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Country Music News

By DICK KELSEY, United Press International
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TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY

(Tuesday, Nov. 26)

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Eddy Arnold places six songs in the Top 10, 1948.

Linda Davis born in Dotson, Texas, 1962.

Hawkshaw Hawkins weds Jean Shepard onstage at the Forum, Wichita, Kan., 1960.

Merle Haggard records "Always Wanting You," 1974.


MUSIC AND MORE


'MOUNTAIN' FOLLOW-UP SERIES IN THE WORKS?

The creator of the wildly successful "Down From the Mountain" concert series reportedly is laying the groundwork for similar tour next year.

Immortal Entertainment is "trying to" put together another multiple-artist string of concerts but gave few details, CMT.com reports.

Bluegrass greats Ricky Skaggs and Larry Sparks have been approached, the Web site said.

The first tour, inspired by the soundtrack "O Brother Where Art Thou," starred Patty Loveless, Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Alison Kraus & Union Station, the Fairfield Four, the Whites and others.


TIM, FAITH SPENDING TURKEY DAY AT HOME

Tim McGraw and wife Faith Hill are getting tons of TV time this week -- each has a special and he's loaded with interviews to promote his new album.

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Despite all that, the couple will be at home with the family for Thanksgiving.

"We just want to be home and see our parents and let the kids see Meemaw and Peepaw and Geemaw and Geepaw and just kind of relax," McGraw tells LAUNCH.

McGraw's first TV special is during primetime Wednesday and Hill's is Thanksgiving night.

"Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors" is being released Tuesday, as is a book about the album project.

After Thanksgiving, McGraw is set for several network TV interviews and his Grand Ole Opry debut Saturday night.

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