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    • Nov 6, 1997
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band snares its first RIAA-certified platinum album, for "Will The Circle Be Unbroken," featuring Mother Maybelle Carter, Roy Acuff, Jimmy Martin, Merle Travis, Earl Scruggs, Vassar Clements and Doc Watson
    Nov 7, 1997
    Warren Zevon's album "Excitable Boy," produced by Jackson Browne, is certified platinum by the RIAA. It includes "Werewolves Of London," sampled a decade later on Kid Rock's album "Rock N Roll Jesus" in the country hit "All Summer Long"
    Nov 7, 1997
    Hal Ketchum passes out during a flight from Texas to Las Vegas, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Lubbock. Doctors decide he has a stomach virus and put him back on the same flight
    Nov 7, 1997
    Capitol releases Garth Brooks' "Longneck Bottle," written by Steve Wariner, who plays guitar and provides harmony vocals
    Nov 7, 1997
    Minnie Pearl's husband, Henry Cannon, dies while sleeping at his Nashville home. Cannon piloted such acts as Eddy Arnold, Hank Williams and Elvis Presley, and served as Pearl's manager
    Nov 8, 1997
    Now she's really gone and done it: Shania Twain starts a five-week reign on Billboard's country singles chart with "Love Gets Me Every Time"
    Nov 8, 1997
    Alison Krauss marries guitarist Paul Bergeson
    Nov 8, 1997
    Johnny Paycheck is inducted as the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry, singing "Take This Job And Shove It" and "A-11." Bryan White also debuts his single, "One Small Miracle," with songwriter Steve Wariner providing backing vocals
    Nov 11, 1997
    Tom Wopat makes a guest stop on ABC's "Home Improvement." Wopat wrote Earl Thomas Conley's 1991 hit "Shadow Of A Doubt"
    Nov 11, 1997
    The NASCAR Cafe theme restaurant opens in downtown Nashville. In addition to numerous race drivers, the event includes appearances by Brooks & Dunn, Tracy Lawrence and Mark Collie
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