European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Doily Magazine Gary Busey stars in title role of the buddy Holly Story. Film based on Brief but Brilliant career of the Young Texas Rock Ond Roll Pioneer who had such influence on later Rock music. Maria Richwine plays Holly s wife the Day the music died b Michael Holmes associated press e came Rockin and roil out of . Texas to live and die a legend his songs soared up the charts to help shape the music of a generation then on feb 3. 1959. A Midnight charter flight slammed into a Snow covered farm Field five Miles from Clear Lake. Iowa and Charles h buddy Holly just 22years old was dead u. As the song says that was the Day the died. People s capacity to remember had t the Globe Gazette newspaper in nearby Mason City Shi gets requests for reprints of its front Page Story on lie crash. A movie telling Holly s life Story has been re teased and opened in this North Central Iowa area this month and the Singer lives a High in the memories of those who packed Clear Lake s surf ballroom the night of feb. 2 Lor what was to be buddy Holly s last performance the crowd just would t Lei him off the stage that Nunt. It was recalls Carroll Anderson then Mager of the surf buddy was a terrific Young Man. "1 did t have too much of a Chance to talk with buddy it was a big show that night we also had Ritchie Jens. Dion and the Belmont and. Of course the big up woh. He was a fantastic Young Anderson be bodies of Valens. Who Sang Donna and Aroson. The Boom my voiced big Hopper who Sang Mantius were found near the wreckage of the of they had shared with Holly. The crash also took the of a 21-year-old local Pilot. Roger Peterson fms were bundled against the cold As they lined North 5fe drive waiting to pay what Anderson recalled was. I think to get in jh"1 he thing said Tom ii Les. One of be who bought a ticket you d go Down to the surf. Up a storm then go Home at Midnight but a Nail � Lime they did t have this kind of name buddy to who had 41 Hilt during his briefer. Combined the country sound of the is with a driving rhythm and blues beat to create songs like Peggy it s so and that la be the once inside fans crammed into tables and Booths sur rounding the 90-by 120-foot wooden ballroom floor. They jammed in under the arched Blue ceiling those in the Back straining to see the stage Holly Wos killed in a 1959 plane crash we had a real Good Anderson said we had 1.200. 1.300 paid admissions besides the parents we always invited free i d guess we had 1 500 people the crowd is one of the biggest things in my said Marlys Katuin. Then a 13-year-old Junior High school student and now a resident of Mason Cit when we got there it was neat it was packed Thart were a lot of people in there " Anderson said each act played twice for less a i. Hall an hour each time on the night of feb 2 Ami a i the music began the concert was a smash buddy was on around 9 30 and again at 11-.10 a hut do to at Midnight Anderson said i think his shows were set to run about 20 minutes hut the kids would t let him leave. Buddy was right at his when the concert did end. Anderson said. "vaiit.j. The bopper and buddy were ready to leave they had been on the Road six weeks at that time and had three More to go we settled up right then it was something around 51.000 for buddy Holly maybe $850 " from the surf. Holly. Valens and Richardson went in the Mason City municipal Airport where they had chartered a plane owned by the Dwyer flying sen ice it was to be a 3 hour flight to Fargo. . The near est Airport to Moorhead. Minn the next Stop on their Winter tour the four passenger Beechraft Bonanza look off shortly after Lam. When no word was received of the plane s arrival. Hying sen ice owner Jerry Dwyer set out to look for the party. But he was delayed for several hours by Earl morning fog. Then at 9 30 in the morning of feb 3. The plane s twisted wreckage was found in a Cornfield a few mile Northwest of the Airport that Day. At school. It was like re called Robert Elsawy. Then i High school freshman who went to the concert the night before. The girls were crying even one was Down about it there was Shock and a real sense of loss there was the sense that we were the last oru to Rehim " tic stars and strip Page
