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    • Jul 30, 1974
    B.J. Thomas is fined $50 in a Nashville court for assaulting a police officer three weeks earlier. Thomas tells the court he'd been drinking brandy and that his actions were entirely wrong
    Mar 2, 1975
    A Lincoln Continental occupied by "I Feel Fine" songwriter Paul McCartney and his wife, Linda, is pulled over in Los Angeles after they run a red light. She is arrested for marijuana possession. He is not charged
    Jul 5, 1975
    "Honky Tonk Women" songwriter Keith Richards is arrested in Fordyce, Arkansas, under suspicion of drug possession. He escapes with a $162.50 fine after pleading guilty to reckless driving
    May 8, 1976
    Willie Nelson sings "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" with Bob Dylan in a Houston benefit for boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, imprisoned for three murders he may not have committed. Afterward, Nelson is served a subpoena for a drug trafficking case
    May 19, 1976
    "Honky Tonk Women" co-writer Keith Richards, of The Rolling Stones, crashes his car in England, and is subsequently charged with possession of an illegal substance when police find cocaine and LSD in the vehicle
    Jun 23, 1976
    "Midnight Rider" songwriter Gregg Allman testifies in Macon, Georgia, that he had a cocaine habit from 1973-1975 and accuses a road manager of procuring it for him. Outraged that he sold out a crew member, The Allman Brothers Band breaks up
    Jun 30, 1976
    Acting on an anonymous tip, police raid the Los Angeles home of pop artist Neil Diamond looking for cocaine. They find less than an ounce of weed. Weeks later, Glen Campbell records Diamond's song "Sunflower"
    Aug 20, 1976
    Willie Nelson is served with a subpoena to testify in the narcotics trial of reputed drug ring leader Joe Hicks. Authorities refuse to comment on Nelson's role in the trial
    Sep 5, 1976
    "Sweet Home Alabama" co-writer Gary Rossington suffers multiple broken bones when the Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist, driving drunk, crashes into a telephone pole, a tree and a house in Jacksonville, Florida
    Oct 2, 1976
    Two members of Willie Nelson's road crew, James "Poodie" Locke and Steven Koepke, are arrested and charged with posession of marijuana at a motel room in Baton Rouge, Louisiana



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