Robert L. Peters

11 February 2009

Buddy Holly lives on…

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Lubbock, Texas

It’s 50 years ago last week since the Iowa plane crash that killed 22-year-old Buddy Holly (along with Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper)—immortalized by Don Maclean in American Pie as “the day the music died”—but the music didn’t die of course, and Buddy’s influence has loomed large ever since. As one might expect, scores of anniversary tributes have appeared… such as here (other links have since gone dead).

Congratulations on the enduring legacy, and thanks, Buddy!

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