“There was so much passion in his playing and the best thing was that he knew when not to play. “To me, Stevie was Texas blues,” Jennings said. Jennings, now a country music star, said he immediately thought of the 1959 night when he heard about Vaughan’s death on television Monday morning. So, Buddy said it was OK for him to take my seat, and Ritchie went up to Tommy and asked for his seat.” But, just before we left, the Big Bopper came up and asked if he could have one of the seats because he had the flu. “There was just room on the plane for Buddy, me, the pilot and Tommy Allsup, the guitar player. Waylon Jennings, who played bass in Holly’s band on the 1959 tour, recalled the earlier crash near Mason City, Iowa, by phone Monday from his home near Nashville. The story of the earlier crash-also featured in movie biographies of both Holly and Valens-has been retold so many times over the years that just who took the “last seat” on that flight has become blurred. That fatal decision was similar to the often told story involving the 1959 crash, which was described as “The Day the Music Died” in Don McLean’s 1971 song, “American Pie.” Comer quoted Vaughan as turning to his brother and asking, “Do you mind if I take the seat? I really need to get back.”
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