Aug 15, 1988

Kenny Rogers' drummer, Bobby Daniels, allegedly shoots and kills his ex-wife, Sylvia Coakley, after a domestic fight. Daniels handled the skins on numerous recordings, including Rogers' duet with Kim Carnes, "Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer"

Sep 20, 1988

Steve Earle pleads no contest to charges of assaulting a Dallas police officer on New Year's Eve and receives one year of probation

Sep 30, 1988

Kenny Rogers fires his drummer, Bobby Daniels, currently charged in the August murder of Sylvia Coakley

Oct 12, 1988

Little Jimmy Dickens visits the jail in Manchester, Tennessee, to pay the $2,500 bail for an impoverished mother of two who was sentenced to 99 days for writing bad checks. Dickens discovered her plight in a newspaper article

Oct 19, 1988

Lynn Anderson ends a relationship with songwriter Mentor Williams and gets charged with malicious mischief when a waitress claims Anderson stole a purse from her car. The charges are dropped after Anderson agrees to write a letter of apology

Dec 1, 1988

Stopped for speeding in Lexington, Kentucky, John Michael Montgomery is charged with possession of a controlled substance when the officer discovers muscle relaxers in his pocket. Montgomery pays a $100 fine and $57.50 in court costs, but insists the pills were for a migraine

Feb 3, 1989

Alabama's Jeff Cook has his red fiddle stolen from the backstage area when the band plays the Murphy Center at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro

Feb 7, 1989

Johnny Paycheck begins serving a prison sentence in Chillicothe, Ohio, for shooting a man at the North High Lounge in Hillsboro in December 1985

Mar 9, 1989

Kevin Hughes, chart director for the music trade publication Cash Box, is shot on Music Row in Nashville. The killer is unidentified for more than 13 years

May 1, 1989

Birmingham resident Wanda Huff files assault charges against Bill Monroe, claiming he hit her in the mouth with a Bible during an argument. Monroe associates characterize her as a stalker, and the charges are shortly dismissed