Oct 12, 2002

Jessica Andrews sings the American national anthem and Aaron Lines does the Canadian anthem before the Nashville Predators' game, and the team runs a video that becomes a tradition for the season, featuring Montgomery Gentry. The Edmonton Oilers win the hockey game, 3-2

Oct 12, 2002

Clint Black makes a surprise appearance on the Grand Ole Opry, covering "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way"

Oct 13, 2002

Kitty Wells is honored with a mass concert at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, celebrating the 50th anniversary of "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels." Performers include Porter Wagoner, Ray Price, Crystal Gayle and Andy Griggs

Oct 16, 2002

The Tennessean reports Carolyn Dawn Johnson is engaged to Matt Fisher

Oct 16, 2002

Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee, establishes the Dr. Ralph Stanley Endowed Music Scholarship with a tribute concert led by Stanley's former sideman, Ricky Skaggs

Oct 17, 2002

Dobro player Bashful Brother Oswald dies at his Nashville home. A member of the Grand Ole Opry beginning in 1995, he was a fixture in Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys, playing on such titles as "The Precious Jewel" and "Wreck On The Highway"

Oct 18, 2002

Johnny Cash begins two days of filming at home in Hendersonville, Tennessee, for his "Hurt" video--his first clip in nine years

Oct 19, 2002

Matraca Berg and Iris DeMent make their Grand Ole Opry debuts during a one-hour salute to The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Also joining them: Vince Gill, Alison Krauss, Del McCoury, Ronnie McCoury, Robbie McCoury, Earl Scruggs and Randy Scruggs

Oct 25, 2002

"Karla" opens at Nashville's Belcourt Theatre. The theatrical production, written by Steve Earle and produced by his BroadAxe Theatre company, surrounds Karla Faye Tucker, a confessed Texas killer executed in 1998

Oct 25, 2002

Comedian Cledus T. Judd begins a one-week audition as an air personality for the morning show on Nashville radio station WSM-FM