E341: The Day the Music Died (part II)

playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6weWg42qTGdvmbWZj5Rtfn?si=mRk2RXdpT7G7BJrMRCmbZw&utm_source=copy-link&pi=HYoBjLJpR8ywA February 3, 1959, would become known as “The Day the Music Died”In Part Two of The Day the Music Died, we continue with Buddy Holly’s story as his career takes off, and introduce the youngest musician who would eventually join him on the Winter Dance Party tour: Ritchie Valens. By January 1959, Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens were all headed for the same place: the Winter Dance Party, an exhausting and grueling tour through the frozen Midwest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices