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    • Aug 22, 1998
    The Texas Country Music Hall of Fame opens in Carthage, Texas. The inaugural six members: Gene Autry, Willie Nelson, Jim Reeves, Tex Ritter, and songwriters Cindy Walker and Joe Allison
    Aug 22, 1998
    Garth Brooks makes his first appearance in South America, performing for 50,000 people at the Barretos Rodeo in Brazil
    Aug 23, 1998
    Grover "Big Jeff" Bess dies in Nashville, following a battle with diabetes. He co-owned Tootsie's Orchid Lounge--a legendary hangout for Willie Nelson, Faron Young, Marty Robbins and Mel Tillis--until he ceded it to wife Tootsie Bess in a divorce
    Aug 24, 1998
    Lionel and Diane Richie have a daughter, Sofia Richie, in Los Angeles. The pop singer wrote and produced Kenny Rogers' "Lady"
    Aug 24, 1998
    After years of struggling with country radio, The Mavericks are shifted from MCA's country division to the pop division in Los Angeles
    Aug 24, 1998
    Comedian Jerry Clower dies after heart bypass surgery in Jackson, Mississippi. The Grand Ole Opry member earned a reputation for Southern-bred humor revolving around Yazoo City, Mississippi, and the fictitious Ledbetter family
    Aug 25, 1998
    Trisha Yearwood collects a gold album from the RIAA for "Where Your Road Leads"
    Aug 25, 1998
    Rockabilly artist Charlie Feathers is admitted to Memphis' St. Francis Hospital after suffering a stroke. Feathers wrote Elvis Presley's "I Forgot To Remember To Forget"
    Aug 25, 1998
    MCA releases the double-album "The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd." It includes "Sweet Home Alabama," cited in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number" among the 500 greatest country singles of all-time
    Aug 25, 1998
    Reba McEntire is honored by the RIAA with a gold album for "If You See Him"
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