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Apr 12, 1999

Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, Jackson Browne and The Indigo Girls perform a concert at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium opposing the death penalty. Also appearing are Terri Clark, Natalie Maines, Jimmie Fadden and Buddy and Julie Miller

Apr 13, 1999

Jimmy Bryant, the father of Ricochet's Jeff and Junior Bryant, dies at home in Gallatin, Tennessee, following a lengthy illness

Apr 14, 1999

Tammy Wynette's body is exhumed in Nashville for an autopsy at the request of her widow, George Richey, who is being sued by her three daughters in connection with the singer's death

Apr 15, 1999

Vince Gill is involved in a three-car accident when his Volvo is rear-ended on West End Avenue in Nashville. While handling the paperwork, the driver who hit Gill's car gives him a tape, hoping Gill will record one of his songs

Apr 16, 1999

Shania Twain becomes the first woman named Songwriter/Artist of the Year in the Nashville Songwriter Achievement Awards. Phil Vassar wins Songwriter, and Song of the Year is a tie: "Holes In The Floor Of Heaven" and "Don't Laugh At Me"

Apr 21, 1999

Jackson, Tennessee, celebrates Charlie Daniels Day and presents the Southern rocker a key to the city, as he kicks off his 1999 tour schedule

Apr 22, 1999

Steve Wariner performs "Holes In The Floor Of Heaven" at Centennial Park in Nashville during a memorial that honors victims of the Columbine High School shooting in Littleton, Colorado

Apr 23, 1999

Charlie Daniels' Volunteer Jam boasts Montgomery Gentry, Molly Hatchet and surprises Billy Ray Cyrus, Rhett Akins, Lee Roy Parnell and Garth Brooks, who joins Daniels on "Drinkin' My Baby Goodbye" at Nashville's First American Music Center

Apr 24, 1999

Jessica Andrews makes her Grand Ole Opry debut

May 1, 1999

Bill Anderson is the father of the bride, giving daughter Terri Anderson's hand to Grant Whitman in Nashville. Dad still appears the same night on the Grand Ole Opry, where he laughs at the cost of the wedding before singing "Po' Folks"

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