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    • Aug 19, 1988
    Mickey Gilley's former manager, Sherwood Cryer, files for bankruptcy in Houston five weeks after Gilley won a $17-million legal judgment. Cryer claims assets of $500,000 and debts of $18 million
    Aug 21, 1988
    Kacey Musgraves is born in Sulphur Springs, Texas. She wins New Artist of the Year at the Country Music Association awards in 2013 following her debut single, "Merry Go 'Round," and claims Song of the Year in 2014 for "Follow Your Arrow." She also co-writes Miranda Lambert's hit "Mama's Broken Heart"
    Aug 30, 1988
    John Denver undergoes an intense physical, designed specifically for astronauts, at Houston's Johnson Space Center. His goal: to fly into space with the Russians
    Sep 20, 1988
    Steve Earle pleads no contest to charges of assaulting a Dallas police officer on New Year's Eve and receives one year of probation
    Dec 25, 1988
    Willie Nelson and Ann-Marie D'Angelo have a son, Lukas Nelson, in Austin
    Jan 2, 1989
    Charley Pride sings the national anthem at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas and is grand marshal at the parade. The UCLA Bruins beat the Arkansas Razorbacks, 17-3
    Jan 25, 1989
    Laura Lee McBride, the first female vocalist with Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, dies in Bryan, Texas. She performed on the classic "Faded Love"
    Feb 18, 1989
    Music journalist Bob Claypool, of The Houston Chronicle, suffers a fatal stroke while writing a review of a Rodney Crowell performance, dying one week later. Crowell honors him in the liner notes of his album "Keys To The Highway"
    Mar 30, 1989
    Gilley's nightclub, the subject of a $17-million lawsuit filed against former manager Sherwood Cryer by namesake Mickey Gilley, closes its doors in Pasadena, Texas
    Apr 23, 1989
    The state of Texas declares Roy Orbison Day
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