Fresh Hell Podcast

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The plane had crashed. Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper had been laid to rest. But the story of The Day the Music Died is far from over.

In the fourth and final part of our series, we look at everything that came after February 1959: the investigation into the crash, the questions that lingered, the families and loved ones left behind, and the strange rumors and theories that started to spread around one of the most infamous tragedies in music history.

Videos we watched while researching this episode: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjx3FvlD6c3pg67YiBvV4Lnav-BpaH4_M&si=s8tHFk4uQKjJk5qj

Annie's playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6weWg42qTGdvmbWZj5Rtfn?si=8Fqr3gIiQr6wxpgOn7uUyg&utm_source=copy-link&pi=QlxhIPRASOOm8
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This week Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper finally come together for the Winter Dance Party...the infamous tour that was badly planned, brutally cold, and exhausting almost from the moment it began.

We follow them as the ping-pong across the frozen Midwest in a bus that could barely keep them warm, through breakdowns, illness, and a schedule that made very little geographical sense....and that makes Johanna kind of stabby!
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playlist:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6weWg42qTGdvmbWZj5Rtfn?si=mRk2RXdpT7G7BJrMRCmbZw&utm_source=copy-link&pi=HYoBjLJpR8ywA

February 3, 1959, would become known as “The Day the Music Died”In Part Two of The Day the Music Died, we continue with Buddy Holly’s story as his career takes off, and introduce the youngest musician who would eventually join him on the Winter Dance Party tour: Ritchie Valens.

By January 1959, Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens were all headed for the same place: the Winter Dance Party, an exhausting and grueling tour through the frozen Midwest.

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Playlist:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6weWg42qTGdvmbWZj5Rtfn?si=mRk2RXdpT7G7BJrMRCmbZw&utm_source=copy-link&pi=HYoBjLJpR8ywA

February 3, 1959, would become known as “The Day the Music Died”

But before we get to that frozen field, we need to know the people who ended up on that plane.

In Part One, we look at the lives and careers of Buddy Holly and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson. We follow Buddy from Lubbock, Texas, to becoming one of the most influential figures in early rock and roll, and the Big Bopper from radio DJ and songwriter to larger-than-life performer.
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