[HORNET]

And George Washington would be 293

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Originally Posted by MplsPete

There's a field in Iowa, close to the Minnesota border, where you can walk out to a small shrine at the point of impact.

Yes, it's in a remote part of Iowa.

The day the music died....

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Originally Posted by HORNET

And George Washington would be 293

And George Burns would have been 63.

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Before my time, but the song "American Pie" came out when I was starting to listen to music, so I spent time learning more about the connection the song had to Buddy Holly.

Assuming most reading this thread would know this, but Waylon Jennings, who was touring with Buddy at the time, gave up his seat on the plane to the Big Bopper, who didn't want to ride the bus because he had the flu and the bus was going to be a cold, long, uncomfortable ride. Per Wikipedia, this was the friendly banter between Waylon and Buddy:

"When Holly learned that his bandmates had given up their seats on the plane and had chosen to take the bus rather than fly, a friendly banter between Holly and Jennings ensued, and it would come back to haunt Jennings for decades to follow: Holly jokingly told Jennings, "Well, I hope your ol' bus freezes up!" Jennings jokingly replied, "Well, I hope your ol' plane crashes!"[35] Under 90 minutes later, shortly after 1:00 am on February 3, 1959, Holly's charter plane crashed into a cornfield outside Mason City, instantly killing all on board.[36]"

Certainly not Waylon's fault, but as he would say, he could never shake the feeling of some guilt for the crash.