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    • Aug 1, 1998
    Garth Brooks reaches #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with a Bob Dylan song, "To Make You Feel My Love"
    Aug 1, 1998
    The Tennessean reports that Mindy McCready has broken up with her fiance, actor Dean Cain, of TV's "Lois & Clark"
    Aug 1, 1998
    Chris LeDoux begins two days of work with Jon Bon Jovi, as he tapes a video in California for "Bang A Drum," a song that features the two singers
    Aug 2, 1998
    While in town for Vince Gill's golf tournament, shock rocker Alice Cooper reports an abandoned package in a restroom at the Nashville airport to authorities. It contains no bombs, though--just fireworks and bottle rockets
    Aug 3, 1998
    Mary Chapin Carpenter is among the featured artists when Sarah McLachlan's Lilith Fair plays Starwood Amphitheatre in Nashville. The highlight: a mass chorus with Bonnie Raitt, McLachlan, Carpenter, Emmylou Harris and Beth Nielsen Chapman
    Aug 3, 1998
    Songwriter Tommy Faile dies in Gaston County, North Carolina. He authored the Red Sovine hit "Phantom 309"
    Aug 4, 1998
    Mercury releases Terri Clark's "You're Easy On The Eyes"
    Aug 4, 1998
    Comedian Jerry Clower cancels a show for the first time in 32 years when he falls ill in Hiawasee, Georgia. He dies three weeks later, following open heart surgery
    Aug 4, 1998
    George Strait appears five times on the ballot as finalists are announced for the Country Music Association awards. It gives him 47 total nominations over his career, making him the most-nominated artist in CMA history
    Aug 5, 1998
    While in Nashville for a concert, The Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan runs down a surprising list of his country favorites: Hank Williams, Hank Snow, Ray Price, Webb Pierce and The Louvin Brothers
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