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Aug 29, 1998

Kenny Chesney receives a Distinguished Alumnus award from East Tennessee State University when he performs in his old stomping grounds in Johnson City, Tennessee

Aug 31, 1998

Ronnie Dunn records "Tennessee Oiler Fight Song," which he co-wrote with Terry McBride, as a give-away for the NFL team's first home game in Nashville. Providing support on the session are drummer Eddie Bayers, bass player Glenn Worf and guitarist Kenny Greenberg

Sep 1, 1998

Lonestar vocalist Richie McDonald and his wife, Lorie, have a daughter, Mollie Ann McDonald, at Baptist Hospital in Nashville. The youngster inspires a line about a "blue-eyed blonde with her shoes on wrong" in "My Front Porch Looking In"

Sep 6, 1998

Brad Warren, of The Warren Brothers, has a son, Sage Michael Warren, in Nashville

Sep 12, 1998

Vince Gill makes his 100th appearance on the Grand Ole Opry

Sep 13, 1998

Brooks & Dunn's "The Tennessee Oilers Fight Song" is given to every ticket-holder at the first Nashville home game for the team at Vanderbilt Stadium when the Oilers play San Diego. Lee Greenwood sings the national anthem. The Chargers win, 13-7

Sep 14, 1998

Tennessee Trash returns: Ed Bruce is back in a series of anti-litter commercials in the Volunteer State. He portrays Tennessee Trash, a bottle-tossing redneck. The jingle behind it all: "There ain't no lower class than Tennessee Trash"

Sep 17, 1998

The Country Music Hall of Fame unveils a bronze statue of the late Hank Williams on the 75th anniversary of the singer's birth. At the ceremony are his children, Hank Williams Jr. and Jett Williams, who meet for the first time

Sep 18, 1998

Paying tribute to her father, Hank Williams, Jett Williams performs "Your Cheatin' Heart" on the Grand Ole Opry, telling the audience he never played the song in concert during his lifetime

Sep 19, 1998

Eddie Rabbitt, Kent Robbins ("Straight Tequila Night") and Merle Kilgore ("Ring Of Fire") are inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame during ceremonies at the Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel in Nashville

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