The Last Tour is Coming Jan 22-30.
December 20, 2008
In 1999 the original 1959 Winter Dance Party was replicated by a bunch of dedicated fans led by Dennis Farland. Featured artists in 1999 included John Mueller, Ernie Valens and Paul Kruse. Guest artists included Niki Sullivan, an original Cricket.
In 2009, around the 50th Anniversary of the deaths of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s favorite sons, a commemorative Tour will play at three of the original venues that Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper played during that infamous January and February back in 1959. The Milwaukee and Mankato performances will be on the exact 50th Anniversary of the original shows.
Two other venues will be played, one at Medina MN near to where the 1959 Tour played at St Paul and another at Waterloo IA where Buddy Holly had played in 1958 on the Summer Dance Party Tour.
Tommy Allsup was Buddy Holly’s guitarist on the original Tour in 1959 and has had a long career in country and rock ‘n’ roll music ever since. He is a Grammy Award winner and his guitar work was a feature on many on Holly’s hit recordings. Appearing on around 7,000 recordings, he has recorded and produced a great many artists over the years and is still in demand here in the USA and in Europe where he tours each year. Tommy will be accompanied on The Last Tour by Chicago’s Johnny Rogers, reckoned by many to be the finest Buddy Holly tribute artist around, 18 year old rock ‘n’ roll sensation Richie Lee from Des Moines IA and the renowned Shackshakers from Duluth MN.
