rwieder 0 #1 February 3, 2007 Quote1959: Buddy Holly, along with Ritchie Valens (who had a number one hit on the charts), and the Big Bopper (J. P. Richardson), perish in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. Forever missed, but never forgotten.-Richard- "You're Holding The Rope And I'm Taking The Fall" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CSpenceFLY 1 #2 February 3, 2007 Followed by Otis Redding. Redding and six others, including four of the six members of Redding's backup band, The Bar-Kays, were killed when the plane on which they were travelling crashed into Lake Monona in Madison, Wisconsin on December 10, 1967. The two remaining members of The Bar-Kays were Ben Cauley and James Alexander. Cauley was the only person aboard Redding's plane to survive the crash; Alexander was on another plane. Cauley reported that he had been asleep until just seconds before impact, and recalled that upon waking he saw bandmate Phalon Jones look out a window and say, "Oh, no!" Cauley said that he then unbuckled his seat belt, and that was his final recollection before finding himself in the frigid waters of the lake, grasping a seat cushion to keep himself afloat.[2] Redding's body was recovered the next day when the lake bed was dragged with a grappling hook, and footage exists of his body being brought out of the water. [1] The cause of the crash was never precisely determined. Redding was 26 years old at the time of his death. He was laid to rest in a tomb on his private ranch in Round Oak, Georgia, 23 miles (37 km) north of Macon. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowwhite 0 #3 February 3, 2007 DAMNED COLD in Clear Lake today..skydiveTaylorville.org [email protected] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,643 #4 February 3, 2007 QuoteQuote1959: Buddy Holly, along with Ritchie Valens (who had a number one hit on the charts), and the Big Bopper (J. P. Richardson), perish in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. Forever missed, but never forgotten. The aircraft - a Beech Bonanza without anti-ice equipment, flown at night by a non-instrument rated pilot, in a snowstorm.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowwhite 0 #5 February 3, 2007 and the Big Bopper overloaded the plane in a last minute change of personnel.skydiveTaylorville.org [email protected] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbrown 26 #6 February 3, 2007 About five years ago I went to an exhibit of rock memorabilia at the Experience Music Project in Seattle, right at the foot of the Space Needle. Lots of cool stuff like Nancy Sinatra's boots, Ringo Starr's gray collarless jacket, Madonna's pointy bra, etc, etc. Not a permanent exhibit either, I doubt it would still be there. The exhibit also had Buddy Holly's glasses. They were broken. He'd been wearing them when he went in. They had only recently been rediscovered in an evidence locker at the Madison County Sheriffs' Office, where they'd been sitting for over forty years. As the realization sunk in of what I was looking at, it just got really creepy. Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #7 February 3, 2007 I have lived here since prior to the EMP, and have still never been in. When it first went up, locals were saying how overpriced and overrated the whole exhibit was. It's been many years now...mebbe I'll have to check it out. ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lastchance 0 #8 February 3, 2007 I just got goosebumps. I may be getting old but I got to see all the cool bands. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowwhite 0 #9 February 3, 2007 When I go to visit Streaker, we drive right by the Clear Lake airport. I always feel just a little touched. There have been so MANY fine musicians who have had the same fate. It always makes me sad. The world is a poorer place without their gifts.skydiveTaylorville.org [email protected] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Airman1270 0 #10 February 3, 2007 Uh, Chris... you DO mean the "grammar" police, right? , Jon S. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rwieder 0 #11 February 3, 2007 Quoteand the Big Bopper overloaded the plane in a last minute change of personnel. This is my theory, J.P. combined with the weight of the luggage is that the plane stalled after take off and the inexperienced pilot didn't have the abilities it took to recover from it. I've heard rumors for years that Buddy Holly pulled a gun on the pilot and all kinds of crazy theories and none of them "Pass the smell test" I've seen the actual photos from the crash sight, the entity that published those photos exibited poor taste IMO. Holly's wife was pregnant with their child, which he never got to see as we all know. Does anyone know what happened to his wife and child?-Richard- "You're Holding The Rope And I'm Taking The Fall" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaM 0 #13 February 4, 2007 So bye-bye Miss American Pie Drove my chevy to the levy but the levy was dry And good ol boys were drinking whisky and rye singing this'll be the day that i die, this'll be the day that i die ~ Lisa ~ Do you Rigminder? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
