[dinodino]

I stopped reading when I got to the words, “Beechwood Bonanza.”. The lazy author of this piece couldn’t even get the aircraft manufacturer correct.

[crazycat]

Dion Dimucci is still making truly great music, if u like Blues Rock....two recent CD’s Blues with Friends and Stompin Ground....both are a who’s who of Rock Gods and fantastic.

https://diondimucci.com/

[Maine Mariner]

They were going to play at the Moorhead Armory. Many college dances were held there. Students from Concordia college were they in good numbers. The college did not allow dances to be held on campus. I went to a tri-college dance as a freshman in 1967.

[BiglyCommentary]

Wasn’t this the famous ‘The day the music died” from American Pie?

[BozoTexino]

My Mom played doubles tennis with Holly’s widow, Maria Elena, back in the 70’s in Dallas.

[GreenLanternCorps]

Surf Ballroom is still around in Clear Lake, Iowa:

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1394886,-93.3897826,3a,74.7y,5.27h,87.68t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1stnNEp7EtTOl0ff8J-jYbzA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Crash site:

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.222654,-93.3787216,1025m/data=!3m1!1e3

(No streetview)

[KevinB]

But the bus’ heating system was ill-equipped and broke down a few days later, which caused some musicians to catch the flu

Hmm, this writer must have consulted Fauxi on the causes of the flu.

In addition, he had most likely misread the altitude indicator, which was different than the one on which he had trained, and inadvertently brought the plane down instead of up.

Didn't he mean to write "attitude indicator?"

[Old Yeller]

Big Bopper? I thought that was Hunter Biden’s nickname.

[weezel]

AND except for losing a toss of a coin, Waylon Jennings would have been on there.

[dfwgator]

[duckman]

I was in a Biology class dissecting a frog when a classmate walked by and showed the class the front page of a newspaper with their crash posted, think it was the Daily News. The whole class became very sad.