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    Posted February 4, 2009 by
    SpiderArtist |
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    Mason, Texas
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    “The Day the Music Died”: 50 years later

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    I was nine years old in Buddy's hometown of Lubbock when I heard the radio report of his death and was somehow more affected by it than others.  In keeping with his tradition, I became a musician and even sat at his desk in homeroom at Lubbock High.  Although his candle did not burn long, its light brightened the whole world...

     

    --Spider Johnson

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