Surf Ballroom, Buddy Holly's last performance and plane crash site. Clear Lake Iowa.

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  • Опубліковано 26 сер 2021
  • On our way back home from the Sturgis SD rally we made a couple stops, one was in Clear Lake Iowa to visit the Surf Ballroom and Museum.
    Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper last performed here and lost their lives in a plane crash not far from the airport in a corn field, and also the pilot.
    I was born in 1958 on Buddy Holly's Birthday and named Peggy Sue after one of his popular songs. I wonder if my mother knew I was born on his Birthday, she never mentioned it to me.
    So Buddy and his song has a special place in my heart. ❤️
    Feb. 3rd 1959
    The day the music died!
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  • @charlieschembri9237
    @charlieschembri9237 Рік тому +2

    Rest in peace Buddy
    Thanks for the great songs

  • @jorgelopez-pr6dr
    @jorgelopez-pr6dr Рік тому +3

    The first great tragedy of music occurred in a day like today. It is even said that you can heard music faintly in the ballroom and in the middle of the night the sound of a plane can be heard in the site every anniversary of the crash.

    • @Adventureswithmeme
      @Adventureswithmeme  Рік тому

      Jorge yes it was a great tragedy.
      Thank you for the info it's very interesting.

  • @maggiegarber246
    @maggiegarber246 Рік тому +2

    I have been to the Surf 9 times, twice for a walk through tour and 7 times for the Winter Dance Party. That yearly event started in 1979, before the Gary Busey movie. The phone is in the lobby, glassed off. The thing that was wrong in the movie was it was shown as if it was backstage. Maria Elena said that Buddy called her.
    The performance at the Surf was on my mother’s 40th birthday. I didn’t realize that until I went to the WDP in 2015. I went every year from 2014 through 2020. In spite of snow/ice/cold, buses take the attendees to the crash site.

    • @Adventureswithmeme
      @Adventureswithmeme  Рік тому

      Maggie thank you so much for giving me all this information. That is so interesting. I would love to go to the dance party someday. But the weather there concerns me.
      Thank you again for sharing. ❤️

  • @Motoramblings
    @Motoramblings 2 роки тому +4

    Such a sad, and strange tale as to how the people ended up on the plane, and the ones who didn't.....

  • @kingolomon4026
    @kingolomon4026 2 роки тому +2

    RIP:
    Buddy⚘
    Ritchie⚘
    Bopper⚘

  • @MrMike47274
    @MrMike47274 2 роки тому +1

    Very interesting ! Thanks for sharing ! 😎👍👍

  • @stevenbrewer9306
    @stevenbrewer9306 2 роки тому +1

    i love how you broke the story down just like it happened! exact spots and everything, great video!

    • @Adventureswithmeme
      @Adventureswithmeme  2 роки тому

      Thank you Steven, I really appreciate your comment! It is such a sad story. ☹️

  • @AndrewB221
    @AndrewB221 2 роки тому +2

    I want to go here ❤️😔

    • @Adventureswithmeme
      @Adventureswithmeme  2 роки тому

      Andrew it's a very touching place. I want to go back again. 😊❤️

    • @garyfaught3769
      @garyfaught3769 2 роки тому +1

      Was there for the "50 Winters Later" show on Feb 2, 2009. If you are a fan it is WELL worth the trip.

    • @Adventureswithmeme
      @Adventureswithmeme  2 роки тому

      Thank you Gary!
      I would love to go someday! Looks like a fun time.

  • @rebeccamedhurst9629
    @rebeccamedhurst9629 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you so much what a great video I never seen this one before I live in England

    • @rebeccamedhurst9629
      @rebeccamedhurst9629 2 роки тому +1

      3 of the great rip all your spirits and soles are above every one ever day all of the world keep rocking in the sky guys you are all love on earth

    • @Adventureswithmeme
      @Adventureswithmeme  2 роки тому

      Thank you Rebecca!
      I am so happy you enjoyed it.
      Thank you for watching and commenting. ❤️

    • @maggiegarber246
      @maggiegarber246 Рік тому +1

      I went to the WDP every year from 2014 through 2020, and there was a large contingent from the UK that had been coming every year for decades.

    • @Adventureswithmeme
      @Adventureswithmeme  Рік тому

      Maggie, that is so interesting. Thank you for watching and commenting.

  • @michaelhurley3171
    @michaelhurley3171 2 роки тому +2

    It's ironic but that crash probably preserved that beautiful theater.

  • @MRRiley-ct8my
    @MRRiley-ct8my 2 роки тому +2

    On the flip side of the story would if after that conversation between Buddy & Whalen it was the bus that broke down & Whalen with the artist on the bus had froze to death, then Buddy would have been alive & felt his words haunted him. That moment shows us that the smallest comments we make or actions we do can have a life changing affect # Rip Buddy, Richie, the Big Bopper & their pilot.

  • @tracymcelhenie3988
    @tracymcelhenie3988 2 роки тому +1

    that ZZ TOP Gretch is Amazing .

  • @jimmantell6832
    @jimmantell6832 2 роки тому +2

    i am 76 and who ever said this is when the MUSIC DIED was right
    😂

  • @jerrysharpnack4010
    @jerrysharpnack4010 Рік тому +1

    Why hasn't a movie been made for the big bopper? It's time

    • @Adventureswithmeme
      @Adventureswithmeme  Рік тому

      Yes, I agree Jerry!

    • @EvelynRinehart
      @EvelynRinehart 3 місяці тому +1

      Oh my goodness I've been wondering the same thing. This movie would have to be filmed at the Surf Ballroom! I think Dan Achroid in the 80s could pull it off.

  • @RG-ja34sep
    @RG-ja34sep 2 роки тому +3

    I will never know why these musicians and band members were not accommodated in hotels or something suitable, instead of broken down school buses, considering the extreme cold temperatures and weather.
    Another impossible thing to believe is how that flight was allowed to take place. The weather conditions were atrocious and suicidal, the pilot was young and not qualified to fly that plane based on his lack of instrumentation knowledge, and it was at five to one in the morning. It was a plane crash that was definitely going to happen, and Jerry Dwyer, the owner of the plane and airport manager was the main culprit responsible for this air disaster.

    • @Adventureswithmeme
      @Adventureswithmeme  2 роки тому

      I agree with you. This never should have happened.

    • @Solrac1424
      @Solrac1424 2 роки тому +1

      This has the markings of someone wanting the musicians dead

    • @Adventureswithmeme
      @Adventureswithmeme  2 роки тому +1

      @@Solrac1424 I sure hope not! ☹️

    • @Solrac1424
      @Solrac1424 2 роки тому +1

      @@Adventureswithmeme me neither but...too many famouz people have died in airplane crashes

    • @Adventureswithmeme
      @Adventureswithmeme  2 роки тому +1

      @@Solrac1424 that is so true! ☹️

  • @tommyt1357
    @tommyt1357 Рік тому +1

    Today was the day that it would have happened

  • @ianarchibald1423
    @ianarchibald1423 2 роки тому +1

    Ever since the Gary Busey movie, the Surf has been capitalizing on this event big time!! Good for them. However, before the movIe they had all but forgotten Buddy Holly let alone the other two. If you go there, know that not all of the story that has become the narrative is true. Not a big deal, but still, this a giant tourist trap.

    • @Adventureswithmeme
      @Adventureswithmeme  2 роки тому

      Thank you for watching and commenting Ian.
      I don't think you ever get the complete and true story.

  • @donlarson6684
    @donlarson6684 2 роки тому +2

    Buddy never called Maria from the Surf. That’s a made up story.

    • @Adventureswithmeme
      @Adventureswithmeme  2 роки тому

      Don that's interesting to know. I am sure there are a lot of inaccurate things in this story.
      Thank you for watching and commenting.

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    @TheresaSmall-sl6kb 8 місяців тому +1

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    @TheresaSmall-sl6kb 8 місяців тому +1

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