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    • Oct 25, 1986
    Mark Knopfler breaks his collarbone in a celebrity race before the Australian Grand Prix. The Dire Straits guitarist finds success as a country songwriter when his songs are covered by Mary Chapin Carpenter, Highway 101 and John Anderson
    Aug 8, 1988
    Mel Tillis gets a black eye horsing around in the swimming pool with former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw on his birthday
    Sep 7, 1988
    Sgt. Barry Sadler is shot in the head in Guatemala City in what is believed to be an attempted robbery as he gets into a taxi. He lives for more than a year afterward
    May 14, 1990
    Faron Young cracks three ribs when he hits a tree with his riding lawnmower while cutting grass in the dead of night
    Aug 9, 1990
    Diamond Rio mandolin player Gene Johnson slices his left thumb in a saw accident while doing cabinetry work in Little Rock, Arkansas
    Sep 6, 1990
    Diamond Rio bass player Dana Williams has both legs sliced at the knee in a Tennessee boating accident
    Nov 17, 1990
    David Crosby, a founding member of The Byrds, is injured severely in a Los Angeles motorcycle accident. Crosby breaks his shoulder, left leg and ankle
    May 31, 1991
    Tracy Lawrence is shot in Shoney's parking lot on Music Row just after completing vocals for his debut album. Lawrence and a female friend were robbed by three gunmen prior to the shooting
    Sep 26, 1991
    Following a Lynyrd Skynyrd show in Nashville, vocalist Johnny Van Zant breaks his back on the way down a staircase. Four years later, he's on the country charts with the Van Zant hit "Help Somebody"
    Nov 16, 1991
    Shenandoah drummer Mike McGuire undergoes emergency eye surgery in Austin, Texas, after a bottle of soda shatters and cuts his face



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