Every time a famous musician dies, I think about Buddy Holly. [View all]

[byronius]

Glenn Frey had a pretty good, reasonably long life. David Bowie as well. I appreciate both for their contributions, very much.

But Buddy Holly -- had just begun. He was 22, and in love. He'd only been a professional musician for four years and had already written a string of hits, gorgeous music that will live forever. It's all we get of him, period, forever. Like Robert Johnson, one brief flash. Lighting in a bottle.

I wasn't born quite yet when he died. But I remember Buddy Holly.