remembering the day the music died.

There have been many tragedy 's when it comes to rock n roll music like the murder of former Beatle john lennon the death of the king of rock n roll himself Elvis Presley the suicide of kurt Cobain who was the lead singer in the seattle grunge band nirvana other include both the drug overdoes of Jimi hendrix and Janis joplin and when Jerry Garcia of the jam rock band the grateful dead had a unexpected heart attack while in drug rehab possibly suffering from drug from withdrawal as well from weight problems. But the first real tragedy was on february 3rd 1959 when three rock n roll legends where killed in a plane crash while flying though a terrible snowstorm in clear lake Iowa all who was aboard was killed there where no survivors on that tragic night marked the first suffering lose in rock n roll the three rock legends that are forever known by this tragedy are richie valens born richard steven venenzuela a California native of Mexican descent who became a overnight teen idol and known for his hit Spanish song la bamba which later became a movie about the life of the teen idol with the same name. Along with valens who was killed was buddy holly born charles hardin holly in lubbock texas where there is a statue on the lubbock walk of fame in his honor as a hometown hero. Along with valens and holly was american disc jockey singer and songwriter named jiels perry jp for short richardson jr aka the big bopper the events leading up to there deaths both valens and holly played a big show at the legendary surf ballroom in clear lake valens was excited about getting to meet buddy holly and considered him a inspiration as a fellow musician and also considered it a great honor to play the same show as him. When the show was over the three rock legends where in a hurry to get to there next gig there was just one problem the heating system on there tour bus was broken and as a result of it buddy holly's drummer had got severe frostbite and had to be hospitalized and to make matters worse the big booper came down with the flu during the tour and gave up his seat on the plane to none other then country music superstar waylon jennings who have had a falling a frustrated holly over the accommodations of travel in which some heated words where used waylon jennings had said something foolish which would tie into the whole tragedy jennings had regretted his harmful words and would live with the guilt forever. Now as we fast forward to present day february 3rd will live on as the first tragedy of rock n roll and the city of clear lake is known for that a monument for the three rock legends was built at the crash site it has become a major tourist attraction as well as the replica thick black framed buddy holly glasses near the clear lake welcome sign we assume that the three are still rocking in the afterlife with a band they formed together called the day the music died a pun on there tragic deaths they often tour with the late john lennon and george harrison 's trio half a beatle and the whos keith moon and john entwistle 's trio called the pinball wizards a pun on the song name by the who there is a similar scene in the rock n roll movie almost famous where like the three rock legends where flying though a thunderstorm on a learjet when one of the members breaks into a chorus of the buddy holly song peggy sue and folk rock singer don mclean wrote a song called american pie which was the plane they where flying in it has been said that valens had a really bad fear of flying there is a urban legend that valen had a nightmare where is was walking in a field with his guitar in hand only to stop to see the monument to him which read the day the music dies instead of died it was as he was seeing his own demise and what was to come in his life he never spoke of it to anyone this tragedy will always be remembered as the first loss of rock n roll for generations to come.