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New Way To Mark The Day The Music Died: Ask Buddy Holly's Classmates
Well, this is a new angle on a story that never seems to go away - interviewing the now aged schoolmates of a long dead rock legend.
Feb. 3rd is known as The Day The Music Died, when Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens and Roger Peterson (the pilot, not the City TV BT Host) were killed in that infamous Iowa plane crash back in 1959.
This is the 60th anniversary of the tragedy, and I often wonder what might have happened to Holly once the British Invasion took over music in the mid-60s. Would he have continued to innovate and survived the changes in rock and roll or just become another oldies performer touring small casinos or local town venues in lesser known cities? Had he missed that flight, would he be forgotten as a has-been today at age 82 or revered as a pioneer? It's interesting to speculate, but of course, we'll never know.
Buddy Holly's Classmates Remember The Pioneer 60 Years After 'The Day The Music Died'
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G. Stevens on AM 740 always does an excellent job with "the story that never seems to go away" (with good reason) on Vintage Favorites between 2 & 4:00 p.m. and today should be no exception
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The 1950s were wonderful times to be a teenager. I was one of the lucky ones, if for no other reason than the music and innovative stars who were a huge part of our daily lives. Without a doubt, Buddy Holly was a huge talent who would have gone on to much bigger accomplishments, in areas he had not had much of a chance to explore by the time of his passing. Norman Petty, bless 'im, would have lost Holly soon, in any case, much as Sam Phillips lost Elvis.
It's nice to have such warm and fuzzy memories, but it would have been exciting to see (and hear) what his future held in store.
With that in mind, here's an interesting discussion at the Steve Hoffman Music Forums:
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Thanks for that link. I thought I was the only one who wondered about weird stuff like this. As Arte Johnson might have said on Laugh In, "Very interesting." You had to be around in the 60s to get that reference.
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Personally, I think Buddy would have gone on to be a major player in publishing. He could have been another Acuff-Rose. Publishing and management would be his strength. I don’t think the performing aspect would be a big deal to him. Just a personal thought.