Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY (Wed., March 13) Advertisement Maybelle and Ezra Carter were married in 1926. Ina Patterson was born in 1929. Liz Anderson was born in 1930. Jan Howard was born in 1931. Billy Yates was born in 1963. Dick Curless made his debut on the country music chart with "A Tombstone Every Mile" in 1965. "The Byrds' Greatest Hits" album was certified gold in 1968. George Jones and Tammy Wynette were divorced in 1975. MUSIC AND MORE WILLIE NELSON & FRIENDS Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Lee Ann Womack and Lyle Lovett are among the artists who'll be at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium April 14 to salute the legendary Willie Nelson. That's according to a spokesman for Nelson at Mercury Records Nashville, who told Allstar News that "Willie Nelson & Friends" will also include appearances by Ryan Adams, Brian McKnight and rock's Dave Matthews and matchbox twenty's Rob Thomas. The show is being taped by A&E for airing May 6 on the cable network. Advertisement Many of the participants in the show have worked with Nelson in some capacity in the past. Most recent, Thomas, McKnight, and Womack collaborated with Nelson on his latest CD, "The Great Divide." CHRISTY MCWILSON HITS THE ROAD Christy McWilson is hitting the road later this month. She'll have an all-star backup band that'll include Dave Alvin (who produced her new CD), Scott McCaughey (Young Fresh Fellows, R.E.M. orchestra), Bobby Lloyd Hicks and Joe Terry (of Dave Alvin's Guilty Men band), and a special guest to-be-announced, according to a statement released by a publicist for her label, HighTone Records. The dates: 3/29 -- McMenamin's St. John's Pub, Portland, OR 3/30 -- Tractor Tavern, Seattle 4/3 -- 400 Bar, Minneapolis, MN 4/4 -- Club Tavern, Madison, WI 4/5 -- Schuba's, Chicago 4/6 -- Fitzgerald's, Berwyn, IL 4/7 -- Club Café, Pittsburgh, PA 4/8 -- Iota, Arlington, VA 4/9 -- Mercury Lounge, New York PAT GREEN BEATEN IN ATTACK Police on South Padre Island, Texas, confirm that singer-songwriter Pat Green was attacked at the resort by a man in his early 20s. Green reportedly received "severe facial fractures" and was taken to a hospital in nearby Brownsville. Police say the attacker struck while Green was with family and friends, enjoying the late-afternoon sun. The assailant is being charged with assault and has a court date for this week. Advertisement Green, according to CMT, had just played a concert on South Padre. After the attack, his manager had to cancel a planned appearance in Corpus Christi. That concert will eventually be rescheduled. Green is best known for his recent hits "Carry On" and "Three Days." (Web site: delafont.com/music_acts/Pat-Green.htm) (Thanks to UPI's Dennis Daily) O BROTHER, THOU ART MULTI-PLATINUM The "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack has been certified five-times platinum -- for shipments of 5 million copies -- by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), country.com reports. The album sold 209,000 copies in the week following the 44th annual Grammy Awards, where it was named album of the year. Total sales, according to SoundScan, stood at 4.2 million as of last Friday.
