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Jan 24, 1968
Songwriter Kelley Lovelace is born in Paducah, Kentucky. He authors multiple Brad Paisley hits, plus Jason Aldean's "Laughed Until We Cried," Randy Houser's "Runnin' Outta Moonlight" and Carrie Underwood's "All-American Girl"
Feb 28, 1968
Mary Johnson, the first wife of Merle Travis, dies at Our Lady Of Mercy Hospital in Owensboro, Kentucky
Mar 1, 1968
Johnny Cash marries June Carter at the Methodist Church in Franklin, Kentucky. Carter's "Ring Of Fire" co-writer Merle Kilgore serves as best man. Carlene Carter's $1-a-week allowance, earned by mowing the lawn, rises to $10-a-week
Sep 6, 1968
Songwriter Lee Thomas Miller is born in Lexington, Kentucky. He writes Trace Adkins' "You're Gonna Miss This," Brothers Osborne's "It Ain't My Fault," Jamey Johnson's "In Color" and Brad Paisley's "Perfect Storm"
Oct 17, 1968
Guy Drake buys a used 1968 Buick from Boyd Motors in Benton, Kentucky, for $750. The check bounces, and he will be arrested 18 months later, ironically as he's marketing his single "Welfare Cadilac"
Jun 15, 1969
Jeannie Seely marries songwriter Hank Cochran in Renfro Valley, Kentucky
Jan 4, 1970
Fiddler Clayton McMichen dies in Battletown, Kentucky. He was a central figure in The Skillet Lickers, a Georgia-based string band that ranked among country's top acts during the 1920s
Mar 4, 1970
Ferlin Husky's 17-year-old son Danny, who plays drums in Husky's band, dies in a storm-related car accident in Kentucky
Apr 15, 1970
"Welfare Cadilac" singer Guy Drake is arrested in Hartford, Kentucky, and jailed 18 months after he bought a 1968 Buick with a $750 check that bounced
Jun 12, 1970
Jerry Lee Lewis' concert in Louisville, Kentucky, attracts a significant fan: Janis Joplin
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