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    • Aug 21, 1947
    Lefty Frizzell is sentenced to jail in New Mexico for two to three years for statutory rape. Frizzell ultimately spends six months behind bars, where he writes a country hit, "I Love You A Thousand Ways"
    Sep 26, 1947
    While spending six months in a Roswell, New Mexico, jail for statutory rape, Lefty Frizzell writes "I Love You A Thousand Ways" for his wife, Alice
    Oct 18, 1947
    "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" songwriter Chuck Berry is released from prison in Missouri, after serving three years for armed robbery
    Jan 27, 1948
    A robber breaks a window on Roy Acuff's car in St. Augustine, Florida, and steals a banjo and two guitars valued at $340
    Feb 18, 1948
    Woody Guthrie writes the first of several erotic letters to Mary Ruth Crissman, the sister of a former duet partner, one of them supplemented with newspaper accounts of murders. She later files charges against him for mailing obscene materials
    Feb 21, 1948
    Lefty Frizzell ends a six-month jail sentence for statutory rape in Roswell, New Mexico. During his stay behind bars, Frizzell wrote "I Love You A Thousand Ways"
    Sep 1, 1948
    Actor Robert Mitchum is one of four people arrested for marijuana use at a home in the Hollywood Hills. Mitchum fears it will end his career, but he goes on to take part in many more movies as well as a country hit: "Little Old Wine Drinker Me"
    Dec 22, 1949
    Woody Guthrie receives an early release from a 180-day jail sentence for mailing obscene materials. Guthrie had experienced better returns for his writing: In 1945 cousin Jack Guthrie had a hit with their co-written "Oklahoma Hills"
    Jul 14, 1951
    Harry Choates, a Cajun fiddler best known for "Jole Blon," is arrested in Austin, Texas, for failure to pay child support. He dies in jail three days later. The death report blames cirrhosis of the liver, although some believe he was beaten to death
    Aug 11, 1951
    Following his performance on the Grand Ole Opry, Lefty Frizzell is arrested for contributory delinquency, stemming from a dalliance with an under-age girl in Little Rock on April 1



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