From NPR's Morning Edition:
Today is the 50th anniversary of Buddy Holly's death...the Day the Music Died.
One of the great a parlor games of the 70's was attempting to identify all of the characters in Don McLean's American Pie as contemporary figures.
http://http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_pie
Trivia: Waylon Jennings gave his seat on the plane to Richie Valens because he had back pain and didn't want to get bounced around.
When a day's hunting was cancelled due to heavy rain back in 2001, my buddy Robert had a copy of Waylon's auto biography laying around his house. I wasn't a Waylon fan then, but became after reading the book...it is the single best music autobiography I've read....lots of great stories about Cash, Willie, Kristoferson, and great songwriting stories. Highly recommended for anyone who loves any kind of music.
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