Buddy Holly, J.P. ³The Big Bopper² Richardson, and Richie Valens. February
3, 1959, Beech Bonanza, Clear Lake, Iowa. The pilot, Roger Peterson, 21,
also died.
On 2/3/09 12:15 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 50 years ago. Waylon Jennings had given his seat to J.P. Richardson and
> Jennings,who was 17, played at the scheduled concert the next day.
>
> It is a few minutes after midnight and I am tasting a finger of good scotch
> in their memory.
>
> John
>
> For the BBC Radio program, see The Day the Music Died (radio)
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died_%28radio%29> . For the
> Beneath the Sky album, see The Day the Music Died (album)
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died_%28album%29> .
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HollyMonument.jpg>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HollyMonument.jpg>
> Monument at Crash Site, September 16, 2003.
> On February 3, 1959, a small-plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear_Lake,_Iowa> , United States
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States> killed three American rock and
> roll <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_roll> musicians: Buddy Holly
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Holly> , Ritchie Valens
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritchie_Valens> , and J. P. "The Big Bopper"
> Richardson <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Bopper> , as well as the
> pilot, Roger Peterson
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Peterson_%28pilot%29> . The day was later
> called The Day the Music Died by Don McLean
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_McLean> in his 1971 song "American Pie
> <http ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie> ".[1]
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died#cite_note-BBC-0> [2]
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died#cite_note-Thimou-1>
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