Article: The day the music died // Exactly 30 years after Buddy Holly's plane crashed, the Crickets are playing the gig their leader couldn't

A long, long time ago I can still remember how that music used to make me smile. And I knew if I had my chance that I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for awhile. But February made me shiver with ev'ry paper I'd deliver. Bad news on the doorstep. I couldn't take one more step. I can't remember if I cried when I read about

his widowed bride. Something touched me deep inside the day the music died. Don McLean, "American Pie"

After three decades, the Crickets are looking to complete the trip their leader Buddy Holly couldn't.

Today, the band is booked to perform in Fargo, N.D., the city Holly, Ritchie Valens and J. P. "Big Bopper" Richardson were ...

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