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Aug 18, 2001
"Grand Ole Opry Live" shifts from TNN, its home for 16 years, to CMT, expanding from a half-hour to a full hour. On the first show: Brad Paisley, Little Jimmy Dickens, Loretta Lynn, Steve Wariner and Vince Gill, celebrating 10 years with the Opry
Aug 19, 2001
Andy Griggs performs the national anthem at the Arena Bowl at Grand Rapids' Van Andel Arena. The Nashville Kats, partially owned by Travis Tritt, lose to the Grand Rapids Rampage, 64-42
Aug 19, 2001
Madonna performs at Philips Arena in Atlanta. In the audience: Lee Ann Womack
Aug 19, 2001
Bill Anderson's mother, Elizabeth Anderson, dies in Decatur, Alabama, at age 89
Aug 21, 2001
Mercury releases the Mark Wills album "Loving Every Minute"
Aug 21, 2001
Jerry Reed is in orbit: His "East Bound And Down" is used by NASA to wake the crew of the Space Shuttle Discovery
Aug 21, 2001
Billy Gilman and Amy Grant perform in Memphis at the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Target House, associated with the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Aug 21, 2001
Heaven Hill Distilleries, of Bardstown, Kentucky, presents Willie Nelson the first bottle of Old Whiskey River bourbon, named after the song with which Nelson traditionally opens his shows
Aug 22, 2001
Alan Jackson snags a platinum album from the Recording Industry Association of America for "When Somebody Loves You"
Aug 22, 2001
Travis Tritt receives a Hall of Fame award in Milwaukee from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, recognizing his service to military vets. He played a disabled veteran in the videos for "Anymore" and "Tell Me I Was Dreaming"
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