Musical Greats Who Were Taken By Plane Crashes...

[bayoubill]

all of 'em taken way too soon...

I still, to this day, more'n 45 years later, remember how stricken I felt when I went to the high school library one morning before classes, pulled out the Times Picayune from the newspaper rack, 'n read that Otis Redding had been killed...

December 1967...

no more'n six months after this monumental performance...

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ddLvbCQbU4"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ddLvbCQbU4[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

'nother one that made me sick when I heard he'd been killed...

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3N1DbLi0A4"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3N1DbLi0A4[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

'n another...

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhL36vP_lv4"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhL36vP_lv4[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

Ronnie Van Zant...

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMmTkKz60W8"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMmTkKz60W8[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

Patsy Cline...

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R098wqneblY"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R098wqneblY[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

Jim Reeves...

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpi8Bek6jdM"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpi8Bek6jdM[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

Buddy Holly...

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6lyYIurcCk"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6lyYIurcCk[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

the Big Bopper...

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kXQWY94lRo"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kXQWY94lRo[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

Richie Valens...

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ziSLGVQOSg"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ziSLGVQOSg[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

there's another few left to name...

I'll leave it to others to name 'em...

 

[Borillar]

Randy Rhoads
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trxFJsjqnK4]Randy Rhoads - Mr. Crowley Solo LIVE ( RARE ) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[NoNukes]

Buddy Holly...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6lyYIurcCk

Waylon Jennings was Buddy Holly's bass player, and he gave up his seat to the Big Bopper who had a pressing ingagement.

 

[Borillar]

Glen Miller
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2aj0zhXlLA]Glenn Miller - Chattanooga Choo Choo - Sun Valley Serenade (1941) HQ - YouTube[/ame]