Is American Pie about a plane crash?
However the overall theme of the song goes beyond its superficial semblance of mourning McLean's childhood music heroes, and reflects the deep cultural changes and profound disillusionment and loss of innocence of his entire generation – the early rock and roll generation – that took place between
the 1959 plane crash ...
Who didn't get on the plane when Buddy Holly died?
Waylon Jennings
Buddy Holly is remembered with a statue in his hometown of Lubbock, Texas.
Waylon Jennings wasn't the only scheduled passenger on that ill-fated flight who escaped death. Another band member, Tommy Allsup, and the 17 year old Richie Valens tossed a coin to see who would get to fly that night.
Was Buddy Holly's wife pregnant when he died?
Holly and Santiago had been
married for only six months at the time of his death. She learned of his death from the reports on television. A widow after only six months of marriage, she suffered a miscarriage shortly after, reportedly due to psychological trauma. Buddy was interred in Lubbock.
Who else died in the plane crash with the Big Bopper?
Buddy Ho, three young rock and rollers,
Buddy Holly, 22, Richie Valens, 17, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, 24, died in a tragic plane crash shortly after takeoff in Clear Lake, Iowa.