Chantilly Lace....by the Big Bopper

[FriedaKateM]

Note: This is strictly for those people who were teenagers back in the Dark Ages.....just kidding!!!

Please note how "talented" he was with his guitar! Just for the sake of enjoyment! Joan :redrose:

[1938 Observer]

Re: Chantilly Lace....by the Big Bopper

Joan, I well remember the day the news was broadcast of the aircrash that killed him.

The Day the Music Died

On February 3, 1959, a small-plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, killed three American rock and roll pioneers: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, as well as the pilot, Roger Peterson.[1] The day was later called The Day the Music Died by Don McLean, in his song "American Pie".[2][3]



Events leading to the crash"The Winter Dance Party" was a tour that was set to cover twenty-four Midwestern cities in three weeks. A logistical problem with the tour was the amount of travel, as the distance between venues was not a consideration when scheduling each performance. Adding to the disarray, the tour bus used to carry the musicians was not equipped for the weather; its heating system broke shortly after the tour began.

The condition of the bus, and the grueling pace of the tour, are evidenced by the fact that Holly's drummer, Carl Bunch, had been hospitalized in Ironwood, Michigan due to a severe case of frostbitten feet that developed when the bus broke down enroute to Appleton, Wisconsin[4][5] during the overnight trip following the January 31, 1959, show in Duluth, Minnesota.[6] As Holly's group had been the backing band for all of the acts, Holly, Valens and Dion DiMucci (of Dion and the Belmonts) took turns playing drums for each other at the Green Bay, Wisconsin and Clear Lake, Iowa shows.[4]

more at the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died

Ritchie Valens-Donna

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