Johnny Rodriguez, the first country ... In 1998, he was arrested and charged with murder after shooting an acquaintance that he mistook for a burglar in his Sabinal, Texas, home.

Johnny Rodriguez, the first major Mexican American country star, ... went to jail and was spotted by a Texas Ranger, Joaquin Jackson, who recognized Mr. Rodriguez from Garner State Park, ...

Johnny Rodriguez, a 1970s country music start frorn Sabinal Texas, died at age 73 on Friday night. ... In the years after, Rodriguez’s father died of cancer and he was arrested 4 times.

Rodriguez was born in Sabinal, Texas, in 1951. At the age of 18, he ended up in jail, where Texas Ranger Joaquin Jackson heard him and introduced him to promoter “Happy” Shahan.

Johnny Rodriguez, the pioneering singer-songwriter widely regarded as the first Mexican American country star, has died. He was 73. His death on May 9 was confirmed in a social media post from his ...