Buddy Holly died 52 years ago today. Is anyone here a fan of his music?
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Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson) were all killed after a performance during their "Winter Dance Party of 1959" tour. This event inspired Don McLean's popular song "American Pie"....got this from my calendar today.
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Originally Posted By: Cristobal
Buddy Holly died 52 years ago today. Is anyone here a fan of his music?
Let us not forget Ritchie Valens and "J. P." Richardson, Jr., better known as "The Big Bopper".
Ah, you beat me to it, Jeremy.
Buddy Holly died 52 years ago today. Is anyone here a fan of his music?
Let us not forget Ritchie Valens and "J. P." Richardson, Jr., better known as "The Big Bopper".
Ah, you beat me to it, Jeremy.
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I was a big fan back in the day.
Originally Posted By: rshunter
Originally Posted By: Cristobal
Buddy Holly died 52 years ago today. Is anyone here a fan of his music?
Let us not forget Ritchie Valens and "J. P." Richardson, Jr., better known as "The Big Bopper".
Ah, you beat me to it, Jeremy.
but you have linkage!
Originally Posted By: Cristobal
Buddy Holly died 52 years ago today. Is anyone here a fan of his music?
Let us not forget Ritchie Valens and "J. P." Richardson, Jr., better known as "The Big Bopper".
Ah, you beat me to it, Jeremy.
but you have linkage!
Not a fan; before my generation. Tragedy what happened to him and his traveling companions.
Trivia Re: "American Pie" - Did you guys know that the '70's hit song Killing Me Softly with his Song was inspired by a Don McLean concert?
Trivia Re: "American Pie" - Did you guys know that the '70's hit song Killing Me Softly with his Song was inspired by a Don McLean concert?
It makes me think of a 1967 song by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band called "Buy For Me The Rain." It is a gorgeous song and it is now on You Tube.
One of the lines is "...the years all hurry so."
It speaks of the ephemeral nature of human life. The years do go by fast. I guess it is the Irish blood in me that makes me love sad songs.
One of the lines is "...the years all hurry so."
It speaks of the ephemeral nature of human life. The years do go by fast. I guess it is the Irish blood in me that makes me love sad songs.
Originally Posted By: wavinwayne
Not a fan; before my generation. Tragedy what happened to him and his traveling companions.
The irony is that Ritchie Valens wasn't even planning to be on the plane. At the last minute, Buddy's bassist traded places with Ritchie.
Who was that bassist? You may better know him from his country music career, a young man named Waylon Jennings...
Not a fan; before my generation. Tragedy what happened to him and his traveling companions.
The irony is that Ritchie Valens wasn't even planning to be on the plane. At the last minute, Buddy's bassist traded places with Ritchie.
Who was that bassist? You may better know him from his country music career, a young man named Waylon Jennings...
Grew up in the 50's 98 miles from Lubbock. 60 miles from Littlefield, Waylon Jennings hometown. Things sorta fell silent around high school when we found out.
"but something touched me deep inside, the day the music died"
"but something touched me deep inside, the day the music died"
My dad was a HUGE Buddy Holly fan - I grew up on that stuff, that and Chuck Berry. He was always playing it.
I'm a huge rock fan, and Buddy is right up ther with the greats - he was an amazing guitar player. Modern rockers owe a huge debt to him.
I'm a huge rock fan, and Buddy is right up ther with the greats - he was an amazing guitar player. Modern rockers owe a huge debt to him.
Originally Posted By: addyguy
My dad was a HUGE Buddy Holly fan - I grew up on that stuff, that and Chuck Berry. He was always playing it.
I've got the complete Chuck Berry Chess Box Collection loaded in the Raider's CD changer...
"Oh Maybelline, why can't you be true? You've started back doing the things you used to do. As I was motivatin' over the hill, I saw Maybelline in a Coup de Ville. A Cadillac a-rollin' on the open road. Nothin' will outrun my V8 Ford. The Cadillac doin' 'bout ninety-five. She's bumper-to-bumber, rollin' side-by-side..."
My dad was a HUGE Buddy Holly fan - I grew up on that stuff, that and Chuck Berry. He was always playing it.
I've got the complete Chuck Berry Chess Box Collection loaded in the Raider's CD changer...
"Oh Maybelline, why can't you be true? You've started back doing the things you used to do. As I was motivatin' over the hill, I saw Maybelline in a Coup de Ville. A Cadillac a-rollin' on the open road. Nothin' will outrun my V8 Ford. The Cadillac doin' 'bout ninety-five. She's bumper-to-bumber, rollin' side-by-side..."
Just think how popular all those old rockers and tunes would have been if they had the internet and youtube back then.
The memorial 6 miles north of Clear lake, Iowa
Originally Posted By: Johnny
I was a big fan back in the day.
So was I.
I was a big fan back in the day.
So was I.
Became a fan after I saw a tribute to him performed locally. I never knew how many songs I was familiar with had been first performed by him.
"Rock and roll's been going down hill ever since Buddy Holly died." - John Milner in American Graffiti
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