Buddy Holly's Final Performance, with Mike Evans
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- Mike Evans shares his experience the night Ritchie Valens, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Buddy Holly took the stage for what would be their final performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, 1959. Pulled from the Come Back Buddy doc archives.
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He's lucky to have been there. I wonder if he know's how important it is that he was there. His words go into the history of rock and roll
RITCHIE VALENS AND BUDDY HOLLEY HELPED WITH DRUMMING!!!
LOVE RITCHIE AND BUDDY AND BIG BOPPER!!!
I've also heard that Carlo from Dion and The Belmonts also filled in.
Buddy was an innovator as a song writer and entertainer. Being ahead of his time has made sure Buddy has fared the cultural changes better than most. Ritchie is a cultural hero to the Latinos and music lovers in general. Buddy, Ritchie, Bopper-all gone too soon.
I grew up in Lubbock Texas from the early '70s - the early '90s and I grew up loving Buddy Holley music he is and always will be my all time favorite Rock an roller in my heart he is like a long lost brother from another generation I pray that when I die I get to finally meet him in heaven,
Indeed a real pleasure to hear this man speak about his memories of that night...
long live the king buddy holly
Fantastic interview and a fantastic video!!!! It it so much better to see real people who were at historic events, rather than crappy TV interviews. You did a very good job with this.
This man's commentary is history.
Thank you Mike for you're take on events, much appreciated
He was there. Fascinating.
rotunda57 I was not born yet but I love hearing these stories.
Why is it fascinating that he was there? There was over a thousand more other people there too. He wasn't the only one in the world that attended this concert.
My wife and I were at the 2009 Winter Dance Party 50 Years Later show. 6 below that night with crystal clear skies. Tickets for that show were $85.00 and the Surf was packed. Many stars were there including Bobby Vee, Peter & Gordon, Graham Nash, Tommy Alsup as well as Ritchie's family and Marie Elena and Bopper Jr. It WAS an unforgettable night. There WAS magic the air.
gary faught 85.00 NOW 50 CENTS THEN, HOLY SHIT.
60 yrs tomorrow.
Hope u go again
Great, personal memories of a historic musical night.
Thanks Mike For Sharing Your Descriptive Story and Thank You Point N' Shoot Pictures For Capturing This Great Story. I Was Only 1 Year Old When Buddy Died But I Learned Years Later How Truly Remarkable Buddy Holly Really Was.
This is a priceless piece of Rock & Roll history. He was fortunate enough to have been there, and incredibly after the concert actually drove past the fateful airport where the manager and airplane owner Jerry Dwyer, together with the pilot, Roger Peterson, would have been waiting for their passengers to arrive.
He gives an honest opinion of the suitability of the pilot, and I truly believe if the flight had been delayed until daylight later on, there would have been no accident! No question about it, Jerry Dwyer has to take a large part of the blame as, the pilot was clearly not fully competent, and the atrocious, blizzard like weather conditions, as well as the poor visibility (complete darkness) contributed greatly to this disaster. The proof of that is the plane only travelled for five miles, and with an efficient and experienced pilot, could have possibly managed an emergency landing at some point.
I remember during the'80s my parents took me and my siblings to the Lubbock civic center and they had the crickets performing all there music and they had a sock hop while they were performing it was pretty cool
Sorry Jeramy...I was there also and there was no sock hop going on.
This guy seems really down to earth, I bet he would have been really cool to hang out with at the show. Wish I was there. I could listen to him tell stories all day...lol
Holy canary! He was a lucky man... seeing Buddy at the Surf. Buddy even played drums for Dion and the Belmonds
ElSmusso both buddy and ritchie helped
With drumming!!!
little did he know that he was witnessing history, i always have wondered who has the autographs that Richie valens was involved with before he asked tommy that last fateful time to fly right before they left out the back door..
Such a awesome piece of history
At last someone mentions the fact that Dion and the Belmonts was on that tour.
Croaky Fisher Dion has a UA-cam documentary about that night. Comes of as a really narcissistic sleaze bag, and lies about well documented things (claims he was the one that did the coin toss with Ritchie Valens).
Croaky Fisher THE Belmont are mentioned alot in the interviews especially the 3 part interview with Frankie Sardo.
Savannah Simpson Dion is a bold faced liar..
Tommy Allsup said the 50 cent piece he tossed that Ritchie Valens called heads he carried til he died at age 85...in 2017. Ritchie won the toss and his seat on the doomed plane. Waylon gave his seat to The Bopper
@Dauðr Maðrinn ...its documented. Dion never flipped a coin. Waylon Jennings said til the day he died Tommy Allsup flipped the coin and Ritchie Valens won
@Dauðr Maðrinn watch the link on here...
Thank you Mike!!!
Wow its so neat he was threre.
Frankie Sardo was awesome too!!! RIP....
I don't have the words . 👍
Fascinating stuff. Info I'd never heard of before.
My late dad was born and raised in Iowa and was 18 in 1959. I’m surprised he didn’t attend that night.Hes class of 1959 Hartley High School.
Hartley is over by Spencer, and it would be over 100 mile round trip, and it was fiercely cold that night too. I wasn't quite 5 years old in 1959.
Awesome!!!!
As a Holly historian I find it odd that this man is talking about this and that. The bodies were not discovered until nearly 9am.
Tickets were 1.25- $10 in 2018 dollars. what a deal.
A lot of money back in the day
I knew about Buddy playing the drums, but, I was hoping he would say how GOOD a drummer Buddy was (or wasn't) ... I've always been curious about it
The drummer that had frostbite is Carl Bunch.
time is funny how it only flowes in one direction a second can be everything a lifetime can be nothing
I CANT BELIEVE NONE OF THESE PEOPLE GOT PICTURES WITH THE 3 OF THEM.
There were "cameras prohibited" signs posted at the Surf Ballroom the night of Holly's concert.
I enjoyed the Frankie Sardo interviews I saw on UA-cam.
I heard that one of the wings hit first & caused the rest to cartwheel & came to stop at the fence.They figure Buddy,Bopper & Valens were killed by the cartwheel before the plane came to a stop.
and you wave as your going by
The barrel drive inn used to have the best fried chicken
see how google will distort this wake up people please
I believe the plane was overloaded and probably iced up
Mike Evans does not have a clue as to what he is talking about. I don't mean to tear the guy apart, but he said a lot of wrong things in that interview. Buddy Holly only played drums for when Dion and the Belmonts were on. One of the Belmonts, Carlos, played drums for the rest of the performers. Dion was not on first, Frankie Sardo was. Mike also stated in an interview he did with a guy from Toronto some years ago at the Surf, that they went to the Barrel Drive Inn and that the car hops came out to take their order and they were crying. He asked what was wrong and they told him that the three singers had just died in a plane crash. Well why would car hops come out on a cold winter night and wait on you in the snow and freezing temps? In this interview he says the went to the drive inn, no mention of the car hops. I guess he changed his sorry. I don't think the drive is open in the winter time? Mike never heard the news on the radio the next morning before he went to school. They never found the crash until 9:30 in the morning. Also the dance got over before midnight because the plane took off a little before 1am and they didn't just rush out the door and go to the airport. I am a Buddy Holly historian and I have heard stories like Mike's that are so untrue, I've heard them all. Sometimes the stories get blown way out of proportion over the years. I was standing next to all of them in Eau Claire, WI on Jan 26, 1959, one week before Clear Lake.You want the real stories, then you talk to me, I will set you straight on what the real stories are. Rave On.....Don Larson
I am a historian as well. And you are spot on correct on every point. That being said, he probably is just one of those that mixes details from different memories.he seems genuine, but his recollection is inaccurate.
Okay and the proof will be in the pudding once you put together a UA-cam channel and start recanting all this classified, top secret information you claim to be withholding. So until that time, I will be rating this comment with a thumbs down.
@@whatever_it_takes6691 I'm not going to sit and argue with you. But I am a Buddy Holly historian and I know what is right and what is wrong. This guy Mike said so many wrong things about that night. I have on a tape where he told the interviewer that they went to the Barrel Drive In and he said the car haps came out and they were crying and they told him that the plane had crashed. Car hops don't come out to wait on a car when it's below zero .So, it seems like he changes his stories to fit the situation. He says he got up in the morning and heard the news. Well they never knew that the plane crashed until around 9:30 or 10 o'clock. Buddy never played drums for all the acts. One of the Belmonts filled in also. Frankie Sardo was on first, not the Belmonts. This guy Mike is a real piece 0f work and it seems like you believe all that he said. I saw the Winter Dance Party a week before the crash and I can tell you a true story about that night also. What I say is the gospel word and you can come to my house and I will tell you the real story. So don't give me a thumbs down because you don't know the real story like I do.
@@donlarson6684 If you saw the Winter Dance Party a week before the crash, tell your story. We'd all ove to hear it.