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Oct 4, 1965
Johnny Cash is arrested in the El Paso airport and charged with possession of more than 1,000 pills, including dexedrine and tranquilizers
Oct 11, 1965
Police in Grand Prairie, Texas, arrest three members of Jerry Lee Lewis' band and a teenage girl when more than 200 illegal pills are found in their Cadillac
Jul 10, 1966
When Neil Young spots Buffalo Springfield associate Richard Davis being shook up by police over a parking ticket in front of The Whisky in Los Angeles, he tries to assist Davis. He ends up jailed and receives multiple lacerations and head injuries
Apr 29, 1967
Singer Ronnie Van Zant is arrested in Jacksonville for disorderly conduct and released on $50 bond. His band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, nets one of the greatest country singles in history with "Sweet Home Alabama," according to a 2003 Country Music Foundation book, "Heartaches By The Number"
Nov 2, 1967
Johnny Cash is arrested and jailed overnight in Lafayette, Georgia, for illegal possession of pep pills. The next morning, the sheriff asks Cash why he is wasting his life and hurting his family over narcotics. Within days, the singer begins taking steps to end his addiction
Mar 20, 1968
Eric Clapton and most of Buffalo Springfield, including singer/songwriter Neil Young and Jim Messina, are arrested in Topanga Canyon, California, and jailed for narcotics use. Stephen Stills escapes out a window before the entourage is busted
Oct 18, 1968
John Lennon and girlfriend Yoko Ono are arrested at their London apartment for possession of marijuana. Lennon is a co-writer on two future country hits: "I Feel Fine" and the ironically titled "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party"
Mar 13, 1969
George Harrison and his wife, Patti, are arrested for marijuana possession after 120 joints are found in their London apartment. A month later, The Beatles begin recording "Something," a Harrison song that becomes a country hit for Johnny Rodriguez
Apr 15, 1970
"Welfare Cadilac" singer Guy Drake is arrested in Hartford, Kentucky, and jailed 18 months after he bought a 1968 Buick with a $750 check that bounced
Aug 14, 1970
Pop singer/songwriter Stephen Stills is arrested at a hotel in La Jolla, California, for cocaine possession. Currently a member of Crosby, Stills & Nash, he was a founding member of Buffalo Springfield, a pioneering country-rock band
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