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    • Feb 23, 1973
    The Atlanta Constitution quotes Skeeter Davis on the Grand Ole Opry's imminent move from the Ryman: "It's the Mother Church of Country Music. It's almost sacred. I wouldn't even do a promotion for Opryland, and you can quote me on that"
    Apr 14, 1973
    On her birthday, Loretta Lynn meets actor Gregory Peck. "Mostly, I just sat and stared at him," she will write in her autobiography
    Apr 22, 1973
    The Houston Post quotes Ernest Tubb on Kris Kristofferson: "Representing country music, you know--with a beard, and using four-letter words in front of children...it's just a shame. I didn't know a Rhodes Scholar could be so dumb"
    Apr 23, 1973
    Chet Atkins undergoes surgery to remove a malignant tumor in his colon. Calling himself a "coward," he later admits that on the way to the operating room, he kept thinking, "I'm going to die"
    Jul 11, 1973
    Don Everly tells a Los Angeles Times reporter backstage at Knott's Berry Farm in Anaheim that "it's over." The Everly Brothers will call it quits three days later
    Aug 26, 1973
    Jerry Lee Lewis has his nose broken by a fellow diner at T.G.I. Friday's in Memphis, after The Killer calls the man's female companion a "redneck whore"
    Aug 27, 1973
    Dottie West marries drummer Byron Metcalf in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. "Donna Fargo isn't the happiest girl in the U.S.A.," she tells The Tennessean. "I am"
    Dec 24, 1973
    Pam Tillis is injured in a car accident. Her face is shattered in more than 30 places, leading to multiple surgeries over the next five years. "We were partying," she tells The Music City News years later. "We partied right up a tree"
    Dec 25, 1973
    Fifteen days after the Grand Ole Opry suspended Skeeter Davis for complaining that police harassed Christ Is The Answer crusaders, she announces she will tour with the group: "Since I'm not singing in the Opry now, I might as well use my time helping"
    Feb 21, 1974
    Loretta Lynn Day is declared in Georgia by governor Jimmy Carter. Lynn addresses the state legislature in Atlanta, saying, "I don't know what y'all are doing, but I sure hope it comes out all right"



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