A Big Day For Brad And A Great Loss For Country This Day In Country Music – June 30th

2009  - Arista releases Brad Paisley's album "American Saturday Night".

2005 - Josh Gracin's "Stay With Me (Brass Bed)" video and Craig Morgan's "Redneck Yacht Club" debut on CMT.

2005  - Rascal Flatts guitarist Joe Don Rooney gets engaged to Tiffany Fallon while aboard a cruise ship in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

2004 - Brad Paisley's Rick Schroder-directed video for "Whiskey Lullaby," his duet with Alison Krauss, debuts on CMT.

2001 - Chet Atkins dies at home after a long bout with cancer. An influential guitarist and producer who helped create "The Nashville Sound," he entered the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1973 and earned a Lifetime Achievement award from the Grammys.

1995 - Garth Brooks receives a star in front of Capitol Records on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He buries the masters to "The Hits" underneath the star.

1993 - Kenny Chesney signs his first recording contract, with Capricorn Records.

1987 - RCA releases K.T. Oslin's "80's Ladies" album.

1963 - Guitarist Dwayne O'Brien born in Ada, Oklahoma. He joins the harmony-rich Little Texas, performing on the pop-influenced singles "What Might Have Been," "You And Forever And Me" and "God Blessed Texas".

1922 - The first country record is made in New York, by Eck Robertson and Henry Gilliland. The two collaborate on "Arkansas Traveller".