Published by editor on Mon, 01/31/2022 - 6:59pm
63 years ago today, a Beech-Craft Bonanza soared across the snowy skies and frigid temperatures from Mason City, Iowa. Within minutes, the plane went down and crashed in Clear Lake, Iowa, killing the pilot and all three passengers. This day would forever be known as “The Day The Music Died”. Now, at first my plan was to write about a different band for the second episode of Timeless Music Mentions, but I realized February 3 fell on a Thursday, and I just couldn’t not write about my second favorite artist of all time, whom I wrote a biopic screenplay for last year.
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