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Jun 18, 1997
Brooks & Dunn hold a fan club party at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, coinciding with Fan Fair. They end up signing autographs for eight hours straight, concluding at 5:00 the next morning
Jun 18, 1997
The Tennessean reports that Aaron Tippin has split with RCA Records
Jun 19, 1997
The Tennessean runs a front-page story heralding Brenda Lee and songwriters Harlan Howard and Cindy Walker as the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame
Jun 20, 1997
Merle Haggard, George Jones and Johnny Paycheck perform together in concert for the first time for the closing day of Fan Fair at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds in Nashville. They team for "Yesterday's Wine"
Jun 25, 1997
On Chet Atkins Day in Nashville, more than 70 artists and musicians pay tribute to the guitarist at a Ryman Auditorium concert. Among the night's performers are Steve Wariner, Ray Stevens, Ronnie McDowell, Mark Knopfler, Marty Stuart, Bobby Bare and Hank Williams III
Jun 30, 1997
Songwriter Chuck Seals, who co-wrote the Ray Price classic "Crazy Arms," dies in White House, Tennessee
Jul 3, 1997
Bobby Bare, Waylon Jennings, Mel Tillis and Jerry Reed take over the Masterfonics studio in Nashville, where they record a live album, "Old Dogs." The audience includes Shel Silverstein, Jan Howard, Carl Smith and Bobby Bare Jr.
Jul 4, 1997
Songwriter John Jarrard, battling diabetes, has a kidney transplant at Nashville's Saint Thomas Hospital. His left leg is amputated below the knee months later. Among his songs: "Blue Clear Sky," "Money In The Bank" and "There's No Way"
Jul 6, 1997
Record producer Owen Bradley breaks his shoulder when he trips on one of his grandson's toys while on his boat on Nashville's Old Hickory Lake
Jul 8, 1997
Songwriter Everett Ellis files suit against songwriters Kerry Kurt Phillips, Rick Blaylock and Howard Perdew, charging they infringed upon his song "Lay Me Out Beside The Jukebox (If I Die)" when they wrote the Joe Diffie hit "Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die)." A judge rules against Ellis in December
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