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    • Aug 7, 1990
    After a four-year marriage, Carolyn Dennis files for divorce from Bob Dylan. The previous year, his song "You Ain't Going Nowhere" was revived as a country hit by Chris Hillman & Roger McGuinn, in tandem with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
    Aug 7, 1990
    RCA releases Keith Whitley's "Greatest Hits"
    Aug 8, 1990
    RCA's country chief Joe Galante is promoted to president of the record label's pop division in New York
    Aug 9, 1990
    Diamond Rio mandolin player Gene Johnson slices his left thumb in a saw accident while doing cabinetry work in Little Rock, Arkansas
    Aug 10, 1990
    Columbia releases Vern Gosdin's "10 Years Of Greatest Hits (Newly Recorded)"
    Aug 10, 1990
    Mark Chesnutt begins his first concert tour in Highland, Texas
    Aug 11, 1990
    The Tennessean reports The Oak Ridge Boys' Steve Sanders is engaged to Janet Riggins, 16 months after they met in Las Vegas
    Aug 12, 1990
    Dan Seals' guitar player, Joe Stanley, dies of cancer at his home in Brookport, Illinois. Stanley played on "Bop," "You Still Move Me" and "Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)," among others
    Aug 13, 1990
    Don Henley, Bonnie Raitt and several other artists announce they have purchased 25 acres of Walden Woods in Massachusetts. Raising funds to preserve it becomes a driving force in the creation of "Common Thread: The Songs Of The Eagles"
    Aug 14, 1990
    The Eagles' album "Hotel California" is certified nine-times platinum by the RIAA. "The Long Run" goes quadruple-platinum
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