TexasAg1969 Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 Peggy Sue Gerron of Buddy Holly and the Crickets fame died at age 76 in Holly's hometown of Lubbock and was on the front page of the local paper when we got in there to stay overnight last night. Here is the article: http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/20181001/peggy-sue-gerron-inspiration-for-buddy-holly-song-dies-in-lubbock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 Oddly, I will be going to see the Surf Ballroom and the site of the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly in just a little over a week from now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPPT1974 Posted October 4, 2018 Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 I kind of wish that they had the music of yesterday today for those that hear music that is not the music we all grew up with or for those who loved hearing it as a forty four year old woman now. That started listening to this music as an 11-year old girl. Still do as next year will be the 60th anniversary of Buddy, Ritchie, and Big Bopper's tragic plane crash in February 1959. RIP Peggy Sue. As really glad he wrote a song about you. Thoughts are with your family and loved ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjp28 Posted October 4, 2018 Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 20 hours ago, The Gipper said: Oddly, I will be going to see the Surf Ballroom and the site of the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly in just a little over a week from now. Amazing movie done well by Gary Busey. The Buddy Holly Story is a 1978 biographical film which tells the life story of rock musician Buddy Holly.[4] It features an Academy Award-winning musical score, adapted by Joe Renzetti and Oscar-nominated lead performance by Gary Busey. The Buddy Holly Story The Buddy Holly Story DVD cover Directed by Steve Rash Produced by Fred Bauer Edward H. Cohen Frances Avrut-Bauer Fred T. Kuehnert Written by Novel: John GoldrosenStory: Alan SwyerScreenplay:Robert Gittler Starring Gary BuseyDon StroudCharles Martin SmithConrad JanisPaul Mooney Music by Joe Renzetti Cinematography Stevan Larner Edited by David E. Blewitt James Seidelman Distributed by Columbia Pictures Release date May 18, 1978 Running time 113 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $1.2 million[1] or $2 million[2] Box office $14.3 million[3] The film also stars Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith, Conrad Janis, William Jordan, and Maria Richwine, who played Maria Elena Holly. It was adapted by Robert Gittler from Buddy Holly: His Life and Music, the biography of Holly by John Goldrosen, and was directed by Steve Rash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted October 4, 2018 Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 Yes, Busey did an amazing job in that movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasAg1969 Posted October 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2018 The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson) had been a D.J. in my hometown at the time. Interesting bio here from Wiki. He wrote some pretty famous songs besides his own "Chantilly Lace". Running Bear, White Lightnin', Little Red Riding Hood were all his. His loss was felt more in Beaumont than the other two were. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Bopper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieHardBrownsFan Posted October 5, 2018 Report Share Posted October 5, 2018 17 hours ago, JPPT1974 said: I kind of wish that they had the music of yesterday today for those that hear music that is not the music we all grew up with or for those who loved hearing it as a forty four year old woman now. That started listening to this music as an 11-year old girl. Still do as next year will be the 60th anniversary of Buddy, Ritchie, and Big Bopper's tragic plane crash in February 1959. RIP Peggy Sue. As really glad he wrote a song about you. Thoughts are with your family and loved ones. You're still young. Believe me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasAg1969 Posted October 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 Pretty good youtube incorporating the crash, American Pie and Gary Bussey's reactions/portrayal in the movie and real life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted October 10, 2018 Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 I guess I did not realize that Eddie Cochrane died in an auto crash just a year later. Also.....Don McLean was the cousin of one of the original members of The Rats, which is Westside Steve's band which was eventually renamed Easy Street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasAg1969 Posted October 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 1 hour ago, The Gipper said: I guess I did not realize that Eddie Cochrane died in an auto crash just a year later. Also.....Don McLean was the cousin of one of the original members of The Rats, which is Westside Steve's band which was eventually renamed Easy Street. I knew Cochrane dies shortly thereafter, but I did not know his connection to the others. Nor did I know Bobby Vee got his start that night as a local fill-in after the plane crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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