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    • Mar 16, 2001
    A day after two record executives called country radio "boring," Marty Stuart tells The Tennessean he agrees with the assessment: "I can take it in 15-minute doses, and then I get heartbroken"
    Mar 16, 2001
    A Davidson County judge refuses to let LeAnn Rimes out of her deal with Curb Records. Upon hearing the verdict, she turns to her father, Wilbur Rimes, and says "I hate you." LeAnn has made $21 million in royalties from the deal. Curb: $200 million
    Mar 17, 2001
    Two days after two record executives said country radio is "boring," The Tennessean quotes Capitol Records chief Mike Dungan: "A big chunk of what they call country radio right now is nothing but bad adult contemporary records"
    Mar 29, 2001
    As a handful of artists fight the financial system at record labels, Merle Haggard is quoted in The Los Angeles Times: "The artist pays for everything and ends up with nothing. The big boys with the cigars, they get it all"
    Apr 19, 2001
    Keith Urban takes part in a USA Today online chat, where he's asked about posing in the current Playgirl magazine: "They tell me it was sold out, which is a good thing. I thought it'd be done tastefully, so I agreed"
    May 16, 2001
    Donn Esmonde, a columnist in The Buffalo News, says both sides in the Tim McGraw trial are stubborn: "The real crime is against common sense. Misdemeanor charges go to trial as often as Faith Hill wears combat boots"
    May 29, 2001
    BR549 tells country.com it's proceeding without the dash in its name (BR5-49), a remnant from their Junior Samples/"Hee Haw" inspiration. Says Chuck Mead: "The name was a joke in the first place. We never thought we'd ever go this far"
    Jul 15, 2001
    During an appearance at Nashville's AmSouth Amphitheatre, Tom Petty calls the country music he's hearing on the radio "shit." In the audience are Lee Roy Parnell, Marty Stuart and future songwriter Jon Nite
    Oct 2, 2001
    Trace Adkins visits rescue and recovery workers at the site of the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York. He later tells country.com, "It was just too much"
    Oct 10, 2001
    Waylon Jennings says he is unmoved by his election to the Country Music Hall of Fame: "I let one of my sons go there and accept it. I think it meant something to my kids, and that's enough"



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