A Year of Blogging: February 3, 2011

Well, once again, it is the weekend and I am a couple days behind on the blogging. Thursday was the 'Day the Music Died' . You may recognize this line from Don McLean's song "American Pie". In 1959, a plane crash killed three American rock stars: The Big Bopper, Buddy Holly, and Ritchie Valens. I have to admit, I had no idea who these people were until the movie 'La Bamba' came out in 1987. The accident was some 17 years before I was born, my mother was only 5 1/2 at the time. We listened to country music in our house. I knew Patsy Cline had died in a plane crash, and I knew Hank Williams had died at a young age. By the time 'La Bamba' came out, we had seen 'Sweet Dreams' several times. My sister loved the movie 'La Bamba' and we watched it over and over. I could never watch the plane crash scenes- back to my fear of flying, I guess. I haven't seen it in years, but I think I still know it by heart.