Bass player Teddy Gentry, a founding member of the Grammy-triumphing u . S . A . Band Alabama, turned into arrested Monday and charged with a misdemeanor drug offense in the kingdom the band shares a call, prison records show.
Gentry, 70, became booked on suspicion of unlawful ownership of marijuana in the 2nd degree and unlawful ownership of drug paraphernalia, in keeping with the Cherokee County Sheriff’s office in Alabama.
He was booked into the Cherokee County penal complex at 10:38 a.M. Monday and launched at 11:06 a.M., records confirmed.
Gentry couldn’t straight away be reached for remark Tuesday at cellphone numbers linked to his domestic in citadel Payne in nearby DeKalb County.
A representative of each Gentry and the band would not comment on the arrest Tuesday however said it wouldn’t affect the group’s coming excursion.
Its next gig is scheduled for Sept. 23 at Ball arena in Denver. Colorado become famously one of the first states to legalize recreational marijuana use.
Alabama, which has been playing for decades, became at its height inside the early and mid-1980s, prevailing the vocal organization of the 12 months award from the u . S . A . Track Awards from 1981 to 1983.
It received the CMA’s album of the yr award in 1983 for “The closer You Get.” The music additionally earned the organization a Grammy in 1984 for first-class usa overall performance by using a duo or institution. Alabama received within the identical class the previous yr for “Mountain song.”
The band was inducted into the u . S . A . Track corridor of fame in 2005.
