Just over every week after releasing his first album since 2011, singer Jamey Johnson was arrested Sunday simply exterior of Nashville.
The nation singer-songwriter, who has written with Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and George Strait, is dealing with a felony drug cost after being stopped by the Tennessee Highway Patrol for rushing, Tennessee reported. The “In Color” artist faces a wonderful of as much as $5,000, if convicted, and is scheduled to look in a Williamson County courtroom on Feb. 6, in keeping with the outlet. Rolling Stone reported that marijuana was discovered within the automotive.
“At this time we will affirm that Jamey Johnson was arrested on Sunday, November seventeenth in Williamson County. The crash stays beneath investigation,” Tennessee Highway Patrol Sergeant Andrew Perez stated in an e mail assertion to the Times.
Representatives for Johnson, in addition to the Williamson County sheriff’s and district lawyer’s workplaces, didn’t instantly reply Tuesday to The Times’ request for remark.
The arrest comes simply days after Johnson launched “Midnight Gasoline,” his first album in additional than a decade. Prior to the album’s launch, he launched six singles together with “Sober” — wherein the Grand Ole Opry member discusses his battle with sobriety in an trade that he says “glorifies consuming and different kinds of debauchery “.
“I’ve been sober for 13 years,” Johnson stated his website upon the discharge of “Sober” in early September. “I haven’t had a drop of alcohol since 2011 and I know that could end this afternoon. It’s a daily, hour-by-hour decision.
“Most of the places I play are bars, or I still go to bars. That’s where most of my friends are,” he continued. “Now I can hang out with them and not drink like I used to.”
By 2016, more members of Johnson’s band were arrested in Mississippi for possession of a managed substance, however the singer was not charged within the incident. Earlier this yr, Johnson’s nationwide peer Darius Rucker was arrested – additionally in Williamson County – and booked on minor drug possession expenses.
Despite Johnson’s decade-long recording hiatus, he excursions often. Last month he joined Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, Eric Church and different musicians in a five-hour tribute live performance honor Robbie Robertsonthe Canadian singer, guitarist, songwriter and composer who died final yr on the age of 80.
Perhaps explaining how lengthy it took to launch “Midnight Gasoline,” Johnson stated The instances in 2010 that his followers “have adopted us from the start and can comply with us to the top.
“They aren’t searching for any measure of (business) success. And neither do I,” he stated. “It works rather well for each of us, does not it?”
