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Alabama Shakes Drummer Steve Johnson Released From Jail

johnson-1.14942379 LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 15: Musician Steve Johnson of Alabama Shakes, winners of Best Alternative Music Album for 'Sound & Color' and Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song for 'Don't Wanna Fight,' poses in the press room during The 58th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on February 15, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) (Steve Johnson, pictured in 2016. Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images)

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Steve Johnson of Grammy-winning band Alabama Shakes was released from custody on Wednesday after posting $26,500 U.S. bond.

The 35-year-old drummer has been behind bars since March 24 after being arrested in Limestone County, Alabama for “willful torture, willful abuse and cruelly beating or otherwise willfully maltreating a child under the age of 18.”

No details about the alleged abuse have been disclosed.

Johnson was initially denied bond due to an arrest warrant for alleging violating a protective order. A trial has been set for May 19.

Johnson was a member of Alabama Shakes during its nine-year run. The band’s sophomore album Sound & Color won four Grammy Awards in 2015.