Ka taƙaita labarin:  (CNN) Shekaru da yawa da suka wuce na yi wasan kwaikwayo a Surf Ballroom, a Clear Lake, Iowa, wanda shine tasha ta ƙarshe a yawon shakatawa na Buddy Holly. An kashe shi a wani hadarin jirgin sama a 1959 wanda kuma ya dauki rayukan mawaƙa J.P. "Babban Bopper" Richardson da kuma Ritchie Valens. A wannan lokacin, Buddy Holly da ni mun yi dogon tarihi tare. Waƙar da na yi a lokacin da dukan tsoffin 'yan ƙungiyarsa suke. Donna, wadda Ritchie Valens ya rubuta waƙa game da ita, ita ma tana wurin. Peggy Sue, wadda Buddy Holly ya rera waƙa game da ita, ita ma tana wurin. The Picks sun kasance a can - sun rera waƙoƙin baya a kan rikodin Buddy - da kuma mawaƙa Tommy Allsup, wanda ya yi iƙirarin cewa shekaru bayan haka ya sami walat dinsa daga wurin hadarin. Abin takaici wasu magoya baya a wannan wasan suna sayar da hotunan inda jirgin ya fadi, wanda na yi tunanin ba shi da kyau. Ina ganin yiwuwar Hukumar Kula da Tsaro ta Kasa ta sake zurfafawa cikin hadarin, wanda zai iya nufin tono gawarwaki da sauran su, zai kasance cikin irin wannan mummunan hali. Ina ganin akwai dalilin da ya sa muke cewa, "ki huta lafiya". Buddy Holly zai kasance da irin wannan matsayi na kiɗa ko ya rayu ko ya mutu, saboda nasarorin da ya samu, wanda, idan aka duba baya, babu wanda - kuma ina nufin babu wanda, ba Beatles da Rolling Stones ko wani - zai iya dokewa, saboda wadannan dalilai: A lokacin da yake da shekaru 22 ya yi rikodin waƙoƙi 50, yawancinsu ya rubuta su da kansa kuma kowanne daga cikinsu, a ganina da ra'ayin wasu da yawa, ya yi fice. Buddy Holly da Crickets sun kasance samfuri ga duk rukunin dutsen da suka biyo baya. Babu rikodin dutsen 'n' roll da zai iya taɓa waƙoƙi kamar "Rave On", "Ka yi tunaninsa", "Ba Fade Away", "Peggy Sue" da yawa, da yawa. Ya kuma kasance mai raɗaɗi, mawaki da mawaƙa, wanda mutane sukan manta da shi, tare da waƙoƙi kamar "Moondreams" da "True Love Ways", a tsakanin mutane da yawa. A matsayina na mai sayar da jaridu, na buɗe tarin jaridu a ranar 3 ga Fabrairu, 1959, kuma na ga cewa Buddy Holly ya mutu a hadarin jirgin sama. Washegari na tafi makaranta cikin mamaki, kuma ka san abin da ya faru? Babu wanda ya damu. Rock 'n roll a wancan zamanin wani irin...
Don McLean: Ba kyakkyawan ra'ayi ba ne ga NTSB don sake nazarin hadarin 1959 wanda ya kashe Buddy Holly, "Big Bopper", Ritchie Valens. Ya ce abin ƙyama ne; ya kamata su "natsu lafiya" Ya ce sake duba shari'ar hadarin wani bangare ne kawai na "tafiyar mutuwa ta Amurka" wacce ta mamaye al'adunmu.