Waylon Jennings was hired by Holly to play bass for him on the Winter ... “The only reason Buddy went on that tour was because he was broke. Flat broke,” Jennings revealed to Rolling Stone ...

In the 1971 classic "American Pie," Don McLean wrote about "The Day the Music Died" — a.k.a. Feb. 3, 1959, when Buddy ... to TMI, Holly planned to bring his band members, Jennings and Tommy ...

MORE: What you need to know about Buddy Holly and ‘The Day The Music Died’ RELATED: What Dr. Bill Bass found in bones of the Big Bopper A young Waylon Jennings, playing bass in Holly’s ...

In December of 1958, Buddy Holly was on vacation with his wife in his hometown of Lubbock, Texas when he met a local radio DJ Waylon Jennings at KDAV and KLLL. The two became fast friends and ...

When country singer and “Outlaw” legend, Waylon Jennings, was still early in his music career, he played in Buddy Holly’s band. And he was even supposed to have a seat on the plane that went ...

Within a year before Holly’s death on February ... re the one that’s a-meant for me “Buddy was the first guy who had confidence in me,” said Jennings in 1999. “Hell, I had as much ...

As music fans may well know, Buddy and Waylon were close friends." Jennings played bass on Holly's final tour. The bike was given to Jennings after Holly died in a plane crash in 1959. Jennings ...

Sixty-five years ago today (Feb. 3, 1959) was an incredibly tragic day for music fans: It was on that date that Buddy ... Waylon Jennings would have been on the plane as well. Holly first met ...

A collection of outlaw country singer Waylon Jennings‘ belongings will go on public auction this fall, including a rare 1958 motorcycle originally owned by Buddy Holly and locks of Willie Nelson ...

The musicians, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “Big Bopper” Richardson ... to country music’s original outlaw movement — for years to come. A young Waylon Jennings, playing bass in Holly’s ...

"It just tickled Waylon." Nelson's braids aren't the auction's highest-ticket item. That likely will be a 1958 Ariel Cyclone motorcycle that belonged to Buddy Holly and later to Jennings ...

Michael Ochs Archives/Getty; Beth Gwinn/Getty Buddy Holly, Waylon Jennings In the 1971 classic "American Pie," Don McLean wrote about "The Day the Music Died" — a.k.a. Feb. 3, 1959, when Buddy Holly, ...