About Us
  • RolandNote™Country Music Database Searches
  • April 29, 2024 CDT

  • Miscellaneous
  • Timelines Help
  • Slice and dice country music history by a specific kind of event: birth, death, gold album, Macy�s Thanksgiving Day Parade appearance - more than 250 ways to look at recurring events
  •    
    • Feb 15, 1984
    IRS agents search Nashville's Marriott Hotel for Jerry Lee Lewis, intending to arrest him for income tax evasion. Instead, they discover they missed him by two days
    Feb 16, 1984
    Jerry Lee Lewis pleads innocent in his tax-evasion case and posts a $100,000 bond
    Oct 18, 1984
    A Memphis jury acquits Jerry Lee Lewis of tax evasion after prosecutors fail to prove he hid income from 1975-1980. The IRS insists it will continue to push The Killer to pay more than $600,000 it says he still owes
    Aug 27, 1986
    The Internal Revenue Service files liens against Johnny Paycheck in an effort to collect more than $550,000 it says Paycheck owes in back taxes, interest and penalties from 1980-82
    Jun 6, 1990
    A federal judge signs a tax settlement in which Willie Nelson and the Internal Revenue Service agree the singer will pay $6.5 million in back taxes. The IRS had originally claimed he owed $11 million
    Aug 20, 1990
    The U.S. government files a civil complaint to collect $1.6 million in federal back taxes, penalties and interest from Johnny Paycheck for 1980-82
    Sep 21, 1990
    The Internal Revenue Service places liens totalling $16.7 million on Willie Nelson's property to guarantee that he pays $6.5 million in back taxes
    Nov 9, 1990
    The Internal Revenue Service seizes the property of Willie Nelson in six states, including his Austin recording studio, to satisfy a $6.5 million debt
    Jan 4, 1991
    The Internal Revenue Service auctions a home Willie Nelson purchased for his mother in Yakima, Washington. The property sells for $50,500, more than $20,000 under its market value
    Jan 26, 1991
    Willie Nelson's assets go on the auction block to meet his $16-million debt to the IRS. No bids are entered



    Displaying : 20 - 30 of 55 / Page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

  • The Ultimate Country Music Database

    •  

    RolandNote.com is a detailed country music database compiled by veteran music journalist Tom Roland that chronicles more than 60,000 events and 10,000 recordings.

     

    Discover what happened in country music on a particular date or in a particular month, get the history of your favorite country songs or your favorite country artists.

     

    From George Jones to George Strait, from the Carter Family to Carrie Underwood, from Johnny Cash to Jason Aldean, from Hank Williams to HARDY, from Merle Haggard to Miranda Lambert.

     

    RolandNote.com is the ultimate country music database!