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    • Mar 11, 1952
    Hank Williams leads a Grand Ole Opry road show at the Municipal Auditorium in Jackson, Mississippi. The audience includes Billy Ray Reynolds, who will play guitar on numerous Waylon Jennings hits, including "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way"
    Dec 14, 1952
    Hank Williams plays one of his final shows in Houston. Future country star Rodney Crowell, at age 2, attends with his father, J.W. Crowell
    Dec 17, 1952
    While on tour in Dallas, Hank Williams takes in a Bob Wills performance. It also marks the last day that Williams sees his former roommate, Ray Price
    Sep 9, 1954
    Elvis Presley performs for the grand opening of Katz Drug Store on Lamar Avenue in Memphis. The show is witnessed by Johnny Cash, who meets his future Sun labelmate for the first time
    Oct 31, 1954
    When Eddy Arnold plays Memphis' Ellis Auditorium, a young Elvis Presley finds his way backstage. Presley meets Arnold and The Jordanaires, and spots--though he does not talk to--Colonel Tom Parker
    Feb 16, 1955
    Elvis Presley opens for Hank Snow in Odessa, Texas, where the audience includes one Roy Orbison
    Mar 19, 1955
    Elvis Presley performs at the Eagle's Nest in Houston. Attending the show is future country singer Tommy Overstreet
    Aug 12, 1955
    Elvis Presley performs a concert at Driller Park in Kilgore, Texas. In the audience is Bob Luman, who is so inspired that he forsakes traditional country for a future path in rockabilly-tinged country
    Sep 11, 1955
    Elvis Presley performs the first of two shows on a Hank Snow package tour with Cowboy Copas and The Louvin Brothers at the City Auditorium in Norfolk, Virginia. In the audience: Gene Vincent
    Oct 7, 1955
    Elvis Presley attends a Bob Wills concert at Cook's Hoedown Club in Houston, Texas



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