50 WINTERTS LATER
by edbruce edbrucevegas@yahoo.com
I have told this story before and I will again and finally......WILL be able to put my finger on it !
3 February 1959..... Clear Lake, Iowa at the Surf Ballroom the last concert for Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and J P Richardson. They all died in a plane crash outside the city shortly after that concert. On that day I was a paper boy for the Omaha World Herald which carried that tragic headline. At 14 on my bi
cycle that morning it was 31 degrees below zero under the most beautiful clear Nebraska morning ever....I froze my ass off and kept the memory of that day my entire life.
Now 50 winters later the event (which is celebrated every year) is my winter vacation destination ! The rock and roll Hall of Fame helps organize this small piece of history...at this writing I am 194 miles west of the event and into Clear Lake tomorrow....THAT'LL BE THE DAY !
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