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    • Apr 15, 1998
    Avon Books publishes "Dreaming Out Loud: Garth Brooks, Wynonna Judd, Wade Hayes And The Changing Face Of Nashville," authored by Bruce Feiler. Among its revelations: Judd once attempted suicide and Brooks contemplated whether doing so might be a good business move
    Apr 15, 1998
    CBS-TV presents "To Life! America Salutes Israel's 50th," with former Nashville session fiddler Mark O'Connor, plus Stevie Wonder, Kevin Costner, Harry Connick Jr. and Natalie Cole
    Apr 15, 1998
    CMT airs the first live concert in the network's history, featuring Faith Hill, plus Tim McGraw, Vince Gill and singer/songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman
    Apr 15, 1998
    Rose Maddox dies of kidney failure in Ashland, Oregon. She was the lead singer of The Maddox Brothers & Rose, nicknamed the Most Colorful Hillbilly Band in America, and spent eight years with the Grand Ole Opry
    Apr 15, 1998
    Country journalist and historian Otto Kitsinger dies. He worked for such TV shows as "Grand Ole Opry Live," "Opry Backstage" and "Nashville Now"
    Apr 16, 1998
    The Carpenters' pop hits album "Yesterday Once More" is certified gold, platinum and double-platinum by the RIAA. It includes the Juice Newton-penned "Sweet, Sweet Smile," the duo's lone country hit
    Apr 16, 1998
    Tornadoes slam Nashville, tearing the roof off Woodland Sound Studio, causing $100,000 damage to the Ryman Auditorium and destroying The Turf, a club where Kenny Chesney was once a regular. A David Kersh video crew catches it on film
    Apr 17, 1998
    The Billy Bob Thornton picture "Homegrown" appears in American movie theaters. His co-stars include Hank Azaria and Jon Bon Jovi, who earns a country hit eight years later singing "Who Says You Can't Go Home" with Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles
    Apr 17, 1998
    The Nashville Songwriters Association International hails "Something That We Do," written by Clint Black and Skip Ewing, as the Song of the Year
    Apr 17, 1998
    Linda McCartney dies of breast cancer in Santa Barbara, California. She was the wife of former Beatle Paul McCartney, the author of such country hits as "I Feel Fine" and "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party"
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