When Ritchie Valens, Jiles Perry "J. P." Richardson, Jr. AKA The Big Bopper and Buddy Holly boarded a four person, single engine charter plane to get to their next show, they had no idea they would instead be flying into the pages of history. They
3, 1959, Buddy Holly of Lubbock, J.P. "Big. The planeThe chartered plane was a Beechcraft Bonanza like the one pictured above. It crashed. Stardom Holly was a major rockabilly star and had recently broken away from his band The. Rising starValens, born
People talk casually about near-death experiences all the time, but Dion DiMucci, rock pioneer and Boca Raton resident, can pinpoint his. It happened 57 years ago today, in a snow-covered field near Clear Lake, Iowa, killing Buddy Holly, Richie Valens
Hubert Jerry Dwyer wasn't exactly J.K. Rowling or George R.R. Martin. But for years he tantalized fellow Iowans, not to mention rock 'n' roll fans worldwide, with a long-rumored book that he intended to publish. Dwyer, 85, died Jan. 16 in hospice care
Coinciding with the 57th anniversary of the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, a number of musicians will play the Bethesda venue in honor of the rock 'n' roll legend. Performers include the David Kitchen Band, Flea Bops, Rock-A-Sonics and Ruthie and