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Jun 16, 1987

Waylon Jennings records "My Rough And Rowdy Days" at Nashville's Sound Stage

Jun 22, 1987

Waylon Jennings overdubs a horn section to "My Rough And Rowdy Days" at Nashville's Sound Stage. Included: trombone player Dennis Good, trumpets Michael Haynes and George Tidwell, and saxes Jim Horn and Dennis Quitman

Jul 24, 1987

Merle Haggard & George Jones perform for 12,000 at Nashville's Starwood Amphitheatre. It marks the first time Haggard has played a major venue in Music City

Aug 1, 1987

Fiddler Howard "Howdy" Forrester dies of cancer in Nashville. He was a member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys in the 1940s and Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys in the '50s, and played on hits by Hank Thompson and Kitty Wells

Aug 17, 1987

Randy Travis leads all nominees with mentions in five categories for the Country Music Association awards. Reba McEntire, George Strait and The O'Kanes each receive four nominations

Aug 22, 1987

Roy Clark joins the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. Among the songs he performs during the evening: "Thank God And Greyhound," "Come Live With Me" and "If I Had To Do It All Over Again"

Sep 6, 1987

Charlie Daniels hosts Volunteer Jam XIII at Nashville's Starwood Amphitheatre, with Lynyrd Skynyrd, William Lee Golden, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Gary Chapman and rock band Great White. It marks Johnny Van Zant's first appearance with Skynyrd

Sep 9, 1987

Emmylou Harris and Bobby Bare co-host the fifth annual Harlan Howard Birthday Bash at BMI on Music Row in Nashville with Rodney Crowell, K.T. Oslin, Townes Van Zandt and Nanci Griffith

Sep 13, 1987

Barbara Mandrell and co-host Frankie Avalon take part in a shoot at Opryland in Nashville for a one-hour special, "Opryland Celebrates 200 Years Of America's Music." Minnie Pearl guests as Charley Pride sings "Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'" and Randy Travis does "Forever And Ever, Amen"

Sep 15, 1987

Conway Twitty records "(I Wish I Was) Still In Your Dreams" during an evening session at Nashville's Sound Stage

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