, 1997
    James Stroud ends a five-year run as the head of Giant Records in Nashville. The label's roster includes Clay Walker and Daryle Singletary
    Apr 16, 1997
    Four days after their 17th anniversary, Janis Gill files for divorce from Vince Gill at the Williamson County Chancery Court in Tennessee
    Apr 17, 1997
    Nashville's Ryman Auditorium hosts a benefit concert to raise money for a monument to Bill Monroe. On the bill: Marty Stuart, Alison Krauss, Ralph Stanley, Connie Smith, Mark O'Connor, Del McCoury and Ricky Skaggs
    Apr 18, 1997
    The Tennessean reports Randy Travis is parting with Warner Bros. Records, where he first rose to prominence 11 years earlier
    Apr 29, 1997
    Patty Loveless records "You Don't Seem To Miss Me" with George Jones in Nashville
    May 1, 1997
    Former Grand Ole Opry manager E.W. "Bud" Wendell retires as CEO of the Opry's parent company, Gaylord Entertainment. A year later, he enters the Country Music Hall of Fame
    May 2, 1997
    Travis Tritt performs the national anthem before the Nashville Kats arena football team's home opener at the Gaylord Entertainment Center. The team beats the San Jose SaberCats, 47-21
    May 3, 1997
    The 50th anniversary of Ernest Tubb's radio show, "The Midnite Jamboree," is observed with a street party on Broadway in Nashville. The night's lineup includes Bill Anderson, Travis Tritt, Stonewall Jackson and Leona Williams, among others
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