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Feb 9, 1969
When their pickup goes out of control on the icy Kickapoo Creek bridge in Illinois, Waylon Jennings band member Chuck Conway is thrown into the creek. Two hours later, he's pronounced dead
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 23, 1969
The Ash Grove suffers the first of three devastating fires, this one requiring four months of repair before reopening. The Los Angeles venue has hosted such acts as Bill Monroe, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Flatt & Scruggs and Maybelle Carter
May 28, 1969
London police book Mick Jagger on charges of narcotics possession when they find him at his home with marijuana. Within days, The Rolling Stones record "Honky Tonk Women," cited among country's greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
Jun 10, 1969
Two members of Waylon Jennings' band, Jimmy Gray and Richie Albright, are jailed in Niagara Falls for marijuana possession
Jun 29, 1969
R&B artist Frederick "Shorty" Long dies in a boating accident in the Detroit River. A co-writer of "Devil With The Blue Dress On," he played piano on several Elvis Presley sessions, including the date in which Presley cut "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel"
Jul 6, 1969
"I Feel Fine" songwriter John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, are released from a Scotland hospital following a car accident
Aug 9, 1969
Sharon Tate and four others, including Jay Sebring, are sadistically murdered in Los Angeles. Charles Manson and several others are later convicted for the crime. Sebring had introduced Elvis Presley to his barber/spiritual adviser, Larry Geller
Aug 20, 1969
"Honky Tonk Women" songwriter Mick Jagger's right hand is injured during filming for the movie "Ned Kelly" in Bungendore, Australia. He undergoes nine hours of surgery to have shrapnel removed after a gun loaded with blanks backfired
Sep 30, 1969
Former Byrd David Crosby's girlfriend, Christine Gail Hinton, dies in a car accident north of San Francisco
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