Jon, I recall the Ricky Nelson crash and the stories that later surfaced about his use of drugs. I have a collection of Bessie Smith songs but truthfully prefer Billy Holiday and - most of all - Sarah Vaughn. I like Jim Croce but was never a big fan of Stevie Ray Vaughan. I'm really not familiar with Chase or Brown.
Walker jon.stanton@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Walker, Add to your list: Jim Croce, Ricky Nelson, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bill Chase, Clifford Brown, Bessie Smith...some by plane crashes, others by automobile. -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Walker Smith <doubs43@xxxxxxx>As one who clearly remembers the day Hank Williams died on 1 January, 1953, 50 years doesn't seem that long ago. (My 50th high school reunion will be in 3 years.) Then it was Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and J. P. Richardson - the "Big Bopper" - in 1959 followed by Patsy Cline in 1963. All were magnificent talents who should have stayed around longer.FWIW, I saw Patsy Cline many times as she shopped in Frederick, MD before she divorced her husband (Charlie Cline) and later moved to Nashville. She sang in local establishments in the MD - VA - DC areas before her rise to stardom.Today's "music" leaves me completely cold. Walker Smith Marc James Small wrote:Fifty years ago was "the day the music died". A small plane crashed in the US midwest, and Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, the Big Bopper, and the pilot, Roger Peterson, were killed. The event was later memorialized by Don McLean in his "American Pie".It is rather sobering to think of this as having occurred a HALF CENTURY ago.Marc--- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx- Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org- Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org- Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list--- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx- Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org- Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org- Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list
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