Tommy Allsup lived nearly 58 additional years because he lost a coin flip. Allsup, a musician and producer who is in the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame, died Wednesday. He was 85. The death was confirmed ...

Some Iowans celebrate family at birthday parties or annual reunions. Margaret Majerczyk celebrates at the Winter Dance Party. “We call it our ‘February family’ because we know so many people now,” ...

Ninety-four years ago today, the prolific studio guitarist and producer who worked with a long list of legends was born in Oklahoma.

HOUSTON (AP) — 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 stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "Big Bopper" ...

The microphone Buddy Holly sang into on "The Day the Music Died" is back in Clear Lake — this time for good. Austin Allsup, son of the late Tommy Allsup, the guitarist with Holly's band on the Winter ...

Editor’s Note: Caprock Chronicles are edited by Jack Becker, Librarian Emeritus, Texas Tech University Libraries. He can be reached [email protected]. Today’s article about Buddy Holly and the ...

Allsup was the Buddy Holly band member who was supposed to be on the plane with Holly and J.P. "the Big Bopper" Richardson the night they died after the Winter Dance Party concert at the Surf Ballroom ...

A Rock and Roll pioneer and Owasso native died Wednesday. Tommy Allsup was on tour with Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper when their plane crashed, killing all on board in 1959. Allsup ...

The Shackshakers have been bumping into plenty of women named Donna the past two weeks. And they've been playing to audiences of fans wearing poodle skirts, clunky dark-rimmed glasses and cuffed jeans ...