On February 3, 1959, 22-year-old Buddy Holly, 28-year-old Jiles Perry Richardson Jr., better known by his stage name The Big ...
On Feb. 3, 1959, plane accident took the lives of entertainers Holly, Valens, Richardson. Americans died in several other air ...
Tuesday marked the 66th anniversary of the tragic plane crash that took the lives of early rock 'n' roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson). And to commemorate what ...
Buddy Holly and the Crickets were on their way ... and a motorcycle owned by Waylon Jennings. Jennings played with Holly at the Surf Ballroom the night he died and was fortunate not to have ...
The rough Midwest weather in the winter of 1958-59 played a major role in Rock-n-Roll history.
Walking up to the exhibit, Kreason stops at a display of memorabilia from Waylon Jennings, who once played bass for Buddy Holly. The items include boots, a vest, and even the 45 he played every ...
Waylon Jennings, whose rebellious songs and brash ... that spanned five decades and began when he played bass for Buddy Holly. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in October.
Jennings, or simply “Waylon” as he came to be known by his fans, began his musical career touring with singers like Buddy Holly in the 1950s. Throughout the early ’60s, in part driven by ...