Music Row Mystery: The Shadowy Trail from a Fatal Shooting to a Chart-Fixing Scandal Unveiled
Nashville, Tenn. — On a late evening in March 1989, a violent incident at Evergreen Records on Music Row prompted a swift response from local law enforcement. Two young men, caught in a sudden and brutal attack, found their lives irreversibly altered. Sammy Sadler, 21, survived but was gravely injured, while his friend and colleague, Kevin Hughes, 23, was fatally shot. The crime scene was described by first responders as particularly gruesome, marked by an …