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Sep 13, 1988
Steve Earle is arrested by mistake in Michigan when a bondsman errantly determines he has jumped bail. Earle is jailed for several hours until the matter is resolved
Sep 13, 1988
The Randy Travis album "Old 8 x 10" is certified gold and platinum by the RIAA
Sep 14, 1988
Pop singer/songwriter Priscilla Renea is born in Vero Beach, Florida. She writes material for the likes of Demi Lovato, Nick Jonas and Marian Carey, and co-writes the Miranda Lambert duet with Carrie Underwood, "Somethin' Bad"
Sep 15, 1988
Mark Knopfler announces Dire Straits is finished. Knopfler subsequently has several country hits as a songwriter: "The Bug," by Mary Chapin Carpenter; "Setting Me Up," by Highway 101; and "When It Comes To You," by John Anderson
Sep 16, 1988
Columbia releases Ricky Van Shelton's album "Loving Proof"
Sep 16, 1988
Unsigned Billy Ray Cyrus and his band, The Players, open for rock band REO Speedwagon at the Huntington Civic Center in West Virginia
Sep 17, 1988
Eddy Raven hits the top spot on the Billboard country singles chart with "Joe Knows How To Live"
Sep 17, 1988
Billy Joe Royal and Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers join the Georgia Music Hall of Fame during the institution's 10th annual induction ceremony at the World Congress Center in Atlanta
Sep 19, 1988
Bested only by Whitney Houston and Barbra Streisand, Reba McEntire ties Madonna and Linda Ronstadt for third place as favorite female vocalist in People magazine's annual reader's poll
Sep 19, 1988
MCA releases Patty Loveless' album "Honky Tonk Angel"
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