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    • Mar 18, 1930
    Bill Alphin is born in Whaleyville, Virginia. His son will become a country star: Big Kenny, of Big & Rich
    Nov 1, 1963
    Singer/songwriter Kenny Alphin is born at the Culpeper County Hospital in Culpeper, Virginia. As Big Kenny, he co-writes hits for Tim McGraw, Gretchen Wilson and Jason Aldean, and founds Big & Rich, a boundary-pushing duo that collects hits with "Lost In This Moment," "Comin' To Your City" and "Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)"
    Aug 14, 1994
    Big Kenny Alphin arrives in Nashville in search of a music career. A decade later, he emerges nationally as one-half of Big & Rich
    Oct 23, 2001
    Big Kenny and John Rich join two other solo artists to initiate the MuzikMafia shows at Nashville's Pub Of Love. The MuzikMafia grows on the Music City club scene, leading to recording contracts for both Big & Rich and Gretchen Wilson
    Dec 31, 2002
    Big Kenny, already $140,000 in debt, loses most of his last $200 playing blackjack in Las Vegas. He gives the dealer a $20 tip, leaving himself with just one buck. The event inspires him to write a future Tim McGraw hit, "Last Dollar (Fly Away)"
    Jan 23, 2005
    Big Kenny Alphin, of Big & Rich, marries wardrobe stylist Christiev Carothers on a mountaintop in Deadwood, South Dakota. The couple met during the video shoot for Gretchen Wilson's "Redneck Woman"
    Nov 2, 2005
    Big & Rich's Big Kenny Alphin and his wife, Christiev Carothers, have a son, Lincoln William Holiday Alphin
    Apr 3, 2006
    Big Kenny, of Big & Rich, fixes a gourmet meal under a time limit in front of a studio audience at the Hollywood Center Studios in Los Angeles during a taping of the NBC one-week series "Celebrity Cooking Showdown"
    Apr 19, 2006
    NBC premieres "Celebrity Cooking Showdown." Big Kenny, of Big & Rich, makes a gourmet meal in front of a screaming studio audience in an Alan Thicke-hosted competition against Tom Arnold and Miss USA, Chelsea Cooley
    May 21, 2006
    Montgomery Gentry, Keith Urban, Dierks Bentley and Little Big Town take part in the Academy of Country Music's annual motorcycle ride for charity in Las Vegas. Also hitting the road: Big Kenny, Buddy Jewell, Emerson Drive and Trick Pony's Ira Dean
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