No kidding? 60 years... Troopers, they were...pushing to get to the next gig. Too bad they couldn't have waited 'till the next day.
It's been quite a few years ago, but they used to have a big thing in the Surf ballroom in Clear Lake. That's where the last concert was. There were 3 couples of us drove there and spent the weekend there, they had several era correct bands playing there. I don't know if they still do it, but if they do it's well worth it to check it out
There’s a Buddy Holly tribute band playing at the Riverside Ballroom in Green Bay tomorrow nite. I actually think they come here every year about this time. Pat
" rock and roll has been going downhill since Buddy Holly died" ...I'll bet the bulk of you know that quote!
At the Eagle's Club, they put on a great show, January 23, 1959. I don't have pictures, a camera was not in this teenagers budget, getting to the Winter Dance Party, stopping to buy beer and meeting chicks were at the top of the list that night. On Feb 3, 1959 the Dance Party became a sad memory. Curt R
DANCE PARTY TRIBUTES for Milwaukee Wis fans Winter Dance Party Tribute with Brett & The Dandys Venue Pabst Milwaukee Brewery & Taproom Admission is $8 at the door 1037 West Juneau Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53233 Milwaukee, WI, US, 53233 Details Date: February 1 Time: 08:30 pm - 10:30 pm Click to Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/winter-dance-party-tribute-with-brett-the-dandys-tickets-54376239797 Organizer Pabst Milwaukee Brewery & Taproom Website: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/pabst-milwaukee-brewery-amp-taproom-17638323998 For Green Bay Wis fans RIVERSIDE BALLROOM 1560 Main St., Green Bay, WI 54302, (920) 432-5518 JANUARY 25, 2019 Tribute to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper - $30.00 This tribute show is a sell out every year! This is the 60th anniversary! Get your tickets early. Doors: 6:00 Show: 7:30 General admission only. Curt R
background info for the unknowing. Shamelessly taken off of the internet by someone. Buddy Holly's death is usually associated with Clear Lake, Iowa, where he played his final concert on Feb. 3, 1959. The pioneering rocker chartered a small plane to get to his next date, bringing along tour mates Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper. They went down in a snowstorm a tragedy known as the Day the Music Died. Though the crash site is in Iowa, Wisconsin plays a big part in this story. Buddy headlined a tour called the Winter Dance Party, which began in Milwaukee's Million Dollar Ballroom. It included stops in Appleton, Green Bay and Kenosha, along with small towns in Iowa and Minnesota. The Wisconsin portion of the tour was brutal. The booking agent scheduled dates haphazardly, so the musicians had to travel hundreds of miles between one-night stands in a blizzard. On the way to Appleton, their bus died on Highway 51 in the middle of the night. They set fire to newspapers to stay warm in the minus-30 temperature. A couple days later, as the replacement bus drove from Green Bay to Clear Lake, Buddy had a brilliant idea. He would charter a plane for a hassle-free trip to the next gig. That would give him a chance to do his laundry and get some rest. The plane crashed outside of Clear Lake, Iowa on Feb.3, 1959.
One member of Holly’s band who did not make the trip went on to become a country music trailblazer, one of the genre’s original “outlaws.” Waylon Jennings was hired by Holly to play bass for him on the Winter Dance Party Tour, which began January 23rd, 1959, in Milwaukee. Jennings, 21 at the time, had been in New York City recording sessions produced by Holly, and after taking a train to Chicago, met up with the rest of Holly’s band. Problems first arose when the tour buses hired to transport the group began breaking down. After a show in Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 2nd, Holly decided to charter a plane for himself, guitarist Tommy Allsup and Jennings so they could fly to Fargo, North Dakota, instead of taking the long, frozen bus trip. Richardson, who was suffering from the flu, asked Jennings for his seat on the plane, and Valens asked the same of Allsup. When Jennings told Holly that he was going to take the bus, Holly jokingly told him he hoped the bus broke down, to which Jennings replied, “I hope your ol’ plane crashes.” “God almighty, for years I thought I caused it,” the country legend said decades later in a CMT interview.
^I had just finished copying a similar article to post when I saw your post. Waylon Jennings, one of my all time favorites. He and Buddy were very good friends and I'm not sure if he ever got over it.
A couple of years ago, I caught an interview with a brother of Buddy Holly on Prairie Home Companion. It was pretty special. Note that his real name is spelled like the carburetor! Charles Hardin Holley Thanks for making this a great thread guys!
I was 13-years-old in February, 1959. Some friends of mine & I went over to one of our houses and played cards & listened to the radio, since the Winter weather sucked that day. We had only been playing for a few minutes when the announcement came that their plane had crashed. We were kind of subdued, I remember and we all quietly left to go home. 8-months later my father died. 1959 was NOT a good year, at least for me, my dad and those on the plane.
being born in 1953 i didn't know at the time , but was fully aware in 1971 when i met Jerry Dwyer on the ramp at the Mason City airport. i remember him talking openly of the accident. in case you don't know, he owned Dwyer Flying Service and the Beechcraft they died in. you may/may not know that the Dwyer family still owns the wreckage
It was New Years eve - when Ricky Nelson was coming into Dallas for a gig.....we didn't get tickets for the concert - so we went to a buddies party knowing the snow was a coming.....pretty sure we heard before mid-night the old DC-3 had gone down about an hour north of Big D - still hoping for the best. Sadly years later the wrecked DC-3 was still sitting in an aviation salvage yard when we in for the company I worked for's Lear 35....another sad day it crashed on take off. Rave On - youse guys !
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