The visit proved an unhappy event for the players, who had a long trip on the bus last night disturbed with broken heating to -25 ° F (-32 ° C). Buses are also damaged several times between stops.
After a show at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, February 2, 1959, Holly chartered a small plane to take him to the next stage of the tour. He, Valens, Richardson and the pilot died on the way to Moorhead, Minn., when their plane crashed shortly after taking off from nearby Mason City on the morning February 3rd. Waylon Jennings bandmate left sitting in the plane, because Holly Jennings jokingly said: "I hope your bus ol 'freezing!" Jennings replied jokingly: "Well, I hope your plane crashes ol ! It is a statement that haunt Jennings for decades. Don McLean called "Fete de la Musique is dead" in his song "American Pie".
Holly funeral was held February 7, 1959, at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Lubbock. This service was inaugurated by Ben D. Johnson, who led Hollys marriage a few months earlier. The bearers were Jerry Allison, Joe B. Mauldin and Niki Sullivan, Bob Montgomery, Sonny Curtis andPhil Everly. Waylon Jennings was unable to attend due to commitments of the Winter Dance Party is always on tour. The body was buried in the cemetery of the city of Lubbock in the eastern part of the city. Holly headstone carrying the correct spelling of the surname (Holley) and burn his Fender Stratocaster
Holly pregnant woman, a widow, after nearly six months of marriage, shortly after a miscarriage, an end portion of the Holly tree. María Elena Holly did not attend the funeral and never visited the grave site. He later told the Avalanche-Journal:
First, I blame myself. I do not feel well when he left. I was two weeks pregnant, and I wanted to stay with my boyfriend, but he had planned this tour. It's the only time I was not with him. And I want because I know that if I go along, Buddy never get into the plane.
