Subj : Re: Inspired by the death of Buddy Holly
To   : August Abolins
From : Thorsten Krampe
Date : Sun Aug 24 2003 01:01 pm

Hi August!

AA> Three of Rock and Roll's most promising performers were gone. As Don
AA> McLean wrote in his classic music parable, American Pie, (annotated)it
AA> was "the day the music died."
How could it be that they were all in one plane? Have they had the same
management?

[Ritchie Valens]
AA> "Richie Valenzuela was only 16 years old when Del-Fi record producer, Bob
AA> Keane, discovered the Pacoima, California singer.
Dindn't he sing the most famous version of "La Bamba"? And he was just 16?
I didn't know they had these teen-stars at that time.

AA> name to Ritchie Valens, and in 1958 they recorded Come On, Let's Go. Far
AA> more successful was the song Valens wrote for his girlfriend, Donna, and
AA> its flip side, La Bamba, a Rock and Roll version of an old Mexican
AA> standard.
Ok. That's the answer. :-)

AA> "Charles Hardin "Buddy" Holley (changed to Holly due to a misspelling  
on a
AA> contract) and his band, The Crickets, had a number one hit in 1957 with
AA> the tune That'll Be The Day. This success was follwed by Peggy Sue and an
AA> appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. By 1959, Holly had decided to move in
AA> a new direction.
What kind of direction?

AA> "Buddy Holly had had enough of the unheated bus and decided to charter a
AA> plane for himself and his guys.
But where is the connetion to Ritchie Valens?

AA> "When Holly learned that Jennings wasn't going to fly, he said, "Well,
AA> I hope your old bus freezes up." Jennings responded, "Well, I hope
AA> your plane crashes." This friendly banter of friends would haunt
AA> Jennings for years.
That's hard. Although he fooled around. :-(

Well. Thanks for this much information.

NP: The Busters - *Skank* my Blues away

+++ Bye, Thorsten. +++

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