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Jan 23, 2002

Blake Shelton shoots a commercial for a Dallas Ford dealer and receives an unexpected reimbursement: a maroon Ford F150 King Ranch pickup. The base sticker price for the vehicle is approximately $30,000

Jan 24, 2002

Freddy Fender receives a kidney transplant from his daughter, Marla Huerta Garcia, during surgery at the University Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. A doctor indicates his kidney failure may be linked to diabetes

Jan 26, 2002

Clint Black hosts a benefit show for Houston flood victims at Enron Field. The lineup includes: Lisa Hartman Black, Rodney Crowell, The Beach Boys, Destiny's Child, La Mafia and Joe Sample

Jan 30, 2002

Freddy Fender is released from San Antonio's University Hospital, six days after receiving a kidney transplant from his daughter

Feb 23, 2002

LeAnn Rimes marries dancer Dean Sheremet at the Perkins Chapel in Dallas. The couple met when both participated in the Academy of Country Music awards in Los Angeles the previous May

Feb 23, 2002

Loretta Lynn enters a hospital in the Fort Worth area with abdominal pains. She's released the same day, but postpones a show at Billy Bob's Texas

Mar 3, 2002

George Strait plays the final Houston Livestock & Rodeo Show concert held at Houston's Astrodome, with more than 68,000 in attendance. He dedicates "Love Without End, Amen" to George and Barbara Bush, who are part of the crowd

Mar 11, 2002

Pat Green is hospitalized in Brownsville, Texas, with facial fractures after he's attacked on the beach in South Padre Island by two men

Mar 15, 2002

Guitarist, banjo player and mandolinist Paul Buskirk dies in Nacogdoches, Texas. He was a friend and mentor to Willie Nelson, who took guitar lessons from Buskirk and sold him the rights to "Family Bible" for a mere $50. Buskirk played on Nelson's version of "Mona Lisa"

Mar 23, 2002

ZZ Top bass player Dusty Hill marries Charleen "Chuck" McCrory at Tony's Ballroom in Houston, Texas, just a month before the release of "Sharp Dressed Men: A Tribute To ZZ Top." Bandmate Frank Beard is his best man, and Billy Gibbons also attends

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