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    • May 1, 1997
    Tommy Cash serves as marshal of the firefighters parade during the annual Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester, Virginia. Also at the festival: Ty Herndon, Stephanie Bentley and Sons Of The Desert
    May 1, 1997
    Former Grand Ole Opry manager E.W. "Bud" Wendell retires as CEO of the Opry's parent company, Gaylord Entertainment. A year later, he enters the Country Music Hall of Fame
    May 2, 1997
    Travis Tritt performs the national anthem before the Nashville Kats arena football team's home opener at the Gaylord Entertainment Center. The team beats the San Jose SaberCats, 47-21
    May 3, 1997
    Groundbreaking ceremonies are held in Nashville for Adelphia Coliseum, the future home of the NFL's Houston Oilers, soon to become the Tennessee Titans. The event includes three skydiving Elvis Presley impersonators, dropping to "That's All Right"
    May 3, 1997
    The 50th anniversary of Ernest Tubb's radio show, "The Midnite Jamboree," is observed with a street party on Broadway in Nashville. The night's lineup includes Bill Anderson, Travis Tritt, Stonewall Jackson and Leona Williams, among others
    May 4, 1997
    Travis Tritt performs at the opening of the House of Blues in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, with Blues Brothers Dan Aykroyd, Jim Belushi and John Goodman
    May 4, 1997
    Ed Bruce portrays a minister on an episode of CBS-TV's "Walker, Texas Ranger"
    May 5, 1997
    Hank Williams Jr. shoots the new season's promo for ABC-TV's "Monday Night Football" in Franklin, Tennessee, with help from cast members in the Broadway production "Bring In 'Da Noise... Bring In 'Da Funk"
    May 5, 1997
    Tim McGraw and Faith Hill have their first baby, Gracie Katherine McGraw. At age nine, she becomes part of the children's chorus at the close of Dad's hit single "Last Dollar (Fly Away)"
    May 5, 1997
    Simon & Schuster publishes "Rough Mix," by controversial record producer and record executive Jimmy Bowen. The book chronicles his work with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams Jr. and--quite unflatteringly--Garth Brooks
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