Everyone knows what happened the day the music died. Richie Valens, JP ‘The Big Bopper’ Richardson, and most famously of all Buddy Holly all died in an aeroplane crash on route to their next venue. The question is, how did Buddy Holly get into that situation? The next big thing in the then-new craze of… Continue reading 96: A Winter Dance Party, A Snowstorm, and The Day The Music Died
Category: Chuck Berry
64: Drugs, Injunctions, and More Drugs
When the Woodstock film was released in March 1970, many concert promoters rushed to find a field that could hold the next big festival. The film had forgotten the previously doomed events at the ill-fated Altamont festival only three months prior. Now the music festival scene was big business and promoters wanted to make money,… Continue reading 64: Drugs, Injunctions, and More Drugs
7: A Lawsuit, A Countersuit, and Rock and Roll
What is there not to say about the Beatles? The Fab Four broke so many boundaries in the 1960s that they rewrote the whole pop song experience. The influence is heard to this day. I believe that the band have done more for music than anyone else in music history. Even the influencers have influences.… Continue reading 7: A Lawsuit, A Countersuit, and Rock and Roll
5: The Killer, The King, and a Gun Obsession
Jerry Lee Lewis has never been away from controversy. All the different stories about him could be a blog itself. For instance, upon arriving in the UK for his first tour he brought along his 13-year-old cousin, who happened to be his wife. Or the fact he’s been married SEVEN times. He has been accused… Continue reading 5: The Killer, The King, and a Gun Obsession