SAMIKSHA- THE FACE OF INDIA  Gentry,70 was booked in Alabama on suspicion of illegitimacy possession of marijuana in the second degree and illegitimate possession of drug paraphernalia according to the jail records Bass player Teddy Gentry, a founding member of the Grammy winning country band Alabama was arrested on Monday and charged with a misdemeanor drug offense in the state the band shares a name with the jail records showed. He was booked on suspicion of unlawful possession of marijuana in the second degree and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, according to theCherokee County Sheriff’s Office in Alabama. He was booked into the Cherokee County Detention Center at10:38 am on Monday morning and released at 11:06 am as per the records showed. Teddy Gentry, founding member of country Band Alabama is arrested on a drug charge Gentry was booked in Alabama on suspicion of unlawful possession of marijuana in the second degree and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia according to the jail records. Bass player Teddy Gentry, a founding member of the Grammy-winning country band Alabama, was arrested on Monday and was charged with a misdemeanor drug offense in the state the band shares a name with the jail records show.

Gentry, 70, was booked on suspicion of illegitimacy possession of marijuana in the second degree and illegitimate possession of drug paraphernalia, according to the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office in Alabama. He was booked to the Cherokee County Detention Center at morning 10:38 am on Monday and released on same day at 11:06 am as per the records showed. Teddy Gentry couldn’t immediately be reached for comment Tuesday at phone numbers connected to his home in Fort Payne nearby DeKalb Country A representative of both Gentry and the band wouldn’t comment on the arrest on Tuesday but said it wouldn’t affect the group coming for tour. Its next gig is scheduled for September 23 at Ball Arena in Denver. Colorado was famously one of the first states to decriminalize recreational marijuana use. Alabama which has been playing for decades was at its peak in the early and mid of 1980s winning the vocal group of the year award from the Country Music Awards from the 1981 to 1983 It won the CMA album of the year award in 1983 for “The Closer You Get” The song also earned the group a Grammy in 1984 for best country performance by the duo or group. Alabama won in the same category on the previous year for “Mountain Music.” The band was inducted into the Country Music Hall of the Fame in 2005