All three only just started their careers and their few records were the BEST. It is unfathomable to imagine if all three had continued making records. Imagine the music we never got to hear!
I completely love Buddy Holly‘s music. JP Richardson “Big bopper” and Ritchie Valens Music is great! I’m 18 years old. And I still honor the anniversary of their passing.
Have seen Maria Elena and Larry speak a dozen times on this with no tears. I think as you get older, things creep up on you. Maybe you never stop grieving or processing. One day you're okay with it, twenty years later or 70 years later, you can't handle it.
Sometimes she can live with it, sometimes she can't, maybe. Speculation on a stranger's feelings. It probably catches her off guard sometimes, the overwhelming tragedy of Buddy and just how much life he missed out on. You become more aware of time the older you get, and I think that plays on the emotions. Buddy was just a kid, really. As the lives of those who personally knew Buddy all wind down, I wonder if they think of him often. I wonder if it's one of those things where the phone rings fairly often with people wanting to get an interview or something, so that constant, expected reminder is there. I wonder if it's harder when something unexpectedly reminds her of Buddy...a song on the radio, walking by a music shop, or smelling a food they used to eat together. Times when those memories of Buddy are involuntary thrust upon her and she's forced to confront losing him. It's gotta be hard growing so old, facing the fact that someone you loved was stolen away so young, so long ago. Maria Elena has lived several lifetimes now since Buddy died. Must be a real strange feeling.
This is something you never get over, the death of a sibling! I have lost two brothers and a sister, when I think of them my heart fills with love and the loss, and I can’t stop the tears. Love for family always remand no matter how long. You have your memories to last you until you are all together again.
This last year I went to the Surf Ball room, Crash sight and busted Lubbock Texas, the Buddy museum was wonderful. Last night I watch the Winter dance tour live, what a year.
I was only 5 years old so the impact of his passing didn't hit until years later. One of the first singles, that I had was 'That Will Be The Day'. I love them all. Their influence can never be understated. Was a huge loss. Thankfully, we have the music, videos and memories.
if You are in the area,a must stop at the Surf ball room in Clear Lake Iowa and a visit about 6 miles from there to the crash site .eerie, cold, windy,cornfields especially in Feb. It is like time stood still here,,so sad...Song "Three Stars" says it all especially by Eddie Cochran "Look up in the sky, up towards the North there are three new stars, shining so brightly etc
Wow RIP 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 Sad Story For Real 🙏🌹 Buddy Holly 🌹🙏He was very good singer and very young 2 😥😥😥😥😥😥😥 From Edinburg Texas
7:27 I have always loved this song since the very first day that I heard it, and I have enjoyed the music of Buddy Holly for about just as long. Perhaps quite unbelievably, I never knew until this very moment that the death of Buddy was what Don McLean had been referring to in this song. 💔
I wasn't born until 2002 but I really really REALLY wish Maria had gone on the tour with Buddy!!!! If she had, Buddy would still be here and his kid would have eventually been born!!!! I'm not trying to make her feel bad, but I'm just saying (1:56 - 2:00 - 2:03 - 6:18 - 6:24 - 7:33 - 7:36 - 7:48 - 7:50)
Hey...whaddayou mean by this? I've been put on an investigation into this, bringing me back to when I was a young girl discovering Buddy Holly for the first time. Been re-introduced out of nowhere. I have my own ideas about this so what you said speaks to me. You have more to say on that?
@@tpfmike1976 Think he means Dion's a liar. There are a couple of stories about the 'coin flip' and Valens. I think our boy was straight up assassinated by the music industry.
@@tpfmike1976 I don't know, why did the plane wreckage disappear like the plane wreckage after hitting the Pentagon? The guy created the rock and roll band the way it is today as far as lead guitar, rhythm, bass and drums and was moving towards becoming his own producer, probably affording a few friends the ability to get out of their crappy contracts also. I'm sure that was a motivating factor. Seeing that he had beef with Ed Sullivan also is quite interesting as he seemed to be the guy to go through for fame. Buddy got famous without a contract, made him rogue. Rock and roll is a church in this country and they sacrificed truth for spellcraft. Rock and roll wasn't even supposed to be around very long.
If you listen to Tommy Allsup (Who lost but actually won that coin flip with Valens) or Waylon Jennings about the events that night and the days leading up to it, you'll get the straight truth.
Because prior to tour she had premonitions of a plane crash. It's why Buddy didn't tell her he chartered a plane when they talked on the phone that night.
Thing about being a musician... oh he probably would of been on tour but the bus and how cold it was that they could of done something about, so they could take the bus instead and be fine in there...
The strangest thing to me is there were only two people to be certain to be on that plane that night,and that was the pilot and Buddy Holly. The other two earned their seats by acts of fate. The Big Bopper who was sick with the flu according to accounts got his seat from Waylon Jennings on the tarmac for his, and Ritchie bugged another musicianr on this tour all the night of and eventually flipped a coin to earn his seat on the plane..His name I do not recall. This now seems strange. But travelling on a bus with a broken heater, in the mid west , middle of night in the midst of winter, I guess there were a lot of musicians who would have vied for a seat on Buddy's plane?
Um no, Ritchie was afraid of flying so he wouldn't just bug Tommy Allsup all night for his seat. Ritchie really had to think about it after being pushed to the edge after the bus kept on constantly breaking down and that's when he decided to take a chance and fly out with Buddy and the rest. Get this fact right at least dude.
Was Maria Elena really pregnant? There are interviews available on TH-cam with Tommy Allsup where Tommy stayed that the Big Bopper would talk constantly about his wife's pregnancy but Buddy never mentioned it one time.
Sorry, but Deon’s story doesn’t collaborate with the others. According to the others that were there, Buddy did not charter the plane just for the headliners. He charted that plane for himself and his band members Waylon Jennings and Tommy Allsup. Waylon gave his seat to JP Richards and Tommy lost a coin flip to Ritchie. I don’t believe Deon was ever offered a seat on that plane.
@@calcio23 You don’t have to be there to know who’s telling the truth and who’s not when you’ve got at least 3 people who were there all saying the same thing and one who’s not.
Correct Ritchie valens won the coin toss it was heard .....the rest is history may Ritchie n buddy holly n the big bopper forever be at peace with God God bless them all ❤🎉
It seems that if they weren’t chartered bottom-of-the-barrel buses to get them between shows, it never would have happened. They were freezing, had broken down multiple times, and after that they were tired of not having clean clothes. Take away the breakdowns, the freezing cold and if they were procured a comfortable, warm bus that was able to tolerate the winter weather, it seems unlikely their desire for clean clothes would have been enough to make them decide to charter a small plane, especially with Valens’ dislike of flying. But that’s how it was then, and I’m sure now to a lesser extent- you’re a music producer/promoter, you find a young talent, and you work them to the brink while extracting as much money from their gift as possible. They often received a pittance compared to what their label was making off them. So it makes sense they had them in the cheapest possible transportation. That might have been fine in any season but the winter.
Beginning to lean towards 'planned' on a lot of fronts with this. The real story for me is the heater on the bus, absolutely. Put a couple of guys from warm climates on a bus at negative temps in the midwest for 25 days straight and watch what happens. The story isn't the coin flip and / or who's lying. It's why Buddy was murdered.
Some of the people in the music business were real pond scum. Buddy Holly wasn’t getting paid anything by Norman Petty; that’s why he needed the cash and went on that tour. And this was after Petty had attached his name to almost all of the songs Holly had written, even though he hadn’t written a note. And years later, Jim Croce’s widow had to fight tooth and nail to get money for all the songs Jim had written….
Dion is such a liar. He was on drugs during that time and when the coin was flipped he was eating dessert on the bus according to bob hale who was the radio host for that show. Ritchie flipped the coin with tommy allsup not dion.
@@Therealbiggmakk Frankie sardo also said in an interview that Dion never mentioned the coin toss and that he doesn’t know why years later he claimed it was him
There’s just something about seeing an old man cry about a brother that died decades and decades ago, 25 years before I was even born…
All three only just started their careers and their few records were the BEST. It is unfathomable to imagine if all three had continued making records. Imagine the music we never got to hear!
To see Buddy’s brother Larry, tear up here is really emotional to watch 💔💔💔!
RIP Larry, at last you and Buddy are reunited!
@Megan Breanna
Larry died on the 7th April 2022 at the ripe old age of 96, RIP.
Travis is gone now too isn't he
62 years ago today.
Watching this on the 65th anniversary of the date they left this world. It hurts so much.
Watching Buddy brother is heartbreaking. In older docs he could talk no problem. Sure he looks back on all those years Buddy missed. Hard for him.
I completely love Buddy Holly‘s music. JP Richardson “Big bopper” and Ritchie Valens Music is great! I’m 18 years old. And I still honor the anniversary of their passing.
Have seen Maria Elena and Larry speak a dozen times on this with no tears. I think as you get older, things creep up on you. Maybe you never stop grieving or processing. One day you're okay with it, twenty years later or 70 years later, you can't handle it.
Yeah I feel like she’s not done grieving it’s just she can come to the realization of buddy ,and see what he did as an all time great
Sometimes she can live with it, sometimes she can't, maybe. Speculation on a stranger's feelings. It probably catches her off guard sometimes, the overwhelming tragedy of Buddy and just how much life he missed out on. You become more aware of time the older you get, and I think that plays on the emotions. Buddy was just a kid, really. As the lives of those who personally knew Buddy all wind down, I wonder if they think of him often. I wonder if it's one of those things where the phone rings fairly often with people wanting to get an interview or something, so that constant, expected reminder is there. I wonder if it's harder when something unexpectedly reminds her of Buddy...a song on the radio, walking by a music shop, or smelling a food they used to eat together. Times when those memories of Buddy are involuntary thrust upon her and she's forced to confront losing him. It's gotta be hard growing so old, facing the fact that someone you loved was stolen away so young, so long ago.
Maria Elena has lived several lifetimes now since Buddy died. Must be a real strange feeling.
She literally ran out of theater weeping at the 1978 premiere of the Buddy Holly Story when True Love Ways came on.
I was born 2006 and I love Buddy Holley!! LIVE LONG BUDDY!!!!!❤❤❤
Lost of his brother still hurts.
This is something you never get over, the death of a sibling! I have lost two brothers and a sister, when I think of them my heart fills with love and the loss, and I can’t stop the tears. Love for family always remand no matter how long. You have your memories to last you until you are all together again.
We need a miniseries either Hulu or Netflix
I agree
I'd watch the hell out of that
I'd rather eat dirt than watch more lies about Buddy Holly and the programming and narrative known liars attempt to shove down our throats daily
I remember that day February 3, 1959, and hearing it on the radio.
Wow really
This last year I went to the Surf Ball room, Crash sight and busted Lubbock Texas, the Buddy museum was wonderful. Last night I watch the Winter dance tour live, what a year.
It’s amazing that Brian may from queen is a fan
The music didn't die that day,it lives on forever.
not today's garbage..
I was only 5 years old so the impact of his passing didn't hit until years later. One of the first singles, that I had was 'That Will Be The Day'. I love them all. Their influence can never be understated. Was a huge loss. Thankfully, we have the music, videos and memories.
if You are in the area,a must stop at the Surf ball room in Clear Lake Iowa and a visit about 6 miles from there to the crash site .eerie, cold, windy,cornfields especially in Feb. It is like time stood still here,,so sad...Song "Three Stars" says it all especially by Eddie Cochran
"Look up in the sky, up towards the North there are three new stars, shining so brightly etc
Wow RIP 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹 Sad Story For Real 🙏🌹 Buddy Holly 🌹🙏He was very good singer and very young 2 😥😥😥😥😥😥😥 From Edinburg Texas
Larry Holly 🥺🥺🥺
Heartbreaking…
7:27 I have always loved this song since the very first day that I heard it, and I have enjoyed the music of Buddy Holly for about just as long. Perhaps quite unbelievably, I never knew until this very moment that the death of Buddy was what Don McLean had been referring to in this song. 💔
Excellent interviews!
Oh man...this sucks. Buddy Holly's brother was so sad. 😥
Ik right 😥😥😥😥😥
Poor Larry :(
I wasn't born until 2002 but I really really REALLY wish Maria had gone on the tour with Buddy!!!! If she had, Buddy would still be here and his kid would have eventually been born!!!! I'm not trying to make her feel bad, but I'm just saying (1:56 - 2:00 - 2:03 - 6:18 - 6:24 - 7:33 - 7:36 - 7:48 - 7:50)
As a historian on the life and music of Buddy Holly I can only say one thing about this interview. Be careful who you believe!
Hey...whaddayou mean by this? I've been put on an investigation into this, bringing me back to when I was a young girl discovering Buddy Holly for the first time. Been re-introduced out of nowhere. I have my own ideas about this so what you said speaks to me. You have more to say on that?
@@tpfmike1976 Think he means Dion's a liar. There are a couple of stories about the 'coin flip' and Valens. I think our boy was straight up assassinated by the music industry.
Historian my a$$, shut up.
@@tpfmike1976 I don't know, why did the plane wreckage disappear like the plane wreckage after hitting the Pentagon? The guy created the rock and roll band the way it is today as far as lead guitar, rhythm, bass and drums and was moving towards becoming his own producer, probably affording a few friends the ability to get out of their crappy contracts also. I'm sure that was a motivating factor. Seeing that he had beef with Ed Sullivan also is quite interesting as he seemed to be the guy to go through for fame. Buddy got famous without a contract, made him rogue. Rock and roll is a church in this country and they sacrificed truth for spellcraft. Rock and roll wasn't even supposed to be around very long.
Rock and roll wasn't even supposed to be around very long. IIRC Buddy is on tape saying a very similar thing.@@aurouratrashworthy8680
If you listen to Tommy Allsup (Who lost but actually won that coin flip with Valens) or Waylon Jennings about the events that night and the days leading up to it, you'll get the straight truth.
So Don McClain is living off one hit in his whole life?
No he wrote Vincent
Not sure why Maria Elena thinks he wouldn’t have gotten on the plane. It seems more likely that she would’ve flown too.
Because prior to tour she had premonitions of a plane crash. It's why Buddy didn't tell her he chartered a plane when they talked on the phone that night.
Probably because she wouldn’t have allowed him to get on the plane.
Thing about being a musician... oh he probably would of been on tour but the bus and how cold it was that they could of done something about, so they could take the bus instead and be fine in there...
The strangest thing to me is there were only two people to be certain to be on that plane that night,and that was the pilot and Buddy Holly. The other two earned their seats by acts of fate. The Big Bopper who was sick with the flu according to accounts got his seat from Waylon Jennings on the tarmac for his, and Ritchie bugged another musicianr on this tour all the night of and eventually flipped a coin to earn his seat on the plane..His name I do not recall. This now seems strange. But travelling on a bus with a broken heater, in the mid west , middle of night in the midst of winter, I guess there were a lot of musicians who would have vied for a seat on Buddy's plane?
Um no, Ritchie was afraid of flying so he wouldn't just bug Tommy Allsup all night for his seat. Ritchie really had to think about it after being pushed to the edge after the bus kept on constantly breaking down and that's when he decided to take a chance and fly out with Buddy and the rest. Get this fact right at least dude.
Was Maria Elena really pregnant? There are interviews available on TH-cam with Tommy Allsup where Tommy stayed that the Big Bopper would talk constantly about his wife's pregnancy but Buddy never mentioned it one time.
She had a miscarriage after her husband died
@@crystalsherman8896I’m sure she aborted since she didn’t want to be a single mom
@@Queen_banana1983 Everyone doesn't believe in or gets an abortion
Allsup was a Prick.
Sorry, but Deon’s story doesn’t collaborate with the others. According to the others that were there, Buddy did not charter the plane just for the headliners. He charted that plane for himself and his band members Waylon Jennings and Tommy Allsup. Waylon gave his seat to JP Richards and Tommy lost a coin flip to Ritchie. I don’t believe Deon was ever offered a seat on that plane.
Were you there?
@@calcio23 You don’t have to be there to know who’s telling the truth and who’s not when you’ve got at least 3 people who were there all saying the same thing and one who’s not.
Correct Ritchie valens won the coin toss it was heard .....the rest is history may Ritchie n buddy holly n the big bopper forever be at peace with God God bless them all ❤🎉
I hope maria Elana doesn't blame herself, like it sounds like she was doing, it's not your fault
Listen to me - Buddy's It's Not My Fault.
She’s a GOLD DIGGER
It seems that if they weren’t chartered bottom-of-the-barrel buses to get them between shows, it never would have happened. They were freezing, had broken down multiple times, and after that they were tired of not having clean clothes. Take away the breakdowns, the freezing cold and if they were procured a comfortable, warm bus that was able to tolerate the winter weather, it seems unlikely their desire for clean clothes would have been enough to make them decide to charter a small plane, especially with Valens’ dislike of flying. But that’s how it was then, and I’m sure now to a lesser extent- you’re a music producer/promoter, you find a young talent, and you work them to the brink while extracting as much money from their gift as possible. They often received a pittance compared to what their label was making off them. So it makes sense they had them in the cheapest possible transportation. That might have been fine in any season but the winter.
Beginning to lean towards 'planned' on a lot of fronts with this. The real story for me is the heater on the bus, absolutely. Put a couple of guys from warm climates on a bus at negative temps in the midwest for 25 days straight and watch what happens. The story isn't the coin flip and / or who's lying. It's why Buddy was murdered.
Some of the people in the music business were real pond scum. Buddy Holly wasn’t getting paid anything by Norman Petty; that’s why he needed the cash and went on that tour. And this was after Petty had attached his name to almost all of the songs Holly had written, even though he hadn’t written a note. And years later, Jim Croce’s widow had to fight tooth and nail to get money for all the songs Jim had written….
Dion does way too many drugs. His story changes everytime he talks lol
Dion is such a liar. He was on drugs during that time and when the coin was flipped he was eating dessert on the bus according to bob hale who was the radio host for that show. Ritchie flipped the coin with tommy allsup not dion.
Prove it!
@@happyolddude look up bob hale and watch the interview with him.
@@Therealbiggmakk Frankie sardo also said in an interview that Dion never mentioned the coin toss and that he doesn’t know why years later he claimed it was him
@@armando5510C yup
Appropriate surname he was petty
......THEY WEREN'T NO DAMN ROCK N ROLL ARTISTS!....TRUE ARTISTS DO NOT TAKE MUSIC STYLES FROM OTHERS!..
Music didn't die