They have departed, but may their songs live forever!!

Buddy has gone -- but I am sure
Bob Dylan is still very much alive :-? :-? :-?
Little Trivia question for yer-- what was the name of the plane that Buddy Holly died in?

Please tell ... according to reports the plane didn't have a name , it was always refered to by it's wing number ... or do you mean what type of plane?
As I stated before answering your post:
"To me, after seeing him (trying to) 'perform' in recent times, he has and I would sooner now remember him as he was to us youngsters as the maestro of radical music and thought. That was the magic then, but now, no more

As for the name of the plane...............this is the clue:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAsV5-Hv-7U[/media]
Yes......the plane was called Miss American Pie
Top answer Lizzie.. You win the prize..... 2 weekends out with ME!![/highlight]

Sorry to dissapoint you Miss Lizzie Zoom
- but prize of 2 weekends out with me is now withdrawn as your answer was incorrect

But in a weird symbolic way that plane might as well been called
American Pie! The United States of America was almost 60% through it's 'American Century', and when that plane went down with certainly one, if not three, artists who represented the American dream, that dream for America started to turn sour. A string of political and military events, from Cuba, JFK's assassination, the escalation of the Vietnam War, and the disgrace of Richard Nixon all started a decline in the perceived and actual power of the USA, with enemies aplenty amassing against it and spoiling that care free, all is possible and available dream. At the start of the new century, beyond the American one, has seen various attacks on American interests, 9/11, a severe US financial crisis, and involvement in further wars that America cannot win.
Yes, when Buddy Holly's plane went down it co-incidentally was the start of a new era for the USA, and metophically speaking
Miss American Pie went down with it.