Cop boots John Rich from Cafe Coco after he tosses bottle
by Brad on Jun.02, 2009, under Country music, Exclusives
Metro Police tossed John Rich from a popular 24-hour Elliston Place eatery early this morning after he tossed a glass bottle into the street.
The episode started around 2:45 a.m. Tuesday when John — in baseball cap and jeans — rolled into Cafe Coco in a classic 1960s powder blue Cadillac convertible, according to News 2 morning reporter Teresa Weakley, who witnessed the whole thing.
John and a guy in a cowboy hat walked up to the counter and ordered a longneck bottle of beer, and they were told they had to finish the beers by 3 a.m., which is state law. Oh, did I mention there was a Metro police sergeant and a News 2 crew on the front porch, thus giving Cafe Coco even more incentive to follow the law?
John asked a young guy playing the guitar if he knew the Star-Spangled Banner. That guy, Clayton Quisenberry, said he did, and then sang the national anthem.
Then John asked if he could borrow the guitar, and John proceeded to play and sing a few songs, including one by Roger Miller.
During his mini-concert, around 3 a.m., a Cafe Coco server asked John to surrender the beer.
“You don’t interrupt me when I’m playing a Roger Miller song,” John said, with a touch of attitude.
The server: “I’ll just take it then.”
But when the server went to grab the beer, John snatched it up first and threw it over the fence into the street — right in front of the police sergeant. You can guess what happened next.
Police sargeant said, “You need to leave,” and John and his cowboy hat-wearing buddy did so.
As John was walking out, the sergeant added, “Thanks for stopping by.” No citation or ticket was issued.
Not a big deal, but all this happened less than a week after John turned himself in on assault and harassment charges stemming from a long-time beef with former Nashville Star contestant Jared Ashley.
UPDATE: Check out our exclusive video of this incident.
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June 2nd, 2009 on 11:00 am[...] Rich was booted from Cafe Coco early this morning after a server asked him to surrender his beer during a Roger Miller song. …when the server went to grab the beer, John snatched it up first [...]
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June 2nd, 2009 on 5:30 pm[...] Few things make us happier than the opportunity to rag on everyone’s favorite neighbor John Rich, who got kicked out of Cafe Coco last night around 3am. We won’t ruin the story for you except to say that it involved a powder blue Cadillac, the Star Spangled Banner, and a broken beer bottle. And the best part is that some blessed soul caught it on video. [Music City TV] [...]
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June 2nd, 2009 on 10:15 am
John Rich is an asshole, period.
While not a new-”country” music fan myself, there are plenty of stars whose examples we could follow: this assclown is definitely not one of them.
Just go somewhere and die already John Rich, please?
June 2nd, 2009 on 10:59 am
This man has always given Nashville and country music. He’s an ass. I’ve seen him out, I’ve seen him on TV, and John Rich = ass. Also might I add, this man is NOT good enough to sing Roger Miller.
June 2nd, 2009 on 11:00 am
This man has always given Nashville and country music a bad name. He’s an ass. I’ve seen him out, I’ve seen him on TV, and John Rich = ass. Also might I add, this man is NOT good enough to sing Roger Miller.
June 2nd, 2009 on 12:40 pm
My opinion…John Rich is getting a much bigger head, than he is tall. Hope they throw the book at him in the lawsuit. I don’t even care if he is guilty, he needs to have someone stick it to him. Some people just need to be put in their place, and John Rich is one of them. So your a big country singer and song writer, well “YOU DON’T IMPRESS ME MUCH”. A little humility would go a long way, but I think he lost that with his stardom. Sorry he continues to shed a bad light on the country music genre.
June 2nd, 2009 on 1:07 pm
I have seen his behavior backstage at many concerts (not just his own)….the guy is a jerk!!!! Simple as that!!!!
June 2nd, 2009 on 1:41 pm
good to see teresa getting “ready” to be a hard-core news reporter for news 2 this morning….out at 2am
June 2nd, 2009 on 3:54 pm
Does he have nothing better to do than cause trouble? Why isn’t he getting ready for the Big & Rich tour or staying home with his new bride? I thought he and his wife were trying to have a baby…. but obviously he’d rather spend every night drinking and partying around town. Or maybe the baby’s made already and he’s gone back to his old lifestyle. That doesn’t say much for his marriage.
If the woman had any sense, she would not have married him, so I guess you can’t expect her to keep him sober and at home when he’d rather party. She probably wouldn’t even care if he went to prison as long as she got however much their prenup gives her. If she DID care she would be out there at 3 a.m. keeping him from acting like a jerk. If anyone cared, they’d get his ass to AA before things get worse.
June 2nd, 2009 on 5:32 pm
John, I was going to say stop, while your ahead, but now that has come and gone, calm yourself down some. You’ve got a great talent, and you could do more for this town that yell and curse at everyone. Do you forget that every person you piss on could have been a fan to buy your albums? Eventually you are going to piss us all off. I constantly going to bat for you, and you PERSONALLY don’t like me. So, I’ve heard.
June 2nd, 2009 on 6:32 pm
Whatever happened to exiling people, cause someone need to get this jackass out of our town.
June 2nd, 2009 on 10:32 pm
Don D.: Teresa Weakly is a morning reporter for 2. Being up at 2am is a part of her job.
Just sayin’..
June 3rd, 2009 on 12:21 pm
John needs to shave that pubic hair off his lips and chest and go on “I’m a Celebrity, Get me Out Of Here.” He needs a snake slithering on him, maybe some spiders, but definitely a snake or two.
June 3rd, 2009 on 2:13 pm
I’m not positive, but I think the cop was Officer Dave who is a regular at Coco. Just to clarify, that’s the way he would have treated anyone else doing the same thing.
As for the comments about Mr. Rich staying home with his family, perhaps he was singing Roger Miller’s “Dang Me”.
June 3rd, 2009 on 2:42 pm
He sure does a good job of avoiding being with his wife. Maybe he just doesn’t like being married. Probably too much trouble just for the sake of a few kids.
June 22nd, 2009 on 5:50 pm
I love John Rich but I agree that he is being an asshole. My 3-year-old loves the Big and Rich music and has even grown to love them seperately but I don’t know if I want him to listen to a person who doesn’t know how to behave himself in public.