Bob Marley's prized guitar was set to be auctioned off at Christie's in November -- which was a complete surprise to the guy who claims ownership.
Aston Barrett -- bassist and founding member of Bob Marley and the Wailers -- has filed a lawsuit, alleging Bob gave him the strummer in question in 1979, two years before Marley died. Barrett says in 2000, he gave the guitar to Angus Reid for safekeeping.
Barret says he was shocked when he learned Barrett had allegedly put the Yamaha SG-1000 up for auction at Christie's.
Barrett wants the priceless guitar returned to him -- along with $50,000 for the trouble.
Celebrity Justice12/8/2008 3:26 PM PST BY TMZ STAFF
No Redemption in Marley Guitar Caper
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Barret says he was shocked when he learned Barrett had allegedly put the Yamaha SG-1000 up for auction at Christie's.
anyone els confused????
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somebody needs pot money! he's xtremeradio.com didn't try to sell his guitar in their BOSS auction last week. At least then money would have gone to help kids with cancer!
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don't worry about a thing, every little thing is gonna be alright
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Then again, Barrett could arrange a meeting in a hotel room, bring along some thugs, a couple of guns....oh, wait that's been done.
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"Barret says he was shocked when he learned Barrett had allegedly put the Yamaha SG-1000 up for auction at Christie's."
Huh?
Do you have people proof these b4 you put them up?
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#5: you don't need money to get pot in Jamaica...
familyman lost everything when bob passed away, Rita Marley took everything and left the band high and dry. there's a reason barrett is called familyman, lots of kids mon :P so lots of mouth to feed, long before he even met bob.
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Hey TMZ chimpanzees, try editing your articles once & a while. What a bunch of 8th grade educated morons (oops, sorry, that's a knock on 8th graders; the tmz wussy boys & lezzies are WAY below that)...
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The Babylon System is the Vampire.........
Dubwise Familyman and Cool Runnings.
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Look up the article yourself:
google: "The Wailers and agent Aston âFamily Manâ Barrett face lawsuit"
That right there will take you to what they are already being sued for. Not to mention, Mr. Barrett himself, hasn't paid any income taxes for many years now, and is currently being indited by the US.
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Duh...Tighten up your editing, guys i.e., "Barret says he was shocked when he learned Barrett had allegedly put the Yamaha SG-1000 up for auction at Christie's." Really? When did he realize he did that to himself? C'mon. Seeing more and more of this. Don't go all LA times on me. O'tay?
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