49 Years Ago Today...

The day the music died...

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=713767

Many people forget the two guys who gave up their seats on the plane to the Big Bopper and Richie Valens. One was named Waylon Jennings, the other was Holly's guitar player Tommy Allsup, who would later go on to play with and produce Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys.

Tommy in fact performed in Clear Lake at the Surf Ballroom last night, 49 years after he lost a coin toss to Valens for a seat on the plane:

http://www.globegazette.com/articles/2008/02/02/news/local/doc47a3f705117f2940870549.txt