Fans can go behind the scenes on the Dixie Chicks' Fly tour with an NBC special to air in November, according to the Tennessean. The show will feature footage from two Washington, D.C., Chicks concerts (Aug. 24–25), as well as interviews. An airdate has not yet been set for the special. ...

Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Joe Ely are among artists slated for Rounder Records' 30th birthday celebration shows, according to a label spokesperson. The Cambridge, Mass., roots label will host at least a dozen shows in October and November, including performances by Tony Trischka, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Slaid Cleaves, the Tarbox Ramblers and Irma Thomas. ...

In addition to her induction into the hall of fame, Trisha Yearwood took home the Georgy Award in the Performer of the Year category at the 22nd Annual Georgia Music Hall of Fame Awards Show, held Saturday (Sept. 16) in Atlanta. Yearwood performed her first hit, "She's in Love With the Boy" (RealAudio excerpt), as well as "How Do I Live" and "Perfect Love." Other Georgy Awards went to the B-52's, NARAS President/CEO Michael Greene, and the late Little Jimmy Dempsey (who worked with Brenda Lee, Jerry Lee Lewis and Roger Miller, among others). ...

Willie Nelson, Bobby Bare and others are featured on two upcoming EMI compilations, Country Legends Homecoming and Ralph Emery's Country Homecoming. The projects, available Sept. 26 on CD and video, include performances and interviews with Opry veterans, and a taping of the TNN special "Ryman Country Homecoming," to air on Oct. 7, Billboard reports. (Sonicnet.com's parent company, Viacom, also owns TNN.) ...

A California judge has allowed a lawsuit filed by family members of the late John Denver against an aircraft-parts manufacturer to proceed, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The lawsuit is against Gould Electronics Inc., makers of a fuel valve used in the experimental aircraft flown by Denver on his fatal crash into Monterey Bay in 1997. The singer's relatives' suit alleges that the valve malfunctioned and caused the crash. ...

Wynonna will join Sheryl Crow, Amy Grant, Melissa Etheridge, Cyndi Lauper and Heart on Oct. 12 at Los Angeles' Wiltern Theater to tape "Women Rock!: Girls & Guitars," a breast cancer awareness concert to air on Lifetime later in October, according to a spokesperson for Wynonna. She recorded "Girls With Guitars" on her 1997 album, Collection. ...

Alan Jackson, Tim McGraw, Reba McEntire and Jo Dee Messina have been added to the performance lineup for the Country Music Association Awards, to be held Oct. 4 in Nashville. Jackson will preview "Memory," a cut from his upcoming album. McGraw will sing his recent hit "Some Things Never Change," McEntire will perform "We're So Good Together" and Messina will sing her current #1 hit, "That's the Way." Previously announced performers include the Dixie Chicks, Faith Hill, Trisha Yearwood, Lee Ann Womack, Lonestar, Kenny Rogers, SHeDAISY, Toby Keith, Martina McBride and Montgomery Gentry. ...

Billy Gilman leads the nominee pack for the 2000 Billboard Music Video Awards, to be held Nov. 10 in Universal City, Calif., according to Billboard. Gilman's debut video, "One Voice," gained Best New Artist nods in country, jazz/AC and contemporary Christian music genres. ...

As of this week, LeAnn Rimes becomes the first female solo artist with two singles charting at the same time in the top 10 of Billboard's Hot 100 singles sales chart. "Can't Fight the Moonlight," Rimes' cut from the film "Coyote Ugly," is at #6, with her "Jesus — The Epic Miniseries" track "I Need You" (RealAudio excerpt) at #7. The young singer already broke a record with her 1997 pop crossover smash "How Do I Live" (RealAudio excerpt), which held the top spot on the Hot 100 chart for 69 weeks, the most weeks ever on the chart. Also this week, the soundtrack for "Coyote Ugly," which features four Rimes songs, went gold. ...

Former Arista Nashville head Tim DuBois, who left the label before it was folded into RCA earlier this year, has resigned his post as president of creative content at Gaylord Entertainment Company after seven months in the job, a company spokesman announced on Wednesday. DuBois, who founded Arista Nashville and signed such acts as Alan Jackson and Brooks & Dunn, was head of Gaylord's song-publishing divisions, Christian music operations, Gaylord films, the Grand Ole Opry Group and such venues as the Ryman Auditorium. He also had announced plans to open a new Gaylord country-music record label by the end of this year, with other music labels to follow. ...

Mavericks bass player Robert Reynolds and drummer Paul Deakin recently met up with Paul McCartney while touring with singer/songwriter Kevin Montgomery in England, according to the Tennessean. Reynolds and Deakin played a Buddy Holly birthday celebration held by McCartney and then jammed with Sir Paul as well as Montgomery, singer/songwriter Jeff Finlin and Nashville session player Pat Buchanan. ...

The Return of Wayne Douglas (Tornado), the last album to be worked on by late Texas Tornados founder Doug Sahm, is sitting in a warehouse despite an original release date of June, according to the Austin Chronicle. Delays due to artwork problems, contractual discussions with Sahm's son Shawn and a vocal addition from Bob Dylan that did not happen have shelved the release, though some import copies have been circulating. The project is expected to be released in the United States in the next few weeks. The Return of Wayne Douglas marks the first all-country album for roots-rocker Sahm, who died of a heart attack Nov. 18. ...

Lyle Lovett plays a disc jockey in 3 Days of Rain, a film in post-production that modernizes six Anton Chekhov short stories, according to the Internet Movie Database Web site. ...

Emmylou Harris has just added another tour date to her schedule. She will play Oct. 19 at the Beacon Theatre in New York. Singer/songwriter Patty Griffin, with whom Harris dueted on "Beyond the Blue" (RealAudio excerpt), for the soundtrack to "Where the Heart Is," will open. ...

In other tour news, Texas singer/songwriter Robert Earl Keen has added 11 performances, including Birmingham, Ala. (Oct. 2); Atlanta (Oct. 3-4); Nashville (Oct. 5); Durham, N.C. (Oct. 6); Richmond, Va. (Oct. 8); Charleston, S.C. (Oct. 12); Washington, D.C. (Oct. 13); Las Vegas (Dec. 1); and Santa Cruz, Calif. (two shows on Dec. 2) ...

The syndicated radio show "Mountain Stage" plans a tribute to John Hartford on Sept. 24 as part of the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's new arts festival, Fest de Ville. The concert in Nashville will feature Sam Bush, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Jamie Hartford, Kathy Mattea, Norman Blake, Riders in the Sky, John Cowan, Earl Scruggs and Vassar Clements. ...

Faith Hill and Tim McGraw's Soul to Soul tour, which kicked off July 12 in Atlanta, has been extended from Sept. 29 to Oct 15. The six new dates are as follows: Auburn Hills, Mich. (Sept. 30); Bakersfield, Calif. (Oct. 8); Dallas (Oct. 11); Houston (Oct. 13); Austin, Texas (Oct. 14); and Oklahoma City, Okla. (Oct. 15) ...

In film-music news, Marty Stuart is scoring a second Billy Bob Thornton movie, All the Pretty Horses, starring Matt Damon, according to an artist spokesperson. The movie is tentatively scheduled for a Christmas Day release in the United States. Stuart also is working on the soundtrack to Thornton's "Daddy and Them" project.

— sonicnet.com staff report