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Oct 10, 1966
Johnny Cash buys land in Hendersonville, Tennessee. He builds a house on the property, which becomes his primary residence for the remainder of his life
Nov 15, 1966
Los Angeles youth and police clash on Sunset Strip, leading to a temporary ban on live rock music after dark. The Troubadour, on Santa Monica, reacts by ending a ban on electric instruments, luring fans and becoming a country-rock breeding ground
Feb 17, 1967
Loew's announces it's purchased the lease on the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco from Gene Autry
Feb 18, 1967
Billboard reports Roy Acuff has sold Dunbar Cave, a music resort in Montgomery County, Tennessee, for more than $200,000
Apr 1, 1967
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum opens in a barn-like structure on Music Row in Nashville. It remains at that location for 34 years, before moving downtown
Jul 10, 1967
Roy Acuff and Wesley Rose attend as Acuff-Rose opens a new, multi-million-dollar building on Franklin Road in Nashville
Nov 17, 1967
Minnie Pearl serves fried chicken to guests Roy Acuff, Tex Ritter and local politicians as she opens Minnie Pearl's Chicken Systems, the home office for her fast-food chain, at 2708 Franklin Road in Nashville
Oct 18, 1968
Plans are announced for the creation of the Opryland theme park in Nashville. Affiliated with the Grand Ole Opry, the grounds eventually provide a home for Roy Acuff, while the park spawns such acts as Little Texas, Diamond Rio, Chely Wright and Deborah Allen
Apr 23, 1969
The Ash Grove suffers the first of three devastating fires, this one requiring four months of repair before reopening. The Los Angeles venue has hosted such acts as Bill Monroe, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Flatt & Scruggs and Maybelle Carter
May 1, 1969
Nashville's Columbia Recording Studios restrict sessions to acts on the Columbia and Epic labels. The company thus has more time for Tammy Wynette, David Houston and Johnny Cash dates, though Sonny James books Capitol sessions in February
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