Buddy Holly

A country music icon was almost on the plane with him ...

The Rock 'n' Roll Dream tour will feature live instrumentation and backup singers performing under Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly vocal tracks.

Rock 'n' roll was still in its infancy when it suffered its first tragedy.

It happened 56 years ago today, some 10 hours and 31 minutes east of Cheyenne. It was 1959, when 22 year old Buddy Holly, was touring in an unheated tour bus so cold, his drummer had already been sent to the hospital for frostbite. Wanting to sleep in a warm bed and do some laundry, Buddy booked a single engine Beechcraft Bonanza to take them from a concert in Clear Lake, Iowa to their next “Winte