THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED (6 OF 8)
Scripture: 2 Samuel 11:1-27
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Title: The Day the Music Died (6 of 8)
Series: The Life of David
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: 2 Samuel 11:1-27
I - One's Shameful Adultery (1 - 5)
II - One's Fearful Attempt (6 - 13)
III - One's Woeful Actions (14 - 25)
IV - One's Tearful Agony (26)
V - One's Mindful Audience (27)
The Day the Music Died
The year was 1959, the month was February, and the tragic day was on the 3rd, Buddy Holly and two other musicians, along with their pilot died in a plane crash in Iowa in February 1959. Poor weather reports and the pilot underestimating the severity of the weather led to the crash, investigators found. There are pictures of the wreckage of the plane that crashed, killing rock stars Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley), Ritchie Valens (Richard Steven Valenzuela), and The Big Bopper (Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr.) On February 3, 1959 outside of Clearlake, Iowa.
Holly, the 22-year-old driving force of the tour, had enough of broken-down busses in freezing temperatures and chartered a four-seater plane to get to the show the next night in Morehead, Minnesota, according to the Civil Aeronautics Board's Accident Report. Fargo, North Dakota, was the nearest airport.
The musician asked his guitarist, Tommy Allsup, and his bass guitarist, Waylon Jennings, to join. The tour included Valens, Richardson, Dion and the Belmonts, Frankie Sardo, Jennings, Allsup and Bunch. The 17-year-old Valens had never been on a small plane before and asked Allsup for his seat, according to the Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. The two flipped a coin, and Valens "won" the seat.
Jennings gave up his seat to flu-addled Richardson, according to the accident report. Jennings told the Country Music Hall of Fame that his last conversation with Holly would always haunt him, even though the words were in jest.
After Jennings told Holly that he wouldn't be on the plane, Holly said, "I hope your bus freezes up again." Jennings replied, "I hope your ole plan ...
Series: The Life of David
Author: Donald Cantrell
Text: 2 Samuel 11:1-27
I - One's Shameful Adultery (1 - 5)
II - One's Fearful Attempt (6 - 13)
III - One's Woeful Actions (14 - 25)
IV - One's Tearful Agony (26)
V - One's Mindful Audience (27)
The Day the Music Died
The year was 1959, the month was February, and the tragic day was on the 3rd, Buddy Holly and two other musicians, along with their pilot died in a plane crash in Iowa in February 1959. Poor weather reports and the pilot underestimating the severity of the weather led to the crash, investigators found. There are pictures of the wreckage of the plane that crashed, killing rock stars Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley), Ritchie Valens (Richard Steven Valenzuela), and The Big Bopper (Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr.) On February 3, 1959 outside of Clearlake, Iowa.
Holly, the 22-year-old driving force of the tour, had enough of broken-down busses in freezing temperatures and chartered a four-seater plane to get to the show the next night in Morehead, Minnesota, according to the Civil Aeronautics Board's Accident Report. Fargo, North Dakota, was the nearest airport.
The musician asked his guitarist, Tommy Allsup, and his bass guitarist, Waylon Jennings, to join. The tour included Valens, Richardson, Dion and the Belmonts, Frankie Sardo, Jennings, Allsup and Bunch. The 17-year-old Valens had never been on a small plane before and asked Allsup for his seat, according to the Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. The two flipped a coin, and Valens "won" the seat.
Jennings gave up his seat to flu-addled Richardson, according to the accident report. Jennings told the Country Music Hall of Fame that his last conversation with Holly would always haunt him, even though the words were in jest.
After Jennings told Holly that he wouldn't be on the plane, Holly said, "I hope your bus freezes up again." Jennings replied, "I hope your ole plan ...
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