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May 16, 2001
Vince Gill becomes the first person to perform on the stage at the Ford Theater in Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame
May 17, 2001
A new $37-million Country Music Hall of Fame opens in downtown Nashville. On hand are Vince Gill, Brad Paisley, George Jones, Emmylou Harris, Diamond Rio, Martina McBride, Bill Anderson and ribbon-cutters Charley Pride, Brenda Lee and Kitty Wells
May 17, 2001
James Caveye is convicted for the 1998 murder of David "Skull" Schulman, who owned the Printers Alley nightclub Skull's, one of the places Tim McGraw played on his way up. Caveye receives an automatic life sentence
May 22, 2001
Martha Carson is honored for her 80th birthday at Nashville's Texas Troubadour Theatre. On hand for the concert: Sonny James, Kitty Wells, Stonewall Jackson, Boots Randolph, Billy Walker, Mac Wiseman and guitarist Harold Bradley
May 25, 2001
Jennifer Hanson auditions for Capitol Records in the office of Nashville division chief Mike Dungan, singing "This Far Gone" among several songs. As she's driving home, Dungan calls her offering a recording contract
May 26, 2001
Loretta Lynn opens the Coal Miner's Daughter Museum in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. It houses artifacts from her career, including awards, stage clothing and her tour bus. There for the opening: George Jones, Naomi Judd and Crystal Gayle
Jun 1, 2001
Jo Dee Messina meets president George W. Bush at the White House, then has dinner with vice president Dick Cheney, a day before running in a D.C. race to raise money for breast cancer research
Jun 1, 2001
Little Jimmy Dickens holds a two-day garage sale in Brentwood, Tennessee, unloading file cabinets, lamps and Christmas decorations. Many shoppers come by just to meet the Grand Ole Opry member
Jun 1, 2001
John Hartford checks into Centennial Medical Center in Nashville with ailments related to a lengthy battle with lymphoma. He dies four days later
Jun 4, 2001
John Hartford dies of lymphoma at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. The bluegrass- and folk-influenced singer, banjo player and fiddler was best known for writing the Glen Campbell classic "Gentle On My Mind"
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