and didn't get on the plane that Buddy Holly the Big Bopper and Richie Valens died in?
2006-06-28 01:24:08 · 3 answers · asked by changeling 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
smokeeater was first to answer
2006-06-28 01:35:22 · update #1
smokeater-I misspelled the name
2006-06-28 01:36:16 · update #2
Waylon Jennings
On the night of February 3, 1959 (The Day the Music Died) the airplane carrying Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson (aka The Big Bopper) crashed outside of Mason City, Iowa, killing all passengers. Jennings had given his seat to Richardson, who had the flu and desperately needed rest.
2006-06-28 01:27:37 · answer #1 · answered by Smokeater 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Following the February 2 performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, Buddy Holly chartered a Beechcraft Bonanza to take him and his new Crickets band (Tommy Allsup and Waylon Jennings) to Fargo, North Dakota. Richardson came down with the flu and didn't feel comfortable on the bus, so Jennings gave his plane seat to him. Valens had never flown on a small plane and requested Allsup's seat. They flipped a coin, Valens called heads and won the toss. The four-passenger Beechcraft Bonanza took off into a blinding snow storm and crashed into Albert Juhl's corn field several miles after takeoff at 1:05 A.M. The crash killed Holly, Valens, Richardson, and the 21 year-old pilot, Roger Peterson, leaving Holly's pregnant bride, Maria Elena Holly, a widow (she miscarried soon after).
2006-06-28 08:27:56 · answer #2 · answered by Bog woppit. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, it was Waylon Jennings. I think he traded his seat with one of them.
2006-06-28 08:28:26 · answer #3 · answered by laura c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋