American CountrysideThe Day the Music Died
American Countryside - An Amazing Journey
Telling the stories behind the people, places and events from across the American countryside.9 clip(s)
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On this edition of our podcast I take you to a farm field just outside Clear Lake, Iowa. It was here on the evening of February 2, 1959, Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens and Waylon Jennings had just played a concert. But the night would end in tragedy. It was the event remembered in the first lines of the song Bye Bye Miss American Pie.
