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15 gen 2017 · Tommy Allsup, the guitarist who avoided the Buddy Holly plane crash by losing a coin flip, died Jan. 11, 2017, according to multiple news sources. He was 85. He died at a hospital in Springfield ...
14 mar 2019 · No article on the late Tommy Allsup would be complete without the story of an unsuccessful coin flip saving his life – and that goes for this one, too. But the well-known story of Buddy Holly chartering a plane in 1959, and bandmate Allsup giving his seat to Ritchie Valens, avoiding the fatal crash, overshadows Allsup’s excellent guitar playing and impressive resume as session musician and ...
11 gen 2017 · Randy Steele fondly remembers the last time he saw Tommy Allsup, the guitarist who toured with Lubbock musician Buddy Holly in 1959. Steele arranged for Allsup to come to Lubbock last year, when ...
Tommy Allsup. Actor: Honkytonk Man. Tommy Allsup was an American rockabilly and swing musician. He was well known as a famous member of the Cherokee Nation. He worked with famous artists like Buddy Holly, Bob Wills, His Texas Playboys, Ritchie Valens, J.P.
13 gen 2017 · Tommy Allsup, a guitarist who lost a coin toss that kept him off a plane that later crashed and killed rock 'n' roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P.
15 gen 2017 · Tommy Allsup, the guitarist who avoided the Buddy Holly plane crash by losing a coin flip, died Jan. 11, 2017, according to multiple news sources. He was 85. He died at a hospital in Springfield, Missouri, of complications from a hernia operation, said his son, Austin. The musician was in Buddy Holly’s backing band when he lost a coin toss to ...
12 gen 2017 · Tommy Douglas Allsup was born near Owasso, Okla., to a farming family. His father and brother were both fiddlers, and Mr. Allsup began playing guitar behind them at family square dances.
