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    • Jun 27, 1967
    The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger is found guilty in London on a January narcotics charge and sent to jail. He goes on to sing lead on "Honky Tonk Women," ranked among country's greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation publication
    Jun 29, 1967
    The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards is found guilty in London of narcotics charges, incurred at a party he hosted in January. He is sentenced to one year of incarceration. Two years later, he co-writes "Honky Tonk Women"
    Jun 30, 1967
    Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are freed from a London jail, days after they were sentenced on drug charges. The two co-write "Honky Tonk Women," named among country's greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation publication
    Nov 2, 1967
    Johnny Cash is arrested and jailed overnight in Lafayette, Georgia, for illegal possession of pep pills. The next morning, the sheriff asks Cash why he is wasting his life and hurting his family over narcotics. Within days, the singer begins taking steps to end his addiction
    Mar 20, 1968
    Eric Clapton and most of Buffalo Springfield, including singer/songwriter Neil Young and Jim Messina, are arrested in Topanga Canyon, California, and jailed for narcotics use. Stephen Stills escapes out a window before the entourage is busted
    Oct 18, 1968
    John Lennon and girlfriend Yoko Ono are arrested at their London apartment for possession of marijuana. Lennon is a co-writer on two future country hits: "I Feel Fine" and the ironically titled "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party"
    Mar 13, 1969
    George Harrison and his wife, Patti, are arrested for marijuana possession after 120 joints are found in their London apartment. A month later, The Beatles begin recording "Something," a Harrison song that becomes a country hit for Johnny Rodriguez
    May 28, 1969
    London police book Mick Jagger on charges of narcotics possession when they find him at his home with marijuana. Within days, The Rolling Stones record "Honky Tonk Women," cited among country's greatest singles in a Country Music Foundation book
    Jun 10, 1969
    Two members of Waylon Jennings' band, Jimmy Gray and Richie Albright, are jailed in Niagara Falls for marijuana possession
    Aug 14, 1970
    Pop singer/songwriter Stephen Stills is arrested at a hotel in La Jolla, California, for cocaine possession. Currently a member of Crosby, Stills & Nash, he was a founding member of Buffalo Springfield, a pioneering country-rock band



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