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Aug 5, 1998
Guitarist Eldon Shamblin dies of heart failure in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. A member of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, he played on such classics as "Faded Love," "San Antonio Rose" and "Cherokee Maiden." He also toured with Merle Haggard
Nov 14, 1998
Gene Autry is enshrined in the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame during a ceremony in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Also added: "I'll Fly Away" songwriter Albert Brumley, pop singer David Gates and jazz pianist Jay McShann
Nov 18, 1998
Reba McEntire is added to the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in Tulsa
Aug 6, 1999
Garth Brooks' mother, Colleen, dies in Oklahoma of throat cancer
Aug 30, 1999
Sax player Pat "Taco" Ryan is killed when he's hit by a car after dark on Admiral Boulevard in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was a member of Asleep At The Wheel when the group recorded its Grammy-nominated 1977 album "The Wheel"
Oct 14, 1999
Vince Gill is inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in Muskogee, along with fiddler Byron Berline, guitarist Barney Kessel and Tulsa radio station KVOO
May 6, 2000
The Kentucky HeadHunters' Richard Young suffers a heart attack while leaving the stage at Remington Park in Oklahoma City
Oct 19, 2000
Garth Brooks bangs on the door of a house in Collinsville, Oklahoma, to warn residents that a dangerous grass fire is headed their way. Brooks drives two boys to safety; the kids don't recognize him
Oct 24, 2000
Roy Clark, Wanda Jackson and booking agent Jim Halsey are inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in Muskogee, Oklahoma
Jan 21, 2001
Toby Keith sings "The Star-Spangled Banner" as 30,000 fans gather in Norman, Oklahoma, to honor the Sooners' national champion football team
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