Rock and/or Roll: January 2025

Friday, January 31, 2025

WINTER DANCE PARTY: January 31, 1959

Duluth Armory, Duluth, Minnesota.

Thursday, January 30, 2025

WINTER DANCE PARTY: January 30, 1959

Laramar Ballroom, Fort Dodge, Iowa.

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

WINTER DANCE PARTY: January 29, 1959

Capitol Theater, Davenport, Iowa.

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

WINTER DANCE PARTY: January 28, 1959

Promenade Ballroom. St. Paul, Minnesota.

Saturday, January 25, 2025

WINTER DANCE PARTY: January 26, 1959

Fournier's Ballroom, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

WINTER DANCE PARTY: January 25, 1959

Kato Ballroom, Mankato, Minnesota.

Dion at the Kato

Friday, January 24, 2025

WINTER DANCE PARTY: January 27, 1959

Fiesta Ballroom. Montevideo, Minnesota.

WINTER DANCE PARTY: January 24, 1959

Eagles Ballroom. Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Thursday, January 23, 2025

WINTER DANCE PARTY: January 23, 1959

George Devine's Million Dollar Ballroom. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Friday, January 17, 2025

WINTER DANCE PARTY: THE TOUR FROM HELL - PRELUDE

The late Buddy Holly's glasses had been missing for more than 20 years when Iowa Sheriff Jerry Allen came upon them in a misfiled envelope in the basement of the courthouse. As a part of this episode, I spoke with Sheriff Allen's daughter Jennifer about that discovery and its aftermath.

This episode serves as a prelude to what comes next: beginning on Thursday, January 23, we’re going to go on that fateful tour with Buddy Holly and the others, with an episode per day from January 23rd to February 3rd, one for each show, as we follow those young pioneers of rock and roll on their ill-fated journey, a terribly planned criss-crossing tour of the Midwest: The Tour From Hell.