O/T: The Day The Music Died
 

Posted By: <b>Bob Pomilla</b><p>Yes, McPhatter and Haley were, according to what I have heard, very bitter, sad figures at the end. Buchanan received nowhere near the recognition his talent deserved.

O/T: The Day The Music Died
 

Posted By: <b>LenK</b><p> Steve Marriot (The Small Faces and Humble Pie) died in a fire.....this is the singer Robert Plant borrowed heavily from

O/T: The Day The Music Died
 

Posted By: <b>Mark Evans</b><p>I can't resist chiming in. I was 9 years old on the Day the Music Died. I recall the crash.<br><br>Roy Buchanan hanged himself in Fairfax County (Va) jail, not too far from my Falls Church home, after his wife had him picked up for threatening behavior as a result of drinking, as I recall.<br><br>Also, a propos of prior posts, on the way to dinner the other night I drove by the high school attended by Jim Morrison and Cass Elliot (George Washington, Alexandria). John Phillips attended the school as well.<br><br>Mark

O/T: The Day The Music Died
 

Posted By: <b>Rob</b><p>Yea it is amazing about Buchanan, because I saw him not too long before he died on some PBS special and he was great!