Today (February 3rd) marks a sad turning point in the history of music. On this date in 1959, a small plane carrying The Big Bopper, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and their pilot, Roger Peterson died when their plane crashed near Clear Lake, Iowa.
After various frustrations with the tour bus they were provided with, they decided a plane should be used to get to the next gigs...other musicians in the entourage could not afford to fly to that evening....thus leading to only the four people mentioned who got on the plane. After investigation, the cause of the crash was determined to be poor weather mixed with pilot error. All aboard the aircraft where under the age of 22.
Who knows what direction these amazing rock and roll pioneers would have gone, had they lived. This incident, was one of many, to usher in the new era of rock and roll....
Interesting note: a young Waylon Jennings was playing bass for Buddy Holly at this time
Don McLean coined the term "the day the music died" in his 1971 hit single "American Pie".
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