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Sep 8, 1956
Jimmy Boyd is arrested for reckless driving in Los Angeles after he was spotted drag racing and skidded into a fire hydrant on Kester Avenue trying to elude the police. Boyd is fined $100
May 27, 1957
Ernest Tubb is arrested for carrying a pistol and for drunk and disorderly conduct after he fires a shot in the lobby at Nashville's WSM radio
Sep 22, 1957
T. Texas Tyler is arrested and jailed in San Antonio for possession of marijuana after he's found with 45 doobies at the White Plaza Hotel. Tyler is unable to perform at a tour stop that night with fellow members of the Grand Ole Opry
Nov 6, 1957
"Maybellene" songwriter Chuck Berry is served with an arrest warrant for armed robbery when he plays St. Louis' Kiel Auditorium. The next day, he shows police an out-of-town contract for the date, and the charges are dismissed
Dec 22, 1957
Merle Haggard attempts to rob a restaurant, mistakenly believing it had closed. He ends up serving time in San Quentin
Jun 2, 1958
"Maybellene" songwriter Chuck Berry is arrested in St. Charles, Missouri, on a federal charge of transporting a firearm on the interstate. The charges are later dropped
Jul 10, 1958
"Johnny B. Goode" songwriter Chuck Berry, driving his pink Cadillac, is arrested for "careless and imprudent driving" in St. Louis, Missouri. He pays a $15 fine
Aug 27, 1959
Chuck Berry--the author of future hits for Emmylou Harris, George Jones and Buck Owens--is arrested in Meridian, Mississippi, when a white girl at a fraternity dance kisses him. The African-American rocker is jailed overnight and fined $700
Dec 22, 1959
"Maybellene" songwriter Chuck Berry is charged in St. Louis with violating the Mann Act, for reputedly transporting a female across state lines for sexual purposes
May 13, 1960
Freddy Fender is arrested for possession of marijuana in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He spends the next three years in the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola
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