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Jul 4, 1928
Jimmie Rodgers has a Fourth of July picnic on the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., aboard a $25,000 yacht owned by pop singer Gene Austin
Jan 16, 1937
Floods hit the state of Arkansas, where more than 2,700 people are forced to evacuate their homes, including the family of Johnny Cash in Dyess. The event inspires Cash to write the 1959 hit "Five Feet High And Rising"
Feb 16, 1937
Four-year-old Johnny Cash and his family return to their home in Dyess, Arkansas, damaged in January by severe flooding from the Tyonza River. The event will inspire his 1959 hit "Five Feet High And Rising"
Mar 27, 1941
The Sons Of The Pioneers record "Cool Water" in Chicago
Apr 19, 1956
Sonny James records "Twenty Feet Of Muddy Water"
Jul 11, 1961
Chet Atkins plays a concert in the rain in Nashville's Centennial Park without telling the audience of 10,000 that every time he touches the guitar, he gets shocked. The closest he comes to letting on is to announce "I'm real brave tonight"
Jul 2, 1969
Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones is found dead in his swimming pool in England, just three weeks after the band fired him. Officially he drowned, although many believe he was accidentally killed in a fight
Mar 14, 1975
The weekend of the Grand Ole Opry House's first anniversary, flooding from the Cumberland River forces the Opry to move downtown to Municipal Auditorium
Jul 5, 1975
The Statler Brothers' Happy Birthday U.S.A. concert is held a day late, thanks to a holiday downpour. With 37,000 people on hand in Staunton, Virginia, the band's special guests are Johnny Russell and Charlie McCoy
Jul 4, 1976
Willie Nelson holds his Fourth of July Picnic in a downpour, the crowd smoking pot until 9:30 the next morning, with some public nudity. On the bill in Gonzales, Texas, are Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, Bobby Bare, George Jones and Leon Russell, among others
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