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Feb 23, 2009: [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]The Zac Brown[/lastfm] Band’s “Chicken Fried” earns a gold single
Feb 23, 2008: [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Carrie Underwood[/lastfm] sings “All-American Girl” on NBC-TV’s “Saturday Night Live” in New York. Hosted by Tina Fey with a surprise appearance by Steve Martin, it’s the first episode since the end of a months-long writers strike
Feb 23, 2008: [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Little Big Town[/lastfm] performs the national anthem prior to the San Bernadino County 200 truck race at the California Speedway in Fontana. The truck race is completed, but the Stater Brothers 300 car race is postponed because of rain
Feb 23, 2007: Sara Evans claims in a Williamson County court filing that husband Craig Schelske has engaged in a “pattern of intimidating behavior” and refused to cooperate in their divorce proceedings unless Evans fires her attorney
Feb 23, 2007: [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Troy Gentry[/lastfm] is sentenced to three months probation and a $15,000 fine in Duluth, Minnesota, for improperly tagging a captive bear he killed in October 2004
Feb 23, 2004: [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Trace Adkins[/lastfm] and [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Travis Tritt[/lastfm] play criminals on the CBS sitcom “Yes, Dear”
Feb 23, 2004: [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Brad Paisley[/lastfm] is the celebrity monarch for the Krewe of Orpheus Mardi Gras Parade in New Orleans
Feb 23, 2002: [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]LeAnn Rimes[/lastfm] marries dancer Dean Sheremet at the Perkins Chapel in Dallas. The couple met when both appeared on the Academy of Country Music awards the previous May
Feb 23, 2002: [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Loretta Lynn[/lastfm] enters a hospital in the Fort Worth area with abdominal pains. She’s released the same day, but postpones a show at Billy Bob’s Texas
Feb 23, 2000: [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]The Dixie Chicks[/lastfm] and [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Shania Twain[/lastfm] each win twice during the 42nd annual Grammy Awards apiece at Los Angeles’ Staples Center. The Chicks’ “Ready To Run” takes Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group, while “Fly” earns Best Country Album
Feb 23, 2000: [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Sara Evans[/lastfm] picks up her first gold album, for “No Place That Far”
Feb 23, 2000: [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Glen Campbell[/lastfm]‘s “Wichita Lineman,” [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Faron Young[/lastfm]‘s “Hello Walls” and The Byrds’ “Sweetheart Of The Rodeo” album enter the Grammy Hall of Fame along with ’60s versions of “Unchained Melody” and “My Way”
Feb 23, 1999: [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]Johnny Cash[/lastfm] receives a Grammy Lifetime Achievement award in Los Angeles, along with Smokey Robinson.
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