O.T. The Day The Music Died

[bfish]

50 years ago Tuesday...

On February 3, 1959, a small-plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, killed three American rock and roll musicians: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, as well as the pilot, Roger Peterson.





"A long, long time ago...
I can still remember
How that music used to make me smile.
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And, maybe, they?d be happy for a while."


"But february made me shiver
With every paper I?d deliver.
Bad news on the doorstep;
I couldn?t take one more step."


"I can?t remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride,
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died."

(Don McLean from American Pie)

[valhallax]

theres more to the story..waylon jennings was supposed to be on that plane too. he was touring with them as a sessions musician, but never made it on the plane. sad day indeed..

[mah]

Hi, bfish,

So sad, and American Pie touches me each time I hear it.

Still sweltering, here but got to revisit a few videos. Co-incidentally on of them was The STRAT Pack Live In Concert in which the remaining Crickets get a good airing. Except for a couple of younger artists who are probably included to broaden sales appeal, this is a great DVD. (Cheap at 1 Cent DVD on Ebay).

[417 - Alnico]

I never really knew about him until a few years ago, when the Gary Busye (sp?) movie was playing. I really got sucked into it. I do not know what the general critique of that movie is, but I was moved by it. I actually like his songs. That movie was done in 1978, about the Time the EVH Era started. A lot of Really cool artists have died on Planes.

[Johnjh4747]

http://www.richieleeproductions.com/richielee_video.htm

This is a link for a young man from Des Moines IA that does an excellent job of performing Buddy Holly songs. I came across him when he was 13. His vocals and guitar work has continued to improve. He won a Buddy Holly lip sync contest at age 7.

John H