Ayer, 3 de Febrero se celebró el día que se murió la música, amigos. O al menos así es recordado en cierto tema clásico del rock norteamericano (Don McLean, “American Pie”, 1971).
La había oido y cantado mil veces, y hasta ahora me dí a la tarea de averiguar porqué. Todo gira en torno a un famoso (y lúgubre) accidente aéreo en 1959, donde murieron al mismo tiempo varias estrellas de rock de esa época que andaban juntos en gira (uno de ellos de ascendencia mexicana, por cierto).
Les comparto el conocimiento…
On February 3, 1959, rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with the pilot, Roger Peterson. The event later became known as “The Day the Music Died”, after singer-songwriter Don McLean so referred to it in his song “American Pie”.
At the time, Holly and his band, consisting of Waylon Jennings, Tommy Allsup, and Carl Bunch, were playing on the “Winter Dance Party” tour across the Midwest. Rising artists Valens and Richardson had joined the tour as well…
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