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Tommy Allsup, Guitarist Who Avoided Buddy Holly Plane Crash, Dies at 85
January 12, 2017 at
10:43 PM
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Holly, Valens and Richardson died with 21-year-old pilot Roger Peterson when the plane crashed in the Iowa countryside in snowy conditions. The three rockers' deaths were immortalized in Don McLean's 1971 song "American Pie," and became known as "the day the music died."
In a 1987 interview with the AP, Tommy Allsup, who was born in Owasso, Oklahoma, recalled flipping the coin backstage after playing a concert.
"A couple of people were standing there," he said. "I flipped it. (Valens) called 'heads.' He got his stuff off the bus."
Another entertainer who was left off the plane was country music star Waylon Jennings, who was also playing with Holly's band at the time. Jennings died in 2002.
Austin Allsup, who last year competed in the singing competition television program "The Voice," said Valens' sister reached out to him after his father's death to offer her condolences.
"I told her in my message back, now my dad and Ritchie can finally finish the tour they started 58 years ago," he said.
After Holly's death, Tommy Allsup worked both as a guitarist and a record producer. He produced records for Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel.
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http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-cultur...es-n706456
Holly, Valens and Richardson died with 21-year-old pilot Roger Peterson when the plane crashed in the Iowa countryside in snowy conditions. The three rockers' deaths were immortalized in Don McLean's 1971 song "American Pie," and became known as "the day the music died."
In a 1987 interview with the AP, Tommy Allsup, who was born in Owasso, Oklahoma, recalled flipping the coin backstage after playing a concert.
"A couple of people were standing there," he said. "I flipped it. (Valens) called 'heads.' He got his stuff off the bus."
Another entertainer who was left off the plane was country music star Waylon Jennings, who was also playing with Holly's band at the time. Jennings died in 2002.
Austin Allsup, who last year competed in the singing competition television program "The Voice," said Valens' sister reached out to him after his father's death to offer her condolences.
"I told her in my message back, now my dad and Ritchie can finally finish the tour they started 58 years ago," he said.
After Holly's death, Tommy Allsup worked both as a guitarist and a record producer. He produced records for Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel.
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http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-cultur...es-n706456
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