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Dec 31, 1985
Rick Nelson dies in a plane crash outside of DeKalb, Texas. A TV star on "The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet," he crossed between pop and country with his 1950s rockabilly-influenced recordings, including "Stood Up" and "Poor Little Fool"
Jan 29, 1986
Lynyrd Skynyrd's Allen Collins has an alcohol-related car accident in Jacksonville, Florida, killing his girlfriend and paralyzing him below the neck. He pleads no contest to manslaughter charges
Mar 19, 1986
Steve Earle gives his first European performance at The Paradiso in Amsterdam. After the show, he pays a visit to the city's red-light district, where his leather jacket and passport are stolen
Apr 25, 1986
Joe Ely's equipment trailer is burglarized in San Francisco. The thief gets away with all the band's gear, including two of Ely's guitars
Jun 11, 1986
French radio station owner Jean-Pierre Antona is arrested for illegally carrying a weapon near the stage while Ricky Skaggs performs at Fan Fair in Nashville. The Tennessean reports that after watching American detective shows on TV, Antona thought everyone in the U.S. carried a gun
Jun 25, 1986
Jenifer Strait, the 13-year-old daughter of George Strait, dies in an auto accident. She is a passenger in a car, driven by a teenage friend, that rolls over during a left turn in San Marcos, Texas
Jul 29, 1986
Singer/songwriter Paul Davis is shot in the parking lot of the Quality Inn Hall of Fame Motel on Division Street in Nashville. The assault comes as Tanya Tucker is succeeding with Davis' song "Just Another Love"
Aug 17, 1986
Ricky Skaggs' son, Andrew, is shot in the neck by a truck driver, Edward Duehring, after the boy's mother, Brenda, passed Duehring's tractor-trailer on Interstate 81 near Troutville, Virginia. Duehring felt she cut back into his lane too soon
Sep 4, 1986
"Midnight Rider" songwriter Gregg Allman is arrested in Florida on drunk-driving charges, just months after a five-year suspension of his license had ended
Sep 29, 1986
Steve Earle is arrested in the Norfolk, Virginia, airport, when security detects a .45 automatic in his luggage
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