Flight arrangements were made with Roger Peterson, a 21-year-old local pilot described as a "young married man who built his life around flying" | For the start of the "Winter Dance Party" tour, Holly assembled a band consisting of bass , guitar , and drums , with the opening vocals of |
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The bodies of Holly and Valens had been ejected from the fuselage and lay near the plane's wreckage | When they opened the casket, they found a body that was in "remarkably good condition" and were able to x-ray the remains |
Buddy Holly was an American singer who was a main pioneer of rock and roll in the 1950s.
5Compounding that was the guilty feeling that I was still alive | She still has the rose |
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McLean described the incident as the "loss of innocence" of the early rock-and-roll generation | Allsup went on to a major career of his own, playing guitar for performers like Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Merle Haggard, and — appropriately — Jennings |
Holly and Richardson were buried in Texas, Valens in , and Peterson in Iowa.