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Monday, February 27, 2017

Music Deaths: Tommy Allsup: Lost Coin Toss to Ritchie Valens


TOMMY ALLSUP, 85  Died January 11, 2017.

Guitarist touring with Buddy Holly on the ill-fated Winter Dance Party tour.  Flipped a coin with Ritchie Valens for a seat on the plane.  He later played with Roy Orbison.

He was scheduled again to play at the Surf Ballroom in Iowa on the anniversary of the crash this year.

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