February 03, 2009
Fifty years ago today,
February 3rd 1959 a small plane carrying musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson from a stop in Clear Lake Iowa to another show in Moorehead Minnesota on their Winter Dance Tour (pics from a show in Green Bay Wisconsin) crashed in a snowstorm, killing all three musicians as well as the 21 year old pilot. This was not the "day the music died"- three great talents died, their music never will.
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This has just reminded me of a show i saw in London back in 95/96 about these events... Now I'm trying to figure out what i've done with the program from it.
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Which it looks like is still being performed.. huh
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The Day The Music Died at fiftiesweb has many sad and useful links, including one to the annotated lyrics to American Pie. . . .