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08/31/2001

• Shaver Recuperating From Surgery
• Strait Is Ready to Run
• McEuen, Ibbotson Will Play Landmine Benefit
• McEntire, Yoakam, Among Stars on Jerry Lewis Telethon
• McBride, Guthrie Join Farm Aid Lineup
• Stanely, Whites to Appear on Letterman
• Performers Named for CCMA Awards

08/30/2001

• An Offer He Couldn't Refuse: Car Dealer Becomes George Jones' Opening Act
• From "Austin," Blake Shelton Predicts Boom for Country Music
• Earl Scruggs, Toby Keith Issue Lively New Releases
• Tyminski, Brooks & Dunn Glad for CMA Nods
• Billy Bob Thornton Will Wait to Tour
• Faith Hill Joins McGraw's Celebration
• Almost Time for Brooks/Jones 'Beer Run'
• Billy Bob Thornton Will Wait to Tour
• Faith Hill Joins McGraw's Celebration
• Country Stars Gather for Opry Taping

08/29/2001

• Billy Joe Shaver Will Have Heart Surgery
• Cecil Null, Writer of "I Forgot More," Dead at 74
• A Reba-Less Annie Get Your Gun to Close
• Webb Pierce Tribute Album Due in November
• Deana Carter Mulling Move to RCA

08/28/2001

• Sara Evans Soars With Five CMA Nods
• The Chicks Strike Back, Saying They're Off Sony for Keeps
• McEntire Finishes Out of the Running in CMA Voting
• Alan Jackson Goes to No. 2 on All-Time CMA Nominations List
• Hartford, Stanley Among CMA Award Rookies
• Bellamys Get No Respect

08/27/2001

• 'Good Ol' Boys' McGraw, Chesney Call It a Wrap

08/24/2001

• CMT's Opry Debut Sets Record
• Country Album Chart Takes on a Bluegrass Hue
• Haggard Recruits Personal Hero to Record

08/23/2001

• McEntire and Nashville Friends Celebrate Her
  Year-long Success
• Monroe's Friends and Family Come Back to the 'Old Home'
• Wynonna to Wed Again

08/22/2001

• Mark Wills, Robbie Fulks Pace New Country Releases
• Strait Will Play Astrodome's 'Farewell Party'
• Veterans Honor Tritt
• Gilley's Construction on Hold
• Judd to Make Opry Debut
• Sons of the Desert Expecting
• Brian Philips Is New CMT Chief

08/20/2001

• 'A Little Good News' for BR549
• Yearwood Will Return to Ryman
• Bobby Bare's Shop for Sale
• Shania Twain Delivers Baby Boy
• Johnny Cash's 'Bastard Sons' Work With the Real Thing
• CMT Exec Paul Hastaba Exits
• Bill Anderson's Mother Dies
• Carolyn Dawn Johnson's Room With a View Opens Well
• Vince Gill Marks 10 Years at Grand Ole Opry

08/17/2001

• Earle, Van Zandt, Clark Concert to Be Released
• Daniels Releases Live Record on Blue Hat/Audium
• SHeDAISY Makes Media Splash, Readies New Projects
• Trick Pony, Tammy Cochran Among Billboard Nominees

08/16/2001

• Mandolin Whiz Johnny Staats Survives Giant Setback
• Christmas Comes Early for Paul Overstreet
• Reba Will Preview Reba at Hall of Fame
• Remnants From Cline Plane Crash to Be Auctioned
• Lee Ann Womack on Weekend Today

08/15/2001

• The Triumph of Tears: Country Music's Liquid Core
• Loretta Lynn Will Host Opry Segment
• Mark Collie to Record in Prison
• Wilco Part Ways With Label
• Toby Keith's White House Performance Set to Air
• Ralph Stanley Profiled in New Yorker

08/14/2001

• Alison Krauss & Union Station Return With New Favorite
• Chicks, Emmylou to Perform in Breast Cancer Concert
• Lonestar Plans National Circuit
• Chesney Schedules Photo Shoot in Caribbean
• Hank Jr. Album Delayed
• Loretta Lynn, Brad Paisley Will Be on Opry Telecast

08/13/2001

• Dixie Chick Seidel Getting Hitched
• Alison Krauss Divorces
• Oak Ridge Boy Welcomes New Son
• Johnny Gimble's Swing: Former Bob Wills' Fiddler Plays Hall of Fame
• Blake Shelton Keeps No. 1 Single; Adds No. 3 Album

08/10/2001

• Dixie Chicks Will Give Live Performance
• Delbert McClinton to Join Walk of Fame
• Kinleys Enlist Hendricks
• Bruce Robison's Prospects Sunny
• Tracy Lawrence Joins ACM Board
• 'Love Song' Composer Runkle Dies
• Danni Leigh Will Sing on the High Sea
• Lonestar Does Some Hollywood Swingin'
• Tim McGraw on Today

08/09/2001

• Union Station's Tyminski Tallies 10 Bluegrass Nominations
• Terri Clark Pleads Guilty

08/08/2001

• Dwight Yoakam Plays Nashville's Ryman
• Emmylou Harris Will Sing for Causes
• Ernest Tubb Guitarist Billy Byrd Dies
• Clay Davidson on the Mend

08/07/2001

• Is Urban Cowboy's Bud for You?
• Yearwood, Mellencamp Pair Up on 'Pink Houses'
• Garth Brooks and George Jones in the Studio
• O Brother Artists in Tour Plans
• Brooks & Dunn Wrap Circus, Promise Another
• Carolyn Dawn Johnson's Debut Aims High
• Mary Chapin Carpenter Takes Time*Sex*Love* to Country Capital

08/06/2001

• Brooks & Dunn Fold 'Circus'
• Faith Hill, Brooks & Dunn, Alan Jackson Get More Platinum
• Dave Matthews Will Play Farm Aid
• McMusic City Gets Boost From McCann, McEntire and McGraw
• Vince Gill, Kenny Chesney on Charity Bill

08/03/2001

• Traditionalist Darryl Worley Sings for Votes
• Newcomer Tops Singles Charts; Movie CDs Thrive
• Lynyrd Skynyrd Name New Bassist for Tour
• Hayseed Dixie Wins AC/DC Support

08/02/2001

• Rimes Pulls Out of We Fest
• Blake Shelton Is on His Way With "Austin," Help From Industry Veterans
• Cyndi Thomson's "World" Shaped by Trisha Yearwood
• Clint and Lisa Record Another Duet
• Carlene Carter Sued by Kennel

08/01/2001

• Songwriting Committee Pens Brooks-Jones Duet
• Skynyrd to Continue Touring
• Garth Hitmakers Pen Brooks-Jones Duet
• Pride, Dickens Headline Opry Cruise