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Celebrating Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens & the Big Bopper

Monday, February 09, 2009 By Mayer Danzig

The rumors were fast and furious. Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton and the Rolling Stones were mentioned. I even heard Ozzy Osbourne, although that may have been a town local toying with me. The occasion? 50 Winters Later, a special concert honoring the legacy of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper. The […]

Filed Under: Features, News, Reviews, Rock, Rockabilly Tagged With: Big Bopper, Buddy Holly, Dave Mason, Delbert McClinton, Graham Nash, Joe Ely, LA, Los Lobos, los lonely boys, Lubbock, Ritchie Valens, Texas, the Crickets

The Day the Music Died

Monday, February 02, 2009 By Mayer Danzig

Fifty years ago tonight, the music world lost some shining lights. Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper died when their plane crashed into a field on February 2nd, 1959. We’ll never fully know what they would have accomplished had they lived. Yet there is little doubt of the impact that they’ve had on […]

Filed Under: Features, In Memoriam, News, Rock, Videos Tagged With: Big Bopper, Buddy Holly, Clear Lake, Iowa, Ritchie Valens

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