On August 10, 1967, the great soul singer Otis Redding was killed in a plane crash in Madison, Wisconsin. With one exception, the members of his Memphis back-up band, The Bar-Kays, also died in the icy lake waters where the plane crashed. That member was horn player Ben Cauley, who went on to distinguished career playing in Memphis. Brian Friel was the Irish playwright, often dubbed “The Irish Chekhov”, responsible for the play, Dancing at Lughnasa (1990). Frankie Ford was part of the New Orleans sound of late 1950’s rock and roll, and he recorded the memorable song “Sea Cruise”, written by Huey “Piano” Smith. John Guillermin was British film director responsible for The Towering Inferno (1974) and the remake of King Kong (1976).