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Jun 20, 1998

Alan Jackson's free concert for boaters on Tennessee's Center Hill Lake with Trisha Yearwood and Deana Carter is cancelled when a storm damages the stage and sinks seven boats with fans waiting for the show to start

Jun 20, 1998

Reba McEntire sings "Fancy," Alabama performs "The Cheap Seats" and Wynonna delivers "Tell Me Why" as CBS shoots a concert special, "Country Fest '98," at Nashville's Gaylord Entertainment Center. Also on the bill: Clint Black, Steve Wariner, Neal McCoy, The Kinleys and Chris LeDoux

Jun 22, 1998

David Allan Coe gets married for the fifth time, to Rebecca Yvonne Smith, at Radnor Baptist Church in Nashville. They divorce the following March

Jun 25, 1998

A Witness History concert honors Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and late producer Owen Bradley at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. On the bill: Mark Knopfler, Travis Tritt, Marty Stuart, Brenda Lee, Mark Collie, John Anderson and Kris Kristofferson, who's surprised when Cash joins him on "Sunday Morning Coming Down"

Jun 26, 1998

Canadian-born Grand Ole Opry member Stu Phillips and his wife, Aldona, are sworn in as American citizens at the courthouse in Nashville

Jun 27, 1998

Boxcar Willie performs on the Grand Ole Opry, his first appearance on the show in nearly 11 months. He was forced away from the Opry by leukemia

Jun 29, 1998

The Country Music Association announces it will add four new Country Music Hall of Fame members in September: Tammy Wynette, Elvis Presley, George Morgan and former Grand Ole Opry executive E.W. "Bud" Wendell

Jun 30, 1998

Vince Gill's divorce from Janis Gill is finalized. She keeps the 151-acre horse ranch and a $750,000 home, and receives $4,000 monthly in child support for two years, until daughter Jenny turns 18

Jun 30, 1998

Tracy Lawrence's divorce from Stacie Drew is finalized in Wilson County, Tennessee

Jun 30, 1998

Kevin Sharp is released from a Nashville hospital, where he underwent surgery on his injured left hip

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