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    • Aug 10, 1972
    "I Feel Fine" songwriter Paul McCartney and his wife, Linda, are arrested after a concert in Gothenburg, Sweden, and charged with drug possession
    Aug 13, 1972
    The wing of a plane carrying Johnny Cash brushes the ground while landing in Erie, Pennsylvania. Spooked by the incident, Cash abandons his flight and charters a bus to ride to Nashville
    Oct 20, 1972
    Police raid the farm of "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party" songwriter Paul McCartney, where they discover he's growing marijuana
    Dec 10, 1972
    R&B songwriter Raymond Jackson dies from burns suffered when he tried to kill a rat by dousing a hole in his yard with gasoline. Two of his songs become country hits: "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right" and "Touch A Hand, Make A Friend"
    Mar 15, 1973
    Jan Howard's son, David Howard, commits suicide using her handgun in his Nashville bedroom, just hours after promising he would enroll in a rehabilitation center to battle his drug abuse
    Mar 8, 1973
    Paul McCartney is arrested for growing pot on his Scotland farm. The former Beatle will earn country hits when his songs "I Feel Fine" and "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party" are remade by Sweethearts Of The Rodeo and Rosanne Cash, respectively
    May 7, 1973
    Tanya Tucker narrowly escapes serious injury in an auto accident in Brady, Texas, while headed for a show in Uvalde. Her father, Boe, breaks both arms; her mother, Juanita, receives a broken back. Tanya suffers only facial scratches and bruises
    Jul 26, 1973
    Keith Richards is arrested at his home in Jamaica on multiple narcotics charges, plus firearms possession. He co-wrote "Honky Tonk Women," cited in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number" among country's 500 greatest singles
    Aug 18, 1973
    Billboard reports Marty Robbins injured his hand in a motorcycle accident
    Aug 28, 1973
    Tanya Tucker records "Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone)" in Nashville. While songwriter David Allan Coe attends the session, his car is stolen from the Columbia Studio parking lot



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