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Jan 31, 1959

Buddy Holly performs in Duluth, Minnesota, during what proves to be his final concert tour, with Waylon Jennings playing bass guitar. In the audience: Bob Dylan and future country record producer Jimmy Bowen

Jun 5, 1959

Bob Dylan, still known as Bobby Zimmerman, graduates from Hibbing High School in Minnesota. Five years later, he is to record "It Ain't Me, Babe," destined to become a country hit in the hands of Johnny Cash

Dec 3, 1960

Dave Dudley is hit by a car while getting out of his own vehicle on a Minneapolis street. He is taken to Methodist Hospital and diagnosed with a fractured leg, a broken pelvis and facial cuts, among other injuries. Dudley invests the $14,000 he receives from the insurance company to record "Six Days On The Road"

May 20, 1961

Singer/songwriter Dan Wilson is born in Minneapolis. After establishing himself with the pop band Semisonic, he co-writes The Dixie Chicks' Grammy-winning "Not Ready To Make Nice" and Dierks Bentley's "Home"

Aug 26, 1961

Guitarist Jimmy Olander is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He becomes a member of Diamond Rio, whose crisp harmonies and instrumental prowess net such melodic hits as "Meet In The Middle," "One More Day" and "How Your Love Makes Me Feel"

Oct 25, 1962

Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith is born in St. Paul, Minnesota. He plays on The Dixie Chicks' "Not Ready To Make Nice"

Dec 26, 1962

Drummer Brian Westrum is born in St. Cloud, Minnesota. He joins Sons of the Desert, which earns hits with "Whatever Comes First" and "Leaving October" from its 1997 debut. He leaves the band before the release of its second album in 2000

Jun 5, 1968

Abe Zimmerman, the father of Bob Dylan, dies of a heart attack in Minnesota. Dylan's output already includes the country songs "It Ain't Me, Babe," "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" and "You Ain't Going Nowhere"

Aug 2, 1969

"You Ain't Going Nowhere" songwriter Bob Dylan attends his 10-year high school reunion in Hibbing, Minnesota. He leaves early, however, after a drunken guest tries to start a fight with him

Oct 18, 1969

Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul & Mary, weds Mary Beth McCarthy--who he met while campaigning for her uncle, Eugene McCarthy, in 1968--in Willmar, Minnesota. Yarrow writes and produces the 1976 pop and country hit "Torn Between Two Lovers"

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