Neatorama (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
It’s a 50/50 chance. Many basic decisions are made by flipping a coin every day. There have also been decisions made in the past using this act that have made quite an impact on history. Here are a few of them. Buddy Holly had chartered a plane out of Fargo, North Dakota to fly his band [...]
Locust St. (Free subscription) | 02/07/2010
Buddy Holly, Changing All These Changes.Hello. In a bid to revive this site, I'm doing a couple of radical things. First, as the very look of the place was getting me down--it was shabby and ugly and dated--this new template (with which I will keep tinkering) is a first step towards bringing Locust St. into the 2010s. Sadly, as yet I've been unable to move all the old comments over, and
Featured Blog Posts - Americana and roots music - No... (Free subscription) | 02/07/2010
Last Wednesday, the 51st anniversary of Buddy Holly's death slipped by without much fanfare. That's not too surprising, given the recent recognition of the half-century since Holly's plane crash death (Feb. 3, 1959). What's more surprising i…
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 02/06/2010
The secret recordings. Disagreements between artist and labels have been happening since the invention of the recorded disc. Way back in 1956, Buddy Holly recorded several songs in Nashville including "That'll Be The Day". But but producer Owen Bradley reportedly hated rock n' roll, and the results were less than exciting...
Czech Please (Free subscription) | 02/06/2010
"If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions." Jules in "Pulp Fiction" I'm not a big Quentin Tarantino fan, but I do love "Pulp Fiction." The iconic film is filled with style, humor, and some unforgettable scenes. Certainly, John Travolta's Vincent Vega, and Uma Thurman's Mia Wallace twisting away at Jack Rabbit Slim's is one of them. So, when...
Hidden Track (Free subscription) | 02/05/2010
Fifty-one years ago this past Wednesday, a plane carrying rock legends Buddy Holly, J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson and Ritchie Valens crashed near Clear Lake, Iowa killing all three musicians and the pilot. Not only did we lose three incredible artists, but we also lost a shrewd businessman in the form of Buddy Holly. The record labels held all the power in those early days of rock and...
The Daily Swarm - Headlines (Free subscription) | 02/05/2010
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ATMOSPHERIC RUMINATIONS... (Free subscription) | 02/05/2010
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED... ---a salute to Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Richie Valens... - It's been 52 years since a small plane took off to get to the next concert site and in a blaze of snowstorm, gone were Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Richie Valenz. Turns out their music is kept alive more than ever by Oldies Radio Stations across the country and I hear their songs virtually every time I switch...
Life On the Wicked Stage: Act 2 (Free subscription) | 02/05/2010
I'm in Memphis, TN, preparing for auditions at the UPTA conference this weekend. Our team back home at the theatre is soldiering on with our red hot production of Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story that we opened last weekend. I...
CathiefromCanada (Free subscription) | 02/04/2010
February 3 was the day the music died . I miss the songs Buddy Holly would have written had he lived. And John Lennon. And Jim Croce.
The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 02/04/2010
“A long, long time ago…I can still remember how that music used to make me smile.” So begins Don McLean’s “American Pie,” a 1972 song about the death of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, J.P. Richardson (”The Big Bopper”), and pilot Roger Peterson in a tragic plane crash. If you don’t know the full [...]
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 02/03/2010
Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Today marks the 51st anniversary of “The Day the Music Died,” when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper were killed in a plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa. The musicians were in the middle of their Winter Dance Party tour — which also featured Dion and the Belmonts — across [...]
Letter from Here (Free subscription) | 02/03/2010
There are Buddy Holly-related video links at Roger Ebert's blog . The links include include, in addition to Holly singing "Peggy Sue" and Don McLean's original version of "American Pie," Madonna's bizarre rendition of the latter -- about which, of 2,500 comments from more than 1 million viewers, this is one of the more printable responses: "HOPE U GO TO HELL FOR THIS!...
Buzz7.com (Free subscription) | 02/03/2010
On February 3, 1959, a small-plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, killed three American rock and roll musicians: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, as well as the pilot, Roger Peterson. The day was later called The Day the Music Died by Don McLean, in his song “American Pie”. According [...]
shubsthoughts (Free subscription) | 02/03/2010
Feb 3 1959, Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Richie Valens had their swan song in Clear Lake, Iowa. Been there and it is a beautiful lake in the middle of miles of cornfields. There is a super steak joint at the edge of the lake with pick-your-own and they grill each to order. A long, long time ago… I can still remember How that music used to make me smile. And I knew if I had my chance That...
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