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Jan 20, 1976
Songwriter Raymond Hall is paroled from Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, after serving 48 years on charges of manslaughter and killing a prison guard. Hall co-wrote the Jimmie Rodgers hit "Moonlight And Skies"
Apr 21, 1976
George Jones performs a pair of benefit shows at the Tennessee State Prison
Mar 30, 1977
Sonny James records Jimmie Rodgers' "In The Jailhouse Now" during a concert at the Tennessee State Prison in Nashville
Aug 18, 1977
Johnny Paycheck performs for 400 inmates at the Correctional Center for Women in Alderson, West Virginia
Nov 8, 1977
"I'll Think Of Something" songwriter Jerry Foster performs at the Tennessee State Prison for Women in Nashville
Sep 18, 1978
George Jones is freed on a $2,500 bond after being charged with assault with intent to commit murder for firing a pistol at "What's Your Mama's Name" songwriter Earl "Peanutt" Montgomery in Florence, Alabama
Oct 22, 1978
"Midnight Rider" songwriter Gregg Allman is arrested for disorderly intoxication while sitting on a motorcycle in the parking lot of a bar in Bradenton, Florida. He spends three hours in jail before his release on a $54 bond
Jul 10, 1979
Rock guitarist Chuck Berry receives a four-month jail term for income tax evasion. Several of his songs had become country hits, including "Brown Eyed Handsome Man," "You Never Can Tell (C'est La Vie)," "Johnny B. Goode" and "Maybellene"
Aug 10, 1979
Chuck Berry begins serving a 100-day jail sentence for tax evasion at Lompoc Prison in California. Exactly three years prior, Emmylou Harris re-recorded the Berry-penned "(You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie"
Nov 19, 1979
Chuck Berry is released from Lompoc Prison in California, after serving 100 days for income tax evasion. Berry titles that have been remade as country hits include: "(You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie," "Johnny B. Goode" and "Brown Eyed Handsome Man"
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