The Day The Music Died - 50 Years Ago Today.

Buddy Holly Today is the 50th anniversary of the tragic plane crash that took the lives of Ritchie Valens, JP "The Big Bopper" Richardson, and the legendary Buddy Holly. You can read all about the 50th anniversary right here. To celebrate the memory of one of their favorite idols The Monolators have covered "Everyday" by Buddy Holly and have posted it for free download on their blog. [MP3] The Monolators - Everyday (Buddy Holly Cover) From Eli Monolator's Blog: If you somehow haven't noticed, today is the 50th anniversary of Buddy Holly's death, along with Richie Valens and the Big Bopper. Buddy is obviously one of my biggest idols--I've always chased his style to various degrees of slavishness right from the beginning of the Monolators, we've covered "Rave On" in the past, and I've had a vague (and probably not to be pursued anytime soon) idea of covering "Well All Right" in the style of "I'm In Love With A German Film Star" by the Passions--that would be pretty good, right? Instead we chose to mark this somewhat morbid occasion with a stab at "Everyday." Jillinda Palmer is on keyboards/synths and Ray from Maxwell Demon is on lead guitar. The clattering bits are drumsticks on our garage door, recorded and looped thru one of those little Casio synths that let you sample & play back yourself burping up and down the keyboard. This video is hilarious - especially when the woman tells everyone to "Keep an open mind."