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    • Nov 10, 1970
    Roy Acuff begins his fourth and final tour of South Vietnam, sponsored by the USO
    Mar 1, 1971
    A Loretta Lynn show in Louisville raises more than $500,000 for 104 children orphaned by a December mine blast in Hyden, Kentucky, that killed 38 people. Also on the bill: Conway Twitty, Roy Acuff, Tom T. Hall, Connie Smith and George Morgan
    Aug 10, 1971
    Roy Acuff, Bashful Brother Oswald, Jimmy Martin and Earl Scruggs record with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band for the album "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" at Nashville's Woodland Sound Studio. The group tackles "I Saw The Light," "Wreck On The Highway" and "Wabash Cannonball"
    Dec 4, 1971
    A Congressional hearing on a bill for a folk foundation is held at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. The event includes performances by Roy Acuff, Bill Monroe, The McGee Brothers, Jean Shepard and Mac Wiseman
    Mar 17, 1972
    An outdoors festival in Dripping Springs, Texas, is one of the first to draw hippies and traditional country fans, inspiring Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnics. In the lineup with Nelson are Waylon Jennings, Loretta Lynn, Roy Acuff, Buck Owens, Kris Kristofferson, Tex Ritter and Tom T. Hall
    Oct 2, 1972
    United Artists releases The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's album "Will The Circle Be Unbroken." The project features Roy Acuff, Jimmy Martin, Maybelle Carter, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Merle Travis, Vassar Clements, Junior Huskey, Norman Blake and Bashful Brother Oswald
    Oct 25, 1972
    Roy Acuff becomes a grandfather when Roy Neill Acuff's son, Alex Wolfgang Acuff, is born in Nashville
    Nov 4, 1972
    Roy Acuff performs when incumbent presidential candidate Richard Nixon appears at an airport rally in Greensboro, North Carolina
    May 24, 1973
    Roy Acuff performs at the White House--along with John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart and Sammy Davis Jr.--for POWs who returned from Vietnam. Acuff sings "Wabash Cannonball." Irving Berlin conducts the orchestra during "God Bless America"
    May 25, 1973
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band earns its first gold album from the RIAA, for "Will The Circle Be Unbroken." The two-record set features guests Maybelle Carter, Roy Acuff, Jimmy Martin, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Merle Travis, Vassar Clements, Norman Blake, Junior Huskey and Bashful Brother Oswald
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