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  • “I Was in my Sixth Year as a Studio Guitarist When One Day the Bass Player Didn’t Show Up. The Producer Asked Me...” How Carol Kaye Became a Session Bass Icon

    07/30/2023 5:19:50 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 33 replies
    If you’ve ever wondered what connects Frank Zappa to Frank Sinatra, Burt Bacharach to The Beach Boys, the answer is Carol Kaye. The session legend tells the story behind her career and legendary bass recordingsIf plucking a ripe plum from a tree had a sound, it would resemble Carol Kaye’s signature tone – a tone that made her a ‘first-call’ bassist in the highly competitive studio session world. It wasn’t just that, though. Kaye is arguably the first bassist to exploit the instrument in a truly melodic fashion, a nod perhaps to her early days as a jazz guitar prodigy....
  • Rock’s First Tragedy: When Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper Died

    02/04/2022 12:29:17 AM PST · by nickcarraway · 33 replies
    UltimateClassicRock ^ | 2/3/22 | David Lifton
    Rock 'n’ roll was still in its infancy when it suffered its first tragedy. On Feb. 3, 1959, three of its biggest stars — Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson, known as the Big Bopper — were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. The three acts, along with Dion and the Belmonts, were on a package tour called the Winter Dance Party, which was to play 24 Midwestern cities in as many days. But the bus’ heating system was ill-equipped and broke down a few days later, which caused some musicians to catch the flu and...
  • The Day the Music Died: Remembering rock and roll's biggest tragedy

    02/03/2022 9:45:38 AM PST · by Bonemaker · 24 replies
    smoothradio.com ^ | 02/03/2022 | Tom Eames
    On February 3, 1959, the music world was shocked when American rock and roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and JP 'The Big Bopper' Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, along with pilot Roger Peterson. The event eventually became known as 'The Day the Music Died', after Don McLean's classic 1971 song 'American Pie'. Today (February 3) marks 61 years since the disaster. Here, we look back at who the tragic stars were and the legacy they left behind:
  • Nextrush Unplugged Weekend: Amercians Held Hostage Again, Making America Ugly Again And Again

    01/30/2021 8:15:02 PM PST · by Nextrush · 11 replies
    Nextrush Free ^ | 1/30/2021 | Nextrush/Self
    Day 321 Of The Dictatorship Of COVID-19, Day 321 Of America And The World Held Hostage Back in 1979 Americans taken hostage in Iran and ABC News coining the phrase "America Held Hostage" as illustrated in this first of many late night special reports... And here we are in 2021 the Dictatorship of COVID-19 and Americans held hostage like Gayle Meyer... Don McLean's "American Pie" was all over the radio back in 1972 and many phrases in that song including "The Day The Music Died". It will be 62 years ago this Wednesday "The Day The Music Died" February 3,...
  • Ritchie Valens-Donna

    05/20/2019 5:59:08 PM PDT · by Morgana · 18 replies
    yeaaassh ^ | Nov 11, 2008 | Ritchie Valens-Donna
    Ritchie Valens-Donna
  • Pilot was 'unfairly blamed for crash that killed Buddy Holly and should...

    03/07/2015 8:34:46 AM PST · by Impala64ssa · 51 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 3/6/15 | JOEL CHRISTIE
    ... be hailed a hero for trying to avert disaster' An investigation into the 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly and three others could now be reopened after a respected pilot brought forward new factors as to how the aircraft may have gone down. At the time of the crash, the Civil Aeronautics Board ruled the probable cause of the crash was error by the pilot, Roger Peterson, who took off from Mason City to Moorhead, Minnesota, in inclement weather, even though he was qualified. The chartered plane crashed in Iowa not long after takeoff, killing Holly, Peterson, and...
  • Today in Media History: Delivering news about Buddy Holly and ‘the day the music died’

    02/04/2015 8:13:52 AM PST · by iowamark · 39 replies
    Poynter.org ^ | 2/3/2015 | David Shedden
    In February 1959, a paperboy delivered newspapers with a story about a plane crash in Iowa.About a decade later, the paperboy, Don McLean, described the day in his song, “American Pie.”He began by remembering the papers he delivered: A long long time ago, I can still remember how, That music used to make me smile.And I knew if I had my chance That I could make those people dance, And maybe they’d be happy for a while.But February made me shiver, With every paper I’d deliver. Bad news on the doorstep; I couldn’t take one more step.I can’t remember if...
  • On this date in 1959 ... Buddy Holly was still with us.

    01/31/2010 7:14:40 AM PST · by mkjessup · 13 replies · 815+ views
    31 Jan 2010 | MkJessup
    51 years ago this coming Wednesday, three rock n' roll pioneers were lost way too soon, Buddy Holly, J.P. Richardson aka 'The Big Bopper' and Ritchie Valens. I was only a kid but I knew something heartbreaking had occurred, and it was only later on that I began to fully appreciate the musical genius that was Buddy Holly. I came to love the music of that man, I tried to imagine the grief of Waylon Jennings, who gave his seat on that ill fated flight to J.P. Richardson, and the last words between him and Buddy, who said (paraphrased) "So...
  • Bob Keane dies at 87; discovered Ritchie Valens (ran Del-Fi records, discovered Ritchie Valens)

    12/03/2009 8:49:33 AM PST · by a fool in paradise · 2 replies · 321+ views
    LA Times ^ | November 30, 2009 | Dennis McLellan
    Bob Keane, who founded the West Coast independent label Del-Fi Records in the 1950s and is best known for discovering and recording rock legend Ritchie Valens, has died. He was 87. Keane, who survived non- Hodgkins lymphoma diagnosed when he was 80, died of renal failure Saturday in an assisted living home in Hollywood, said his son, Tom Keane. "He was like the original independent record man in those days," said Tom Keane, a songwriter and record producer. "He was the guy going out and finding talent and developing it and getting it out to the masses." A clarinet player...
  • 50 Years Ago -->The Day The Music Died

    02/02/2009 7:39:26 AM PST · by Shellybenoit · 45 replies · 1,203+ views
    Yidwithlid ^ | 2/2/09 | Yidwithlid
    In one of music's most tragic accidents, a light plane carrying three people who changed the face of Rock forever crashed in an Iowa field shortly after leaving a concert on Feb. 3, 1959. Buddy Holly had chartered the plane to take his band to their next gig in North Dakota while other artists and staff took the usual means of tour bus....
  • 50 Winters Have Passed Since the Day the Music Died (Feb 3rd, 1959)

    01/31/2009 9:45:34 AM PST · by Perdogg · 22 replies · 821+ views
    KCDB ^ | Posted: Jan 30, 2009 10:26 PM
    It's been 50 winters since the death of Lubbock native and rock-n-roll superstar Buddy Holly. "Fifty Winters Later" is the name of a memorial event in Clear Lake, Iowa where Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper died in a plane crash February 3, 1959. Just 11 months prior, Holly and the Crickets made an international impact.
  • A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....02-03-04....February is Funnest at the Finest

    02/03/2004 5:23:33 AM PST · by Billie · 134 replies · 921+ views
    Billie
    A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day Free Republic made its debut in September, 1996, and the forum was added in early 1997.   Over 100,000 people have registered for posting privileges on Free Republic, and the forum is read daily by tens of thousands of concerned citizens and patriots from all around the country and the world. A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day was introduced on June 24, 2002. It's only a small room in JimRob's house where we can get to know one another a little better; salute and support our military and our leaders; pray for those in...