The Day The Music Died...
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Addy
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It's good to see you back on PJ, Irish.
I wasn't sure which post you're referring to but I consider Craig the music historian on PJ. He used to be a DJ.
Bo-4
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I think i was about six years old when i found a 45 single out in the middle of the street. Took it home, washed it up and tossed it on the record player. Guess my siblings and i played it about one time too many.
Dad (a classical & jazz fan) walks in and asked where it came from - "out in the street" i said. So he grabs it from the turntable, walks to front door and flings it like a frisbee literally OVER the neighbor's house across the street.
"That's where it belongs" he said to three sad-faced kids.
Last i saw of it, but yeah.. Leslie was pretty cool.
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Bo-4
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Agreed -- Dead at age 30.. sad
Wiki:
On Thursday, September 20, 1973, during Croce's Life and Times tour and the day before his ABC single "I Got a Name" was released, Croce, Muehleisen, and five others were killed when their chartered Beechcraft E18S crashed while taking off from the Natchitoches Regional Airport in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Others who died in the crash were charter pilot Robert N. Elliott, comedian George Stevens, manager and booking agent Kenneth D. Cortose, band member Maury Muehleisen, and road manager Dennis Rast.[19][20] Croce had just completed a concert at Northwestern State University's Prather Coliseum in Natchitoches and was flying to Sherman, Texas, for a concert at Austin College. The plane crashed an hour after the end of the concert.
An investigation showed that the plane crashed on takeoff after clipping a pecan tree at the end of the runway. The plane failed to gain enough altitude to clear the tree and did not maneuver to avoid it, even though it was the only tree for hundreds of yards. It was reported as dark, but with clear sky, calm winds, and over five miles of visibility with haze. The report from the NTSB[21] listed the probable cause as the pilot's failure to see and avoid obstructions due to pilot physical impairment and fog obstructing vision. The 57-year-old charter pilot suffered from severe coronary artery disease and had run three miles to the airport from a motel. He had an ATP Certificate, 14,290 hours total flight time and 2,190 hours in the Beech 18 type.[21] A later investigation placed sole blame for the accident on pilot error due to his downwind takeoff into a "black hole".[22]
An investigation showed that the plane crashed on takeoff after clipping a pecan tree at the end of the runway. The plane failed to gain enough altitude to clear the tree and did not maneuver to avoid it, even though it was the only tree for hundreds of yards. It was reported as dark, but with clear sky, calm winds, and over five miles of visibility with haze. The report from the NTSB[21] listed the probable cause as the pilot's failure to see and avoid obstructions due to pilot physical impairment and fog obstructing vision. The 57-year-old charter pilot suffered from severe coronary artery disease and had run three miles to the airport from a motel. He had an ATP Certificate, 14,290 hours total flight time and 2,190 hours in the Beech 18 type.[21] A later investigation placed sole blame for the accident on pilot error due to his downwind takeoff into a "black hole".[22]
Jim Croce was buried at Haym Salomon Memorial Park in Frazer, Pennsylvania.[23]
Addy
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CNN has a picture of the plane crash on. . .Under the picture.. it reads, the govt may re-examine the reason for the plane crash.
http://us.cnn.com/2015/03/04/entertainment/gallery/buddy-holly-crash/index.html
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