Feb 16, 2005

Less than 12 hours after attending a memorial service for songwriter Merle Kilgore, Kid Rock is arrested for assault in Nashville for punching a disc jockey in the face at a strip club, Christie's Cabaret. He's released after posting a $3,000 bond

Feb 20, 2005

David Allan Coe's Cadillac Escalade is stopped by police on Interstate 540 in Van Buren, Arkansas. He's ticketed for not having proof of insurance, costing him $575

Mar 3, 2005

Tanya Tucker is issued a restraining order against her ex-fiance, "Down On The Farm" songwriter Jerry Laseter, in Wilson County, Tennessee. She claims he has given her a black eye in an ongoing harassment. He denies any domestic abuse

Apr 28, 2005

Doug Supernaw is found guilty of misdemeanor pot possession in Amarillo, Texas. Supernaw, serving as his own attorney, bashes the legal system after being sentenced to 115 days in jail, vowing to appeal

May 6, 2005

Mindy McCready is arrested on drunk driving charges at 3 a.m. in the swanky Belle Meade section of Nashville

May 8, 2005

Mindy McCready is taken to a Nashville hospital after an ex-boyfriend broke into her Bellevue home, where he beat and choked the singer. The ex, William McKnight, is charged with attempted murder

Jun 13, 2005

Kid Rock pleads no contest to criminal assault for hitting a Nashville strip-club disc jockey earlier in the year. He's ordered to pay for the deejay's glasses and take an anger management class. The same day, the deejay sues him for $575,000

Jul 25, 2005

New York attorney general Elliott Spitzer's office announces Sony BMG has agreed to a $10-million penalty for payola violations. Among the incidents noted is a $750 payment to a radio executive to get a Gretchen Wilson song played

Aug 7, 2005

"Walking In Memphis" songwriter Marc Cohn is shot in the temple during an attempted carjacking in a Denver parking garage. Cohn is miraculously released from the hospital the following day

Aug 8, 2005

A Tennessee judge issues an arrest warrant for Mindy McCready just weeks after her Florida suicide attempt. McCready had violated terms of her probation by leaving Tennessee without permission and not reporting to her probation officer during July