Don McClean – American Pie
An evening pause: Sixty years ago this month a plane crash killed Buddy Holly. This is one person’s interpretation of the words of this classic song, finely done, and linked to that event.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
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Graham Nash performs a cover of Buddy Holly’s “Peggy Sue”, on Buddy’s original guitar.
https://youtu.be/CFu_AwiErCs
4:52
The Day The Music Died
-visiting Clear Lake Iowa, The Surf Ballroom, and the crash site.
https://youtu.be/09QnKCc9TXM
10:11
wayne: So why didn’t you send this to me as an evening pause?
Cuz’ it took Mike Nelson to remind us all, this took place in February. (I have enough trouble these days, keeping one step ahead of myself!)
Pivoting—
Who has been to Fairmount, Indiana? (the “birthplace of cool,” James Dean’s hometown)
Nice little Indiana town just off the interstate.
Tour Of The Fairmount, Indiana High School Ruins
January 2018
https://youtu.be/6NCCmmjpvNo
4:59
(spoiler alert– they tore it down)