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13. Jan. 2017 · Rockabilly guitarist Tommy Allsup, who narrowly avoided boarding the plane that killed Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper, has died aged 85. The musician famously lost a coin toss for a seat on the plane.
13. Jan. 2017 · Tommy Allsup, a guitarist best known for losing a coin toss that kept him off a plane that later crashed and killed rock 'n' roll star Buddy Holly, dies at the age of 85.
Tommy Allsup. Thomas Douglas Allsup (November 24, 1931 – January 11, 2017) [1] was an American rockabilly and country swing guitarist. Allsup was born near Owasso, Oklahoma in 1931. [2] He was an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation . He worked with entertainers such as Buddy Holly and Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys.
ALLSUP, TOMMY DOUGLAS (1931–2017). A premier Western-swing guitarist, as well as a music producer, Tommy Allsup was born on his Cherokee mother's allotment near Owasso on November 24, 1931. He was the twelfth of thirteen children in a musical family. When he was young, the family moved to Claremore, and in 1947, as a sophomore in high school ...
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13. Jan. 2017 · Tommy Allsup was part of Holly’s band when the Lubbock, Texas, singer died in the Feb. 3, 1959, plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. Allsup flipped a coin to see who between him and Valens would ...
24. Nov. 2023 · Tommy Allsup may not be a household name. But for those in the know, the guitarist is revered for his work with Buddy Holly, after the 1950s rock‘n’roll hero split with the original Crickets.
