This old but still unfolding story just makes one involuntarily shake their head.
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This is a 2007 film that hadn't caught my attention until I saw it on a store shelf one slow weekend.
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And of course there was a party!
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Just a quick nod to a huge moment in music history.  It was 50 years ago today that Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper died in a plane crash in a blinding snow storm, after playing a show on tour in Iowa.  They obviously aren't the only musicians to perish in a plane crash, but history views this tragedy as having changed music forever.
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I won't belabor this as possibly most everyone has seen it already.
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This is a potentially misleading headline I suppose.  The hero in question is not some universally accepted hero, but he's certainly one of my all time top music heroes.
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I suppose it’s altogether fitting I write this on a day when I’m off work in honor of the memory of one of our country’s greatest civil rights proponents.  [IMPORTANT NOTE: if you are sensitive about strong opinions related to current day politics, or rather societal hot button topics, do not read this.  You have been warned.]
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You just have to keep your eyes open to them.
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