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| News Stories — 2003 |
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| December 29, 2003 |
Harpo Kidwell, 93, dean of the 'Barn Dance' harmonica players |
| December 22, 2003 |
Dave Dudley, singer and songwriter, dies at 75 |
| December 4, 2003 |
Mrs. Hazel Cole |
| November 24, 2003 |
Teddy of The Wilburn Brothers dies at 71 |
| November 17, 2003 |
'Sweet Dreams' songwriter, artist Don Gibson dies |
| November 15, 2003 |
Steel guitar legend (Speedy) West dies |
| November 12, 2003 |
Legendary East Coast Country Music DJ, Don Larkin, Passes Away |
| October 16, 2003 |
Gary Buck dies at 63 |
| October 11, 2003 |
Former Country Broadcaster Mack Sanders Dies |
| October 3, 2003 |
Wesley Tuttle, 85; Western Singer on Radio, TV Shows |
| September 24, 2003 |
Pioneer of country in the city - Rosalie Allen |
| September 19, 2003 |
Slim Dusty Dies |
| September 17, 2003 |
'Purple People Eater' singer dead at 82 |
| September 12, 2003 |
The 'Man in Black' Johnny Cash dead at 71 |
| September 11, 2003 |
Court frees 150 of Hank Williams' 'lost songs' |
| September 5, 2003 |
Music scholar Bob Pinson dies at 69 |
| August 22, 2003 |
Country tunesmith Floyd Tillman dies |
| August 16, 2003 |
Mack Magaha, 'Dancing Fiddle Man,' dies |
| August 6, 2003 |
Carl Smith, Floyd Cramer get their due |
| August 4, 2003 |
Henry Redd Stewart, country songwriter and musician, dies |
| June 16, 2003 |
One More 'Ride' - Louisiana Hayride Cast Reunion |
| June 11, 2003 |
WKCR's 60-Hour Festival On July 11-13 |
| June 3, 2003 |
Stuart and Haggard Announce Summer Tour Schedule - Electric Barnyard Tour |
| May 15, 2003 |
June Carter Cash dies
Carter family helped start the country music industry |
| April 23, 2003 |
'Rocky Top' composer Felice Bryant dies at 77 |
| March 17, 2003 |
Grand Ole Opry star Bill Carlisle dies |
| February 19, 2003 |
Honky-tonk stylist and outlaw Johnny Paycheck dies after lengthy illness |
| January 18, 2003 |
Bluegrass pioneer dies at age 80 (Hylo Brown) |
| January 17, 2003 |
5th Annual Downtown Hoedown |
| January 13, 2003 |
Odell 'Mac' McLeod - Obituary |
| January 2, 2003 |
Bluegrass legend James McReynolds, 75, dies |
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