the day the music died...

[mcctatas]

51 years ago today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNdEu9s5qUU

[Call Me Wesley]

1. Strange, I just played it on my iPhone.

Great song, indeed.

[Wapsie B]

2. I've been to the place they last played many times,

but going to the crash site never interested me at all. Sad day.


http://www.surfballroom.com/2010Schedule.html

[abq e streeter]

4. Have always wanted to make a pilgrimage to the Surf Ballroom

and not being facetious; I really would consider it a pilgrimage just like my one visit to Asbury Park and to Sun Studio in Memphis. Thanks for the link. I am insanely jealous that you've been there... Did you happen to go for the 50th anniversary last year? I hear that was amazing.....This year's lineup looks cool too... Leslie Gore, Bill Medley, THE ORLONS !, Frankie Sardo , Tommy Allsup ( who "lost" the coin flip with Ritchie Valens). I'd go to the crash site if I traveled all the way to Clear Lake, just to pay my respects for a moment, but certainly understand not wanting to go there too.

[Wapsie B]

5. No I didn't go. That's one event up there where tickets are hard to get.

I remember when Waylon Jennings played there maybe a year or so before his death. He said coming back there was one of the most difficult things he had to do in his entire life.

[abq e streeter]

3. Yep, sad day....... what might've been...we'll never know

I saw an interview with Peggy Sue Gerron where she wonders if Buddy somehow knew that he didn't have much time, because even in high school "he was always in such a hurry". And not just Buddy, Ritchie Valenzuela was a tremendous talent, and just a kid... And RIP to the Bopper and Roger Peterson...

[Odin2005]

6. While flying here to Fargo of all places!

:(

[Kat45]

7. Ain't I lucky, that day is my birthday!

Not a fun thing to have as your birthday, though I am older than the day the music died.