A three part series about Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and JP Richardson, the Big Bopper. This episode discusses the horrendous conditions the musicians traveled in and under as part of the Winter Dance Party tour, the concert on Feb. 2, 1959 at the Surf Ballroom, and the fateful flight that took their lives along with the life of pilot Roger Peterson.

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A three part series on Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and JP Richardson, the Big Bopper. This episode introduces these young men and what led to their fateful decision to tour with the Winter Dance Party.

Cover art used with permission by Bradley Tierney

Sources for entire series: https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Ed-Sullivan-and-Buddy-Holly-have-feud, https://performingsongwriter.com/buddy-holly-ed-sullivan/, https://www.npr.org/2000/07/15/1079558/npr-100-la-bamba#:~:text=It%20was%20the%20late%201950s,Ritchie%20Valens%2C%20was%20made%20famous., https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0884023/bio/, https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0641/2004047197-s.html, Sample text for Take a walk on the dark side : rock and roll myths, legends, and curses / R. Gary Patterson., https://www.cmt.com/news/y1rs6u/waylons-buddy-jennings-never-forgot-his-mentor, https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-mar-25-me-42671 story.html, https://chantel7.tripod.com/lasttour.htm#:~:text=On%20one%20of%20his%20last,a%20means%20to%20an%20end., https://www.grunge.com/293997/the-untold-truth-of-ritchie-valens/, https://www.wxpr.org/arts-life/2018-07-13/in-1959-buddy-holly-stopped-in-the-northwoods-on-the-winter-dance-party-tour, https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/life/2018/02/02/buddy-holly-ritchie-valens-clear-lake-surf-ballroom-plane-crash-day-music-died/301561002/, https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/buddy-holly-and-the-crickets/1959/surf-ballroom-clear-lake-ia-73d24acd.html, https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/buddy-holly-plane-crash-weather, https://www.bigrapidsnews.com/news/article/Family-of-The-Big-Bopper-want-bronze-statue-in-16828550.php, youtube that Dion produced called “The True Buddy Holly Story.” http://www.richieleeproductions.com/pdfs/Buddy%20Holly%20-%20Tipton.pdf

https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/roger-arthur-peterson/

https://alchetron.com/Roger-Peterson-%28pilot%29

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Dr. Fred Drolett was a well known Lansing, MI doctor who delivered over 6,400 babies during his years of service. This man inspired his descendants to also live in a way that helps, saves, and nurtures others. In this episode you will learn more about the twists and turns of the Droletts but also their tie to the deadliest attack on a school in U.S. History.

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