Bye, Bye American Pie...

1999-02-04 Thread Budrocket
Um...if its all the same to you, can we kindly refrain from using thewords Buddy and on the way down in the same sentance? Er...Ok..how's this?BUDDY Woodward and those fantabulodiddlyumpshadelic Ghost Rocketswill be playing Capital City Barn Dance in Richmond, Virginia ON2/7 with Elena

Re: Bye, Bye American Pie...

1999-02-03 Thread Ameritwang
I wrote: Just thought I'd be the first to chime in that today (Tue. Feb. 3rd) is the *40th Anniversary* of the plane crash that took the lives of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper... I mean WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3rd!! Geesh, the things you noticed only *after* you hit the send button! g

Re: Bye, Bye American Pie...

1999-02-03 Thread Brad Bechtel
And it's my 45th birthday. -B "halfway to 90" B-

Re: Bye, Bye American Pie...

1999-02-03 Thread louicm
On Wed, 3 Feb 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just thought I'd be the first to chime in that today (Wed. Feb. 3rd) is the *40th Anniversary* of the plane crash that took the lives of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big

Re: Bye, Bye American Pie...

1999-02-03 Thread louicm
It was a joke, mostly. The Waylon Jennings crack. I like early Waylon just fine. Don't shoot, I'm only the piano player. Kip

Re: Bye, Bye American Pie...

1999-02-03 Thread Geffry King
It was a joke, mostly. The Waylon Jennings crack. I like early Waylon just fine. Don't shoot, I'm only the piano player. Kip How many of you know what Waylon's last words to Buddy Holly were? (Hint: see his autobiography. It was on one of my old .sig

RE: Bye, Bye American Pie...

1999-02-03 Thread Matt Benz
[Matt Benz] According to Buddy bio's, that tour was typical of most rock package tours of the 50's: as long as the cash came in, the promoters- who didn't ride the bus, natch, didn't care about anything else, and the crew suffered long and hard -bus breakdowns, no heat, frostbite,

Re: Bye, Bye American Pie...

1999-02-03 Thread Ph. Barnard
Geff: How many of you know what Waylon's last words to Buddy Holly were? So tell us!!! g --junior

Re: Bye, Bye American Pie...

1999-02-03 Thread Pflash40
How many of you know what Waylon's last words to Buddy Holly were? (Hint: see his autobiography. It was on one of my old .sig files, but I took it off 'cos it was even too scary for me.) yeah it is a very scary quote and i can only imagine how strange waylon musta felt after he heard the

Re: Bye, Bye American Pie...

1999-02-03 Thread William F. Silvers
Ph. Barnard wrote: Geff: How many of you know what Waylon's last words to Buddy Holly were? So tell us!!! g --junior According to the story I read the other day, the two guys were joking around and Buddy Holly told Waylon Jennings that he hoped he had car trouble. Waylon replied "well,

Re: Bye, Bye American Pie...

1999-02-03 Thread RoCogs
In a message dated 99-02-03 12:57:08 EST, you write: Geff: How many of you know what Waylon's last words to Buddy Holly were? "I hope your plane crashes." Really, I just read the Waylon autobiography (written with Lenny Kaye). Says it took him years to get over that little comment.

Re: Bye, Bye American Pie...Hello East Orange

1999-02-03 Thread lance davis
Anyway, I read something interesting about the infamous Winter Dance Tour yesterday: it continued on without the three dead headliners, substituting Holly-wannabe Bobby Vee as the star! Some things never change about the music industry... Hey, isn't this the same Bobby Vee that hired a young

Re: Bye, Bye American Pie...Hello East Orange

1999-02-03 Thread Ph. Barnard
Lance: Hey, isn't this the same Bobby Vee that hired a young piano player named Bobby Dylan within a couple years after this gig?? Of course, he didn't last that long with the band ("creative differences" is what the papers reported), but it does remind me of what Woody Guthrie supposedly

Re: Bye, Bye American Pie...

1999-02-03 Thread William F. Silvers
Brad Bechtel wrote: And it's my 45th birthday. -B "halfway to 90" B- Happy Birthday Brad! According to today's paper, you share birthdays with: Matraca Berg-35 Maura Tierney-34 Lee Renaldo-43 Nathan Lane-43 Morgan Fairchild-49 Dave Davies-52 Joey Bishop-81 Here's a clip about "The

Re: Bye, Bye American Pie...

1999-02-03 Thread JKellySC1
In a message dated 2/3/99 11:27:22 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yup. It's been 40 years since the night God took Buddy Holly and spared Waylon Jennings. Kind of perverse on God's part, if you ask me. Excuse me? What exactly do you mean by that comment? Kind of

RE: Bye, Bye American Pie...

1999-02-03 Thread Jon Weisberger
Also the date of Bill Monroe's first Decca recording session in 1950, which has greater significance - well, for me, anyhow - than Joey Bishop's birthday, though not, of course, Brad's... Jon Weisberger Kenton County, KY [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.fuse.net/jonweisberger/ Website revised

Re: Bye, Bye American Pie...Hello East Orange

1999-02-03 Thread Ameritwang
Lance wrote: Hey, isn't this the same Bobby Vee that hired a young piano player named Bobby Dylan within a couple years after this gig?? I believe this is true. I just heard Bobby Vee on "Fresh Air" the other day. He made mention that Bob went by yet another pseudonym...I didn't really catch

Re: Bye, Bye American Pie...Hello East Orange

1999-02-03 Thread Barry Mazor
Bobby Vee not only filled in, but later did a Hooly tribute album and an album with the Crickets, both readily available. Hey, isn't this the same Bobby Vee that hired a young piano player named Bobby Dylan within a couple years after this gig?? Definitely true. Also--young Boby Z. was at the

Re: Bye, Bye American Pie...Hello East Orange

1999-02-03 Thread Will Miner
On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Ph. Barnard wrote: Ever since then she's been walking around the house doing imitation Dylan renderings of songs by the groups she listens to: Spice Girls, Shania, N' Sync, etc. It's pretty funny to hear a 10 year-old do a Dylan version of "Any man of *mine*

Re: Bye, Bye American Pie...

1999-02-03 Thread Dina Gunderson
Just thought I'd be the first to chime in that today (Wed. Feb. 3rd) is the *40th Anniversary* of the plane crash that took the lives of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper... My parents were going to the show in