31 Jul
The Day The Music Died
February 3, 1959, Buddy Holly dies in a plane crash along with Ritchie Valens and J.P. “Big Bopper Richardson”. The three were bound for Clear Lake Iowa on the last leg of the Winter Dance Party tour. Holly only took the gig because he was short on cash. His wife was pregnant. And his former manager had taken the lion’s share of money Holly earned with the Crickets. In his brief career Buddy Holly became one of rock’s most important musicians influencing everyone from the Beatles to Weezer.