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50 Years Ago -->The Day The Music Died
Yidwithlid ^ | 2/2/09 | Yidwithlid

Posted on 02/02/2009 7:39:26 AM PST by Shellybenoit

In one of music's most tragic accidents, a light plane carrying three people who changed the face of Rock forever crashed in an Iowa field shortly after leaving a concert on Feb. 3, 1959. Buddy Holly had chartered the plane to take his band to their next gig in North Dakota while other artists and staff took the usual means of tour bus....

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TOPICS: History; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: americanpie; bigbopper; buddyholly; ritchievalens
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1 posted on 02/02/2009 7:39:27 AM PST by Shellybenoit
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To: Shellybenoit

RIP


2 posted on 02/02/2009 7:41:37 AM PST by bgill
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To: Shellybenoit

3 posted on 02/02/2009 7:51:34 AM PST by LibFreeUSA
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To: Shellybenoit

Buddy Hollys recording career lasted 17 months,

talk about IMPACT !

Absolutely impossible to guess where his muse would’ve taken him.

tragic loss to this music fan


4 posted on 02/02/2009 7:53:41 AM PST by daku (Obama has experience pouring out of those big ears of his.)
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To: Shellybenoit

Thats odd, I seem to recall quite a bit of music since....


5 posted on 02/02/2009 7:54:34 AM PST by Badeye (There are no 'great moments' in Moderate Political History. Only losses.)
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To: daku

I was only 5 then. I can only imagine the sadness for those of teenage years back then.


6 posted on 02/02/2009 7:55:25 AM PST by LibFreeUSA
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To: LibFreeUSA

bttt


7 posted on 02/02/2009 7:56:08 AM PST by ConservativeMan55
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To: Shellybenoit

I saw a documentary about this not long ago....IIRC, blame was put on the kid flying the plane; likely got disoriented.


8 posted on 02/02/2009 7:58:06 AM PST by ErnBatavia (Here's hoping the Kennedy family trust is in deep....with Madoff)
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To: Shellybenoit; bgill; LibFreeUSA; daku; Badeye; All

Three guitarists that I can think of who died from accidents are Stevie Ray Vaughan, Randy Rhoads of Ozzy fame, and Criss Oliva of Savatage.


9 posted on 02/02/2009 8:03:12 AM PST by wastedyears (April 21st, 2009 - International Iron Maiden Day)
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To: wastedyears

Didn’t one of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s guitarists die in that infamous plane crash?

I know one of the original keyboardists for the group died over the weekend, btw.


10 posted on 02/02/2009 8:05:41 AM PST by Badeye (There are no 'great moments' in Moderate Political History. Only losses.)
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To: Shellybenoit
There's an excellent article about the crash in this month's AOPA magazine. It tells the story from a pilot's perspective, including details about the ill fated pilot's flight record, the weather briefings he received (some briefings were deemed faulty and incomplete), and the fact that he was not instrument rated, yet departed into deteriorating instrument conditions in advance of an approaching cold front. In fact, had failed his instrument check ride some months before and was completely unfamiliar with the particular “artificial horizon” instrument that was installed in the airplane. It's an interesting read and shows how the pilot let a bunch of things stack up on him. It's usually a series of events that lead up to a crash and this one is no exception. If they'd have waited until the next morning they would have faired much better because the weather had inproved significantly. So much improvement that there probably wouldn't have been a crash and they would still have made their next show with plenty of time to spare......
11 posted on 02/02/2009 8:05:51 AM PST by Thermalseeker (Government is not the solution to the problem. Government IS the problem - Ronald Wilson Reagan)
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To: ErnBatavia
...likely got disoriented.

Yes, the investigators concluded that spatial disorientation was the cause. The pilot was not instrument rated, but took off into deteriorating instrument conditions. There was also heavy icing reported in the area, but it is unlikely that played a significant roll because the flight was so short. Since the wreckage wasn't discovered until the next morning, though, there is no way to know conclusively whether or not icing added to the situation.

12 posted on 02/02/2009 8:09:44 AM PST by Thermalseeker (Government is not the solution to the problem. Government IS the problem - Ronald Wilson Reagan)
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To: Badeye

Ah yes, him as well as Duane Allman.


13 posted on 02/02/2009 8:10:25 AM PST by wastedyears (April 21st, 2009 - International Iron Maiden Day)
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To: wastedyears

Thought Allman died hitting a peach truck on a bike.


14 posted on 02/02/2009 8:13:19 AM PST by Badeye (There are no 'great moments' in Moderate Political History. Only losses.)
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To: Badeye

Still an accident


15 posted on 02/02/2009 8:25:21 AM PST by wastedyears (April 21st, 2009 - International Iron Maiden Day)
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To: wastedyears

Well...yes...but we are talking about plane crashes, and the rockers that were involved.


16 posted on 02/02/2009 8:31:15 AM PST by Badeye (There are no 'great moments' in Moderate Political History. Only losses.)
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To: Shellybenoit

Better posted on the 3rd don’t ya think?

Loved Buddy Holly


17 posted on 02/02/2009 8:49:39 AM PST by the long march
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To: Thermalseeker

Is it online anywhere? I would love to read it


18 posted on 02/02/2009 9:26:41 AM PST by Shellybenoit (http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com)
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To: Shellybenoit

Dion DiMucci (of Dion and the Belmonts) turned down a seat on that plane. It went to Valens instead.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/accent/content/accent/epaper/2009/02/01/a1d_dion_web_0201.html


19 posted on 02/02/2009 9:41:39 AM PST by Deo volente (High Noon, January 20, 2009: Our long national nightmare begins.)
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To: Deo volente

Waylen Jennings turned down a seat on that plane, too.

He was 19 at the time.


20 posted on 02/02/2009 9:43:24 AM PST by WOBBLY BOB (ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
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