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Noteworthy Then

2/6/1945 Bob Marley born

 

 

Reggae legend Bob Marley was born on this day in 1945 on a farm in Nine Mile, Jamaica owned by his grandfather on his mother's side of the family. A museum honoring Marley's life and music occupies some original buildings on the site now. They include the house with his bedroom.

 

Other Noteworthy Classic Rock events on February 6 include...

 

1945 Tower of Power's Lenny Williams born

1958 John Lennon becomes a member of the Quarrymen.

1962 Guns N Roses Axl Rose (William Bailey) born.

1969 Jim Morrison gets charged with drunk driving and not having a license.

1981 George Harrison releases All Those Years Ago.

1984 .38 Special releases Tour De Force.

1989 Bob Dylan releases Dylan & The Dead.

1990 Billy Idol breaks wrist and leg in motorcycle crash in LA.

1990 Chuck Berry is accused of using a hidden camera to film women using a bathroom in a restaurant he owned.

1993 Mick Jagger performs on Saturday Night Live and does a skit impersonating Keith Richards.

1995 Neil Young joins Pearl Jam at concert in Seattle’s Moore Theater.

1995 Beach Boy Brian Wilson marries Melinda Ledbetter.

1998 Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys dies of cancer.

2001 Don Felder fired from the Eagles.

2005 Paul McCartney does half time show at the Super Bowl in Jacksonville, FL.

2011 Former Thin Lizzy guitarist Gary Moore found dead in his hotel room while on vacation in Spain.

Slash plays guitar on Sweet Child of Mine during Black Eyed Peas medley during half time at the Super Bowl in Dallas.

2015 Bob Dylan accepts MusiCares Person Of The Year Award in LA.

2016 Dan Hicks of Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks dies of Throat and Liver cancer.

2019 Ozzy Osbourne hospitalized at USC Medical Center suffering from severe case of the flu.