On this edition of our podcast I take you to a farm field just outside Clear Lake, Iowa.  It was here on the evening of February 2, 1959, Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens and Waylon Jennings had just played a concert.  But the night would end in tragedy.  It was the event remembered in the first lines of the song Bye Bye Miss American Pie.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

On this edition of our podcast I take you to a farm field just outside Clear Lake, Iowa. It was here on the evening of February 2, 1959, Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens and Waylon Jennings had just played a concert. But the night would end in tragedy. It was the event remembered in the first lines of the song Bye Bye Miss American Pie. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of our podcast I take you to a farm field just outside Clear Lake, Iowa.&nbsp; It was here on the evening of February 2, 1959, Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens and Waylon Jennings had just played a concert.&nbsp; But the night would end in tragedy.&nbsp; It was the event remembered in the first lines of the song Bye Bye Miss American Pie.See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="noopener noreferrer">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

The Day the Music Died

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