The Day The Music Died...

[AceT100]

Feb 3rd....

50th anniversary of the plane crash that took Buddy Holly, JP 'The Big Bopper' Richardson & Ritchie Valens from us....

 

[KingBear]

Wow that's huge, thanks for bringing it to our attention. Let's not forget the pilot, Roger Peterson. My uncle was the studio drummer for Valens on La Bamba. For those who are interested watch this video depicting some of the symbolism in Don McLean's American Pie...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCMuDP0Qhq0&feature=related (I fixed it to the right one)

More details about that fateful day...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died

 

[Kirkus51]

Have driven past Clear Lake Iowa and for the life of me can't figure out how anybody could draw a crowd in that neck of the woods. Musta been a different time.

I've also been in that neck of the woods when the weather was nasty and can easily understand a small plane going down.

 

[Gretsch]

A true loss. I wonder how their music would have developed and changed the face of popular music had they lived. True Rockabilly fans will never for get them.

 

[Hamr Mark]

A true loss. I wonder how their music would have developed and changed the face of popular music had they lived. True Rockabilly fans will never for get them.

Makes ya wonder eh? Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, hell, even Sid Vicious etc etc. What would they be doing if they were still around today?