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Sep 8, 1970
Songwriter Chris DuBois is born in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He pens Darius Rucker's "It Won't Be Like This For Long," Chris Janson's "Buy Me A Boat," Josh Turner's "Your Man" and a batch of Brad Paisley titles, including "Online," "Then" and "Water"
Sep 8, 1970
Alt.country singer Neko Case is born in Alexandria, Virginia. A powerful vocalist with a host of influences, she makes headlines in a 2001 run-in with Grand Ole Opry House management for removing her top--though not her bra--during an outdoor show
Sep 9, 1970
Elvis Presley begins his first concert tour since the 1950s at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. The concert is the subject of a bomb threat
Sep 10, 1970
Lynn Anderson records "Rose Garden" in the evening hours at the Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville
Sep 11, 1970
The Statler Brothers record "Bed Of Rose's" at the Mercury Custom Recording Studio on Hawkins Street in Nashville
Sep 12, 1970
Woody Guthrie is the subject of a tribute concert at the Hollywood Bowl, featuring Joan Baez, Peter Fonda, Will Geer, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie, who performs "Oklahoma Hills." The entire cast closes with a mass version of "This Land Is Your Land"
Sep 12, 1970
"Petticoat Junction" ends a seven-year run in CBS' prime-time TV lineup. The sitcom's theme song was co-written and sung by Curt Massey, a former member of Louise Massey & The Westerners
Sep 12, 1970
"Five Easy Pieces," starring Jack Nicholson, makes its theater debut. The movie features several Tammy Wynette recordings: "D-I-V-O-R-C-E," "Stand By Your Man," "Don't Touch Me" and "When There's A Fire In Your Heart"
Sep 14, 1970
American sax player Steve Marcus records the first commercial digital recording with Japanese rock musicians. Digital recording becomes the standard in country music during the late-1980s
Sep 15, 1970
Bobby Bare performs "Detroit City" on the season premiere of CBS-TV's "Hee Haw," hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark, with Minnie Pearl, Grandpa Jones, Stringbean and Lulu Roman. Also guesting: Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
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