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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
    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
    Jun 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
    Sep 26, 1973
    Phil Kaufman and Michael Martin are arrested in Los Angeles on the set for "Night Moves," with Gene Hackman watching, for the theft of Gram Parsons' casket. Kaufman and Martin had taken the late singer's remains to the desert and burned the body six days prior
    Mar 2, 1975
    A Lincoln Continental occupied by "I Feel Fine" songwriter Paul McCartney and his wife, Linda, is pulled over in Los Angeles after they run a red light. She is arrested for marijuana possession. He is not charged
    Jul 5, 1975
    "Honky Tonk Women" songwriter Keith Richards is arrested in Fordyce, Arkansas, under suspicion of drug possession. He escapes with a $162.50 fine after pleading guilty to reckless driving
    May 19, 1976
    "Honky Tonk Women" co-writer Keith Richards, of The Rolling Stones, crashes his car in England, and is subsequently charged with possession of an illegal substance when police find cocaine and LSD in the vehicle
    Oct 2, 1976
    Two members of Willie Nelson's road crew, James "Poodie" Locke and Steven Koepke, are arrested and charged with posession of marijuana at a motel room in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
    Oct 12, 1976
    Jerry Lee Lewis is arrested for disorderly conduct after yelling at the neighbors of his ex-wife, Jaren, in Memphis
    Nov 22, 1976
    After overturning his $46,000 Rolls-Royce, Jerry Lee Lewis is arrested at a street corner near his Memphis home for reckless driving and driving without a license. Later in the day, he's jailed in Tunica, Mississippi, for driving while intoxicated



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