Buddy Holly
Richie Valens
Big Bopper
February 3, 1959 The Day The Music Died
Thank You
Sad when we lose 3 big ones at the same time.
Rock and roll forever!
Music today will never compare to those who were the founding fathers of rock n roll.
Waylon Jennings gave up his seat to the Bopper cause the Bopper was not feeling well.
Waylon took the bus
Dion DiMucci was scheduled to fly that night but was a no show so Tommy Allsup a Valens tossed a coin to see who would get the seat...Valens got the seat... cannot sat he won the coin toss.
Thank You
Gunna drive my chevy to the levy and drink some wiskey and rye wit some good ole boys.
Thanks for sharing the remembrance. I love to listen to their music still. Warm summer night, stars out, that music playing...something good's 'gonna happen...
Don McLean's "American Pie" always makes me think of the less hearalded but more fulfilling (for me) song "Vincent", which, unlike the overindulgent title track, never received the credit it deserved. That song still brings tears to my eyes, along with James Taylor's "Millworker".
I know this sounds corny, but I still give heartfelt thanks to the group "Bread" for getting me through some rough times.
Hugs,
ciara
Or was it "Baby, I'm a Want You"?
My first real love in high school was for a girl who loved Bread and music like that. I can't say that I ever really got past Gates' sappy delivery or, in your words, "corny" lyrics, but some of his songs, like "Everything I Own" and "If", were classic heart tuggers.
but yes, I liked the last two songs you mentioned.
Hugs,
Ciara
Funny. I had a HS English teacher who was divorced, ~30 yrs old and one fine looking woman. She loved Starry Starry Night. When we were studying poetry the lyrics were part of the class work.
who had us interpret the song in English class, as well as "Bye-Bye Miss American Pie." What a small world, eh?
Hugs,
Ciara
Those songs were written after I graduated.
YEP I'm old.
Thank you
But for me, the bad times were helped with the Moody Blues, Karen Carpenter and good ole Elton! But I must admit - there was something to Bread that was touching. For voices - Jon Anderson was the bee's knees - "the friends of Mr. Cairo" you see I love the Maltese Falcoln!
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Note however, that aside from music critics and other music mavens, Bob Dylan (a personal fav. of mine) was never a real factor in the music business, at least when record sales are figured, so I think that the analysis gives a bit too much emphasis on him as the "jester" in Maclean's song.
Besides, Dylan never really struck me as being a jester, iconoclast yes, but he was always a bit serious.
My thoughts of who the jester was, is that he was Abby Hoffman, RIP (or perhaps Jerry Rubin) the co-founders of the Yippie movement. (Precurssors of the Yuppies, now mostly known as old farts.)
lol...
As for Dylan....Don't forget at the time he already had legend status.
Brilliant but wierd!
At the same time Don M's song was written and released...Ricky Nelson's GARDEN PARTY was at the top of billboard's charts...
another classic...
People came from miles around, everyone was there
Yoko brought her walrus, there was magic in the air
'n' over in the corner, much to my surprise
Mr. Hughes hid in Dylan's shoes wearing his disguise
Cheers!
The lyric you ask about, "Mr. Hughes hid in Dylan's shoes wearing his disguise," is more difficult to interpret, but I finally found it for you. ""Mr Hughes" isn't Howard Hughes, as most people think, but refers to George Harrison, the ex-Beatle. Rick Nelson was good friends and next-door neighbor to Harrison, and was also a good friend of Bob Dylan. "Mr. Hughes" was the alias Harrison used while traveling, and "hid in Dylan's shoes" apparently refers to an album of Bob Dylan covers Harrison was planning that never came to fruition. "Wearing his disguise" is more obscure, but presumably had something to do with Harrison's habit of traveling incognito.