WINTER DANCE PARTY

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

YOU WOULD THINK IT COULDN'T GET BETTER BUT IT DOES....!

WINTER DANCE PARTY..... 2013 VERSION SOUTH POINT HOTEL AND CASINO....AND YOU CAN GO SUNDAY.......702 797 8055.

THIS..... THE FINE TUNED BUDDY HOLLY TOUR FINALE ....HISTORICALLY ......3 FEBRUARY 1959...ALL PRE 1959 MUSIC......JUST  PERFECT....

JOHN MUELLER PLAYS BUDDY...HE'S THE FATHER OF THIS....

RAY ANTHONY...PLAYS RICHIE VALENS....BEST TALENT ON THE STAGE....

LINWOOD SASSER NOW PLAYS J P RICHARDSON....THE BIG BOPPER.

BEST SHOWROOM IN LAS VEGAS...PERFECT CONTINUITY AND SOUND...GREAT SPOTLIGHT...EXCELLENT PRODUCTION.....BACKGROUND CURTAINS CHANGE COLORS WITH THE SONGS....SIDE VIDEO HISTORICAL PICTURES OF THE ORIGINALS....DAMN PERFECT SHOW.

WHAT A NOVELTY TO HEAR THE LYRICS....BASS...GUITAR...SOFT DRUMS....SAX...VOCALS...WHAT A SIMPLE GENIUS THEM....LETS WRITE SOME LYRICS !

WE HAVE SEEN THIS SHOW BEFORE AND HOPEFULLY WILL AGAIN....IT NEVER GETS OLD...

BUDDY......7 SEP 1936-3 FEBRUARY 1959
RICHIE.....13 MAY1941-3 FEBRUARY 1959
BOPPER....24 OCT 1930-3 FEBRUARY 1959

THEY ALL DIED ALONG WITH PILOT ROGER PETERSON IN THE TRAGIC PLANE CRASH OUTSIDE CLEAR LAKE, IOWA THAT COLD CLEAR SUNDAY MORNING ANDTHE REST REMAINS HISTORY....BUDDY AT 22 RECORDED 39 SONGS ...HE WROTE 25 OF THEM ....OH....... WHAT COULD HAVE YET COME...
RAVE ON.....EVERYDAY....THAT WILL BE THE DAY...OH BOY...PEGGY SUE....THIS STUFF, CLASSIC IN ITS SIMPLICITY AND ITS MESSAGE.

AS MY REGULAR READERS KNOW WE ATTENDED THE 50THE REUNION IN 2009 IN CLEAR LAKE AT THE SURF BALLROOM...IT IS AN ANUAL  EVENT AND TRUE TO THE WAY IT ALL PLAYED OUT....ACTUALLY BUDDYS WIFE MARIA ELANA ATTENDED THE FIRST 50 REUNIONS !

RICHIE...JUST 17....OH DONNA...LA BAMBA......RAY ANOTHNY YOU ARE RICHIE VALENS...

BOPPER....AT 29 THE OLD MAN ...BOPPER JR PLAYED HIS FATHER WITH THIS GROUP ...HE WAS IN THE WOMB ON THE DAY OF THE PLAN CRASH....HE WAS EXCELLENT....SASSER...THE CURRENT BOPPER A SOLID TALENT.

I WILL NOT APOLOGIZE........ THIS SHOW BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES EVERY TIME....FRIDAY NIGHTS SHOW JUST EXCEPTIONALLY SPECIAL...EVERYTHING CLICKED......'S THEY PLAY THE ORIGINAL CHARTS...THANKS TO THE SOUTH POINT...BRING THEM BACK.

NEXT UP AT THE SOUTH POINT THIS WEEKEND...THE LETTERMEN....702 797 8055

ALMOST A SELLOUT FRIDAY NIGHT....FRIENDS AND FAMILY FOLLOWING THIS SHOWROOM TALENT.......WE SEEM TO BE HOOKED....ON THE SOUTH POINT.....TICKET STAFF PERFECT...POKER ROOM HAS SOLID MANAGEMENT....GOOD BUFFET......I THINK THEY WANT US TO PLAY ALONG AND WE DO....WHAT WRONG WITH TREATING PEOPLE RIGHT ?

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