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    • Jan 5, 1961
    Iris DeMent is born in Paragould, Arkansas. Combining folk and traditional country elements, she covers "Big City" on the Merle Haggard tribute album "Tulare Dust." Her name inspires the title of The Goo Goo Dolls' Grammy-nominated rock song "Iris"
    Nov 16, 1991
    Iris DeMent marries Elmer McCall
    Mar 2, 1993
    Elektra releases Nanci Griffith's album "Other Voices, Other Rooms." It features guest vocal appearances by Emmylou Harris, John Prine, Iris DeMent, Arlo Guthrie, Guy Clark and Odetta, among others
    Aug 19, 1997
    Egyptian Records releases "The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute." Among the 14 tracks: Iris DeMent's "Hobo Bill's Last Ride," Van Morrison's "Mule Skinner Blues" and Aaron Neville's "Why Should I Be Lonely"
    Sep 21, 1997
    "Waiting For A Train: Jimmie Rodgers' America," a concert honoring the father of country music, features Ricky Skaggs, Junior Brown, Guy Clark, Iris DeMent, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and John Prine at Severance Hall in Cleveland
    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
    Nov 21, 2002
    Iris DeMent marries fellow artist Greg Brown in Kansas City, Missouri
    Jan 27, 2003
    The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III" is the centerpiece of a PBS taping in Nashville for "Farther Along." Guests include Vince Gill, Rosanne Cash, Taj Mahal, Doc Watson, Alison Krauss and Iris DeMent, among others
    Mar 21, 2003
    Iris DeMent announces to a concert crowd of 600 at the Barrymore Theater in Madison, Wisconsin, that she cannot perform while the U.S. is at war with Iraq. She waits to deliver the news until her warm-up act has already completed his show
    Jan 27, 2008
    Nanci Griffith sings "Listen To The Radio" at The Station Inn in Nashville at a 70th birthday party for producer Jim Rooney. Other surprise guests and musicians include John Prine, Jack Clement, Shawn Camp, Iris DeMent, Pat Alger and Pat McLaughlin
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