Good morning. I think. I think it’s morning. I think it may be good. I’m not sure. I already have the Wobblies, and that’s not a good sign. I may end up in bed all day since I have to run errands tomorrow. *sigh*
I was finally able to bring up the genealogy I had transferred to the slave when I got it. I had to download the old version of the PAF program.
My son’s wife sent me an email telling me she was ready to do some genealogy. After two emails and three text messages, she said she would call me today. I tried to tell her it had all been done long ago, and that I just had to copy some from my son’s line and add to mine, complete with his biological and adoptive fathers.
She doesn’t seem to understand it’s all done, and that I’m quite acquainted with the computer and how to access genealogical websites to get the information I need. *sigh*
She’s smart, but she hasn’t asked the right questions.
Shortly after 1:00 a.m. on February 3, 1959, near Clear Lake, Iowa, a small Beechcraft Bonanza 35 crashed, killing rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, and the pilot, Roger Peterson. Don McLean later immortalized the day as The Day the Music Died in his song, "American Pie."
Holly's national career lasted only a year and a half. He was twenty-two when he died. Still, Holly is described by music critic Bruce Eder as "the single most influential creative force in early rock and roll." Among those who credit Holly as an inspiration and influence for their music are The Beatles, Elvis Costello, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, and Eric Clapton,
Bob Dylan says that Buddy Holly "transcended nostalgia" and "just as valid to me today as then." Keith Richards says "Holly passed it on via the Beatles and via us [The Rolling Stones]. He's in everybody . . . this is not bad for a guy from Lubbock, right?" According to John Lennon: "I WAS Buddy Holly."
The last thing Bruce Springsteen does before he takes the stage for a concert is to spend five to ten minutes with his iPod, listening to Buddy Holly. As Springsteen says "it keeps me honest."
Click on a picture and it will take you to a Buddy Holly music video, the radio broadcast of the crash news, or an annotated video of American Pie.
It's a rare week that goes by when I don't put on the Buddy Holly playlist. And like many fans, I've left a guitar pick at Charles Hardin Holley's gravesite in Lubbock. Twice. I can't imagine what he would have done with more than a year and a half in rock and roll.
For a more detailed look:
Buddy Holly - The Last Day (Video Documentary, Part 1)
Buddy Holly - The Last Day (Video Documentary, Part 2)