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    • Jul 8, 1990
    The Grand Ole Opry goes to Houston as Charley Pride, The Gatlin Brothers, Minnie Pearl, Roy Acuff, Loretta Lynn and Bill Monroe perform for president George Bush and foreign dignitaries at the beginning of an economic summit
    Jul 13, 1990
    Nashville mayor Bill Boner's harmonica performance of "Rocky Top" with fiancee Traci Peel at Spiffy's restaurant brings unappealing national attention to the city. Asked about the relationship, Peel tells The Nashville Banner her married boyfriend's "passion can last for as long as seven continuous hours"
    Aug 17, 1990
    "You can take that poison gas and stick it in your sassafras": In response to Iran's invasion of Kuwait, Hank Williams Jr. records "Don't Give Us A Reason." Some radio stations are airing it within a week
    Jan 16, 1991
    War breaks out in the Persian Gulf, five months after Iraq rolled over Kuwait. Country radio stations begin playing Waylon Jennings' "The Eagle"
    Feb 23, 1991
    Billy Ray Cyrus records his salute to Vietnam veterans, "Some Gave All," at Nashville's Music Mill the same day the 100-hour ground assault begins in Iraq during the Gulf War
    Apr 29, 1992
    When four police officers are acquitted for beating Rodney King in Los Angeles, the city erupts in riots. Garth Brooks is in California, and the event inspires him to write "We Shall Be Free"
    May 2, 1992
    Marking the 66th anniversary of Route 66, Asleep At The Wheel begins a 10-concert tour along the highway that starts in Chicago and ends in Los Angeles
    Jul 1, 1992
    Cecile Ham, the wife of Clint Black's manager Bill Ham, is abducted outside a Houston drugstore by a paroled felon, who kills her and steals her credit cards. Spencer Goodman is found guilty a year later and receives the death sentence
    Jul 18, 1992
    Dr. Homer Hardy is unable to reach 911 when phone calls for Garth Brooks concert tickets jam the lines in Tulsa, Oklahoma. When his wife dies, Hardy files a $35-million suit against Southwestern Bell
    Feb 26, 1993
    Terrorists bomb New York's World Trade Center, while just a few blocks away, Steve Wariner has a photo shoot for the cover of his album "Drive"



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