Deborah and he were arrested in February 1997 at their Montana home for possession of about of marijuana. His wife later explained that she offered Axton marijuana to relieve his pain and stress following his 1995 stroke. They were fined and given deferred sentences. Axton never fully recovered from his stroke, and he used a wheelchair much of the time afterwards. Axton died at age 61 at his home in Victor, Montana, on October 26, 1999, after suffering two heart attacks in two weeks. On November 1, 2007, Axton and his mother Mae were both inducted posthumously into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Discography Albums {| class="wikitable" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Album ! colspan="3"| Chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Label |- ! style="width:45px;"| US Country ! style="width:45px;"| US ! style="width:45px;"| CAN Country |- | 1962 | The Balladeer | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | Horizon |- | 1963 | Greenback Dollar | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | Horizon |- | 1963 | Thunder'n Lightnin''' | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | Horizon |- | 1963 | Saturday's Child| style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | Horizon |- | 1964 | Hoyt Axton Explodes!| style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | Vee Jay |- | 1964 | Long Old Road| style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | Vee Jay |- | 1965 | Mr. Greenback Dollar Man| style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | Surrey |- | 1965 | Hoyt Axton Sings Bessie Smith| style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | Exodus |- | 1969 | My Griffin Is Gone| style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | Columbia |- | 1971 | Joy to the World| style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | Capitol |- | 1971 | Country Anthem| style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | Capitol |- | 1973 | Less Than the Song| style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | rowspan="4"| A&M |- | 1974 | Life Machine| style="text-align:center;"| 21 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — |- | 1975 | Southbound| style="text-align:center;"| 27 | style="text-align:center;"| 188 | style="text-align:center;"| — |- | 1976 | Fearless| style="text-align:center;"| 26 | style="text-align:center;"| 171 | style="text-align:center;"| — |- | 1977 | Snowblind Friend| style="text-align:center;"| 36 | style="text-align:center;"| — |