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If anyone never heard of this place before, a brief description is contained below, but here are the 2 related Questions:
Question One: Has anyone ever been to this area and seen a rock and roll revival there on the anniversary of the tragic death of Buddy Holly,Ritchie Valens, and Big Bopper, or been there to visit on another date? This is still a tourist place with occasional shows, at least pre-Covid 19, it was.
Question Two: Has anyone ever had, an "I am glad I did not get on the plane or bus" moment, where by good fortune , you did not wind up taking a scheduled bus or plane trip or any other scheduled trip that resulted in a disaster with loss of life? In the tragedy above, Dion, from Dion and the Belmonts was supposed to get on the plane, but did not.
Here is a description of the place:
The Surf Ballroom is a loss-of-innocence shrine for fans of rock 'n' roll, the place where early rockers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson gave their last performances on February 2, 1959, just before dying in a plane crash -- later lamented as "The Day the Music Died" in the song American Pie.
BTW, I am not an 80 or 90 year old BY'er, but was a kid when this happened.
Question One: Has anyone ever been to this area and seen a rock and roll revival there on the anniversary of the tragic death of Buddy Holly,Ritchie Valens, and Big Bopper, or been there to visit on another date? This is still a tourist place with occasional shows, at least pre-Covid 19, it was.
Question Two: Has anyone ever had, an "I am glad I did not get on the plane or bus" moment, where by good fortune , you did not wind up taking a scheduled bus or plane trip or any other scheduled trip that resulted in a disaster with loss of life? In the tragedy above, Dion, from Dion and the Belmonts was supposed to get on the plane, but did not.
Here is a description of the place:
The Surf Ballroom is a loss-of-innocence shrine for fans of rock 'n' roll, the place where early rockers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson gave their last performances on February 2, 1959, just before dying in a plane crash -- later lamented as "The Day the Music Died" in the song American Pie.
BTW, I am not an 80 or 90 year old BY'er, but was a kid when this happened.