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Oct 22, 1963
Thieves in St. Louis steal a saddle embedded with 65 silver dollars from Webb Pierce's car while the singer appears on an all-night radio show. Police later find the saddle--minus the silver dollars
Dec 22, 1966
Roy Drusky loses $4,500 worth of equipment and stage clothes when thieves break into his trailer
Jul 14, 1967
Burglars steal $5,000 worth of goods from Hank Snow's office while he plays the Grand Ole Opry. Taken are watches, cufflinks, diamond earrings, belt buckles and insurance papers, but no money
Sep 22, 1967
While shooting "The Bill Anderson Show" at the WSIX-TV studios in Nashville, Jan Howard's briefcase falls off the trunk of her car. A man in an Oldsmobile picks it up and drives off, taking her tax records, personal documents and tranquilizers
Apr 27, 1968
A fan steals Janis Joplin's cape in a backstage incident. Her version of "Me And Bobby McGee" is destined to be named one of country's 500 all-time greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
Dec 27, 1968
Two 150-pound marble urns and a marble replica of Hank Williams' hat are stolen from his grave in Montgomery, Alabama. The memorial objects will be recovered over the next four days
Oct 11, 1971
Thieves break into the home of The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards and steal 11 guitars. The group's "Honky Tonk Women" is named in 2003 among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number"
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
Sep 20, 1973
A day after Gram Parsons died, his body is stolen during transfer at the Los Angeles International Airport, then taken to Joshua Tree, where it is burned, in accordance with his request. Road manager Phil Kaufman is among two charged with the crime
Nov 27, 1973
Hank Snow's guitar player, Jimmy Widener, is robbed and shot to death in Nashville. Widener also played banjo for Bob Wills' Texas Playboys from 1945-1950, appearing on "Faded Love," among other recordings
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