"Wild" Wayne visited Clear Lake, Iowa for the "The Day The Music Died - 50 Winters Later" celebration. Click on the links below to see some of the photos taken from his trip.
The Surf Ballroom "Wild" Wayne at the Surf Ballroom Brandon, "Wild" Wayne and "Doo-Wop" Doug backstage at the Surf Don Mclean's hand-written "American Pie" lyrics backstage at the Surf The Crickets' signatures backstage at the Surf The real "Peggy Sue's" (Peggy Sue Gerron's) signature backstage at the Surf Joey Dee and the Starliters' signatures backstage at the Surf The pay phone used by Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens to make their last calls the night of 2/2/59 Monument outside the Surf dedicated to the three stars and pilot, Roger Peterson "Wild" Wayne outside the Surf "Wild" Wayne interviews "Cousin" Brucie Brandon, "Cousin" Brucie and "Wild" Wayne The Buddy Holly glasses sculpture at the crash site cornfield Memorial at the crash site "Wild" Wayne pays his respects at the crash site "Wild" Wayne and Brandon at the crash site memorial Fans gather at the crash site memorial Close up of the crash site memorial Sunset at the crash site Fender stratocaster ice sculpture at the Surf "Wild" Wayne chats with Chris Montez "Wild" Wayne chats with Connie (Ritchie Valens' sister) Plaque at the Surf Ballroom Mason City Airport - where the last flight departed The air strip used for the last flight "Wild" Wayne with Tommy Allsup The "British Music" symposium (Sir Tim Rice, Peter Asher, Geezer Butler, Gordon Waller, Graham Nash Graham Nash signs autographs for the fans The Crickets rehearsing "Wild" Wayne looks on as The Crickets rehearse Bobby Vee rehearsing "Wild" Wayne interviews Jay P. Richardson (Big Bopper Jr.) "Wild" Wayne interviews Jay P. Richardson (Big Bopper Jr.) Jay P. Richardson chats with Bob Hale (emcee of the original Winter Dance Party show) Jay P. Richardson (Big Bopper Jr.), Bob Hale and "Wild" Wayne "Wild" Wayne interviews Irma and Connie (Ritchie Valens sisters)� "Wild" Wayne with the Valens family (Irma, Mario and Connie) Irma and Connie "Wild" Wayne with JoJo (Los Lonely Boys) Los Lobos rehearsing Los Lobos rehearsing with Chris Montez "Wild" Wayne interviews David Hidalgo (Los Lobos) Maria Elena Holly speaks at the anniversary concert - 1 Maria Elena Holly speaks at the anniversary concert - 2 Maria Elena with the Valens family Bob Hale speaks at the anniversary concert "Cousin" Brucie speaks at the anniversary concert Peter and Gordon perform - 1 Peter and Gordon perform - 2 Graham Nash joins Peter and Gordon on stage Wanda Jackson performs - 1 Wanda Jackson performs - 2 Packed house at the Surf Graham Nash performs Peter and Gordon join Graham Nash The Crickets with Sir Tim Rice, Graham Nash and Bobby Vee Peter & Gordon with Graham Nash Jay P. Richardson holds his father's suitcase from the Winter Dance Party tour The Big Bopper Jr. performs Tommy Allsup performs Los Lobos performs Los Lobos performs David Hidalgo (Los Lobos) performs The Valens family joins Los Lobos on stage Los Lonely Boys, the Valens family and Maria Elena Holly join Los Lobos for "La Bamba" - 1 Los Lonely Boys, the Valens family and Maria Elena Holly join Los Lobos for "La Bamba" - 2 End of the night jam session with Tommy Allsup and The Crickets End of the night jam session with Maria Elena Holly and The Crickets End of the night jam session Crowd gathers at the crash site for the 50th anniversary memorial service - 50 years to the exact moment of the crash Words at the crash site for the 50th anniversary memorial service Bonfire at the memorial service - 1 Bonfire at the memorial service - 2 Elwin Musser, photographer who took the crash photos, with the actual camera "Wild" Wayne interviews Elwin Musser Elwin Musser shows "Wild" Wayne the camera used to take the crash site photos "Wild" Wayne with Elwin Musser Banner at the Surf ballroom
