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	Tommy Allsup all summed up (BatesLine)
		Here's a nice short bio of guitarist Tommy Allsup, who played lead guitar with Buddy Holly, was an A&R man and producer for Liberty Records, and produced Bob Wills's final album.
		Allsup, recently inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame, is carrying on the western swing tradition with Bob Wills' Texas Playboys.
		Tommy's going to be touring Greece and the UK this June with Kevin Montgomery.
	www.batesline.com /archives/003103.html (219 words)

	tScholars.com \| Tommy Allsup (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Tommy Allsup (born November 24, 1931 in Owasso, Oklahoma) is an American musician.
		Allsup began his career in music in 1949 as a guitarist with the "Oklahoma Swingbillies." In 1958, recording at Norman Petty's studio in Clovis, New Mexico he met Buddy Holly, who asked him to play lead guitar in a new backup band to replace The Crickets.
		Tommy Allsup has played guitar or bass on close to nine thousand recording sessions and his work has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
	www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/Tommy_Allsup (273 words)

	Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame 2005 Inductee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Tommy Allsup is perhaps best known as the second guitarist in the band organized by Buddy Holly after his split with the Crickets.
		Allsup was the first guitarist to play a solo on a Buddy Holly recording.
		It was Allsup who won — or lost — the coin toss in that ill-fated airplane trip one winter night that killed Holly and members of his band.
	www.oklahomamusichalloffame.com /tommyallsup.html (200 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Tommy Allsup
		Tommy Allsup was the person who luckily lost the toss to Ritchie Valens for a place on Buddy Holly's aeroplane, on The Day the Music Died in 1959.
		La Bamba is a 1987 movie based on the real life events that affected the lives of rock star Ritchie Valens, his half-brother Bob Morales, his girlfriend Donna Ludwig and the rest of their family.
		Tommy said the total, including non-union session like with Buddy Holly, is closer to 9000.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tommy-Allsup (304 words)

	Buddy Holly Online.com - Tommy Allsup
		Allsup used some of the original Texas Playboys on the last recording (McAuliffe, Shamblin, Dacus, Strickland).
		Tommy said the total, including non-union session like with Buddy Holly, is closer to 9000.
		Tommy recently got away from the hectic Nashville music scene and moved back to Texas and opened up his own recording studio "Common Ground Studios" in Azle, TX.
	www.buddyhollyonline.com /related/allsup.html (664 words)

	Tommy Allsup - 2 : Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Tommy Allsup is perhaps best known as the second guitarist in the band organized by Buddy Holly after his split with the Crickets.
		Allsup was the first guitarist to play a solo on a Buddy Holly recording.
		It was Allsup who won — or lost — the coin toss in that ill-fated airplane trip one winter night that killed Holly and members of his band.
	www.omhof.com /news/Inductees/TommyAllsup-2-1.html (213 words)

	News \| TimesDaily.com \| TimesDaily \| Florence, Alabama (AL) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Allsup began his career in music in 1949 as a guitarist with the Oklahoma Swingbillies.
		Allsup agreed, and played with Waylon Jennings, who played bass guitar, and Carl Bunch, who played the drums.
		Allsup has played guitar or bass on close to nine-thousand recording sessions and his work has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
	www.timesdaily.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Tommy_Allsup (276 words)

	Tommy Allsup
		Tommy started his musical career in Claremore, Oklahoma in 1949 with the "Oklahoma Swingbillies." In 1950 he went to work with fiddle player Art Davis in Miami, Oklahoma; from there to the Cowboy Inn in Wichita, Kansas with singer, fiddle player Jimmy Hall.
		It was Allsup who flipped a coin with Ritchie Valens for a seat on the ill-fated plane.
		Tommy Allsup has been a big supporter of Western Swing music over the years.
	www.rockabillyhall.com /TommyAllsup1.html (476 words)

	West Texas Roots - About Us
		Grammy Award winning guitarist Tommy Allsup started his musical career in Claremore, Oklahoma in 1949 at the age of 18 with the Oklahoma Swingbillies.
		Tommy continued as a session player and producer in Los Angeles and Nashville.
		Having played with both Buddy Holly and Bob Wills', Tommy is most accurately described as being "somewhere between a Cricket and a Texas Playboy." Tommy arranged and produced this album, playing lead guitar on every track.
	www.heffe.net /wtr/about.html (235 words)

	Tommy Allsup - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Tommy Allsup - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Tommy Allsup contains research on
		Tommy Allsup, External link, 1931 births, Living people, American guitarists, Rockabilly musicians, American record producers, People from Texas and People from the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex area.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Tommy_Allsup (315 words)

	MusicDish Industry e-Journal
		She was gracious, allowing Tommy and Waylon and me to sleep on her couch and floor until we left to go on that fateful tour.
		Tommy spent most of his time with Buddy and J.P. and took care of the money when it was time to get paid.
		Tommy and I were with him about two months before the Navy shore patrol showed up on my front porch in Odessa, ready to escort me to the brig.
	www.musicdish.com /mag/index.php3?id=9705 (8008 words)

	YEAH, BUDDY Buddy Holly HP by Hans, Germany
		Tommy Allsup was looking for a guy 'living' Buddy Holly, he found Johnny Rogers from Chicago, appeared on stage with him several times and sings together with Johnny on the new CD "Johnny Rogers and Tommy Allsup Singing Buddy Holly Songs".
		Tommy played on more than 6,500 sessions and was Buddy Holly’s friend and lead guitarist from 1958-1959.
		Johnny with Tommy Allsup in front of the entrance of the Buddy Holly Center in Lubbock.
	www.buddyhollylives.info /485362.html?sessionidkey=sessionidval (840 words)

	Buddy Holly "The Legend" Presented by Globegazette.com - Mason City, Iowa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		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 in Clear Lake on Feb. 3, 1959.
		Allsup, who traveled by bus to the next tour date in Fargo, N. D., said he heard of the crash the next morning.
		Allsup met Holly in Norm Petty's studio in Clovis, N.M., in 1958.
	www.globegazette.com /sitepages/photo/buddyholly/pages/2002_3.php (657 words)

	American Pie The day the music died (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Waylon Jennings, a friend from Lubbock, Texas and Tommy Allsup, a former Cricket would go as backup musicians.
		What is known is that Valens and Tommy Allsup flipped a coin to see who got the remaining seat on that plane.
		Tommy Allsup would one day open a club named "The Head's Up Saloon," a tribute to the coin toss that saved his life.
	www.hartsvriendin.nl /americanpie1.html (585 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Tommy Allsup
		According to the Board, the only dates contracted by Gatton was the Tommy Allsup show and the Nelson Brothers, and the additional three shows were not scheduled.
		The Reunion Band line-up included Tommy Allsup on guitar; Bob Boatright on fiddles; Tom Morrell on steel; Johnny Cass, Charlie McBay and Wayne Glassen on piano and keyboards; Jim Oliver on trumpet; Larry Reed, Billy Briggs on saxophones, Rex Day on drums, Louise Rowe on bass and Leon Chambers on guitar.
		Allsup is probably the most noted among the musicians providing the backline for Giles.
	music.surfwax.com /files/Tommy_Allsup.html (453 words)

	Weezer : Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		it was allsup that flipped the coin for the last seat on the plane.
		Allsup told Valens, I'll flip you for the remaining seat.
		On the toss of a coin, Valens won the seat and Allsup the rest of his life.
	www.weezer.com /community/news_comment.asp?AssetID=1483317&ArtistID=479title=01/18/06title=06/11/06&Start=21&Year= (1172 words)

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		Allsup, remember, lost the coin toss to Ritchie Vallens for a seat on the plane that crashed on February 3, 1959, killing Vallens, Holly and the Big Bopper.
		Tommy is still a member of "The Bob Wills' Texas Playboys Band", having joined the Johnnie Lee Wills Band in 1952.
		It was Allsup who flipped a coin with Ritchie Valens for a seat on the ill-fated plane.After Holly's death, Allsup moved to California to join Liberty Records as A and R Director of all Country and Western product to begin producing the great Bob Wills' and the Texas Playboys.
	www.southlandrecords.com /allsuptommy.htm (2176 words)

	US Legends Celebrity Spotlite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The tour featured other artists Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper - it was Allsup who flipped a coin with Ritchie Valens for a seat on the Beechcraft Bonanza that would crash less than an hour later.
		As Buddy left, Tommy had a registered letter from his mother waiting in Fargo, and asked if Buddy would pick it up for him.
		According to Paul McCartney, he is one of the finest guitar players in the world.
	www.uslegendsguitars.com /spotlite.html (669 words)

	The Day the Music Died - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On February 2, Buddy Holly chartered a Beechcraft Bonanza from Dwyer Flying Service to take him and his new Crickets band (Tommy Allsup and Waylon Jennings) to Fargo, North Dakota.
		Richardson came down with the flu and didn't feel comfortable on the bus, so Jennings gave his plane seat to him.
		Valens had never flown on a small plane and requested Allsup's seat.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Day_The_Music_Died (422 words)

	Lubbock's Own, The Crickets! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Lead guitarist Tommy Allsup was added to the lineup, forth for the tours and for recordings, making the group a foursome again.
		In the absence of the original Crickets, Buddy put together another backing band consisting of Tommy Allsup on guitar, Waylon Jennings on bass, and Carl Bunch on drums.
		Tommy Allsup played on some songs, Earl Palmer was the drummer on a few of them, with Bobby Vee doing most of the vocals, sharing a couple with Jerry Allison.
	members.door.net /hollyweb/wtmc/wizzp.htm (2120 words)

	BlueHighways TV - From The Road
		Tommy Allsup has a great history in our business....from working with Bob Wills, Buddy Holly, Asleep at the Wheel and playing bass and guitar on gazillion records in Nashville, Texas, California and anywhere else they have a recording machine.
		I loved to hear Tommy’s stories about Bob Wills who was quite a character while he was on his way to being a legend...with that big white hat and ever present cigar..a smile that could capture a whole crowd and a capacity for whiskey that is still bragged about in Texas and Oklahoma.
		Tommy loved twin fiddles and a lot of my records from that period, under his production, featured two of the greatest fiddlers to ever pick up a bow, Buddy Spicher and Johnny Gimble.
	www.bluehighwaystv.com /pgsroad16.cfm (449 words)

	Tommy Alsup Bio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Tommy has produced LPs with Jody Nix, Curley Chalker, Mack Sanders, Johnny Bush, Willie Nelson, Tex Williams and Billy Mize.
		Tommy now lives in Snyder at the Wagon Wheel Guest Ranch, where he remains active in the music business.
		A book has been written about Tommy Allsup called "A Toss of The Coin.” His most recent accomplishment is the Grammy he won in March 2000, for Instrumental of the Year, "Ride With Bob.”
	www.artfeganentertainment.com /playboys/alsupbio.html (504 words)

	YEAH, BUDDY Buddy Holly HP by Hans, Germany
		TOMMY ALLSUP WURDE MIT DEM GRAMMY, DEM "MUSIKOSCAR", FUER SEINE BESONDEREN LEISTUNGEN AUSGEZEICHNET.
		TOMMY IS In 1958, Tommy's career would take a different direction.
		TOMMY UND SEIN SOHN AUSTIN, EIN SEHR TALENTIERTER SAENGER.
	buddyhollygermany.homepage.t-online.de /517662.html?sessionidkey=sessionidval (609 words)

	Details for Buddy Holly/Chirping Crickets (Rmst) at CDconnection.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		They were coming off of a monster hit with 'That'll Be the Day' and a healthy follow-up in 'Oh, Boy!,' but assembling 12 viable songs for an album was still considered a challenge in those days, to which the group rose amazingly well with help from their producer/manager, Norman Petty.
		In addition to singing lead, Holly was still playing his own lead guitar parts on this album, a function on his records that he would later mostly cede to session guitarist Tommy Allsup.
		Tommy Allsup was playing lead by then, in a style similar to Holly 's but with more range and virtuosity.
	www.cdconnection.com /details/Buddy_Holly__'Chirping'_Crickets/905337?s=nhz029qkFO1b (658 words)

	Fletcher Jowers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		This song was written by Fletcher, Tommy Allsup guitar and harmony vocals, Bobby Boatright on fiddle, Mark Abbott bass and harmony vocals, Donny Catron guitar and harmony vocals.
		Years ago when I first met Tommy Allsup, it took me about five seconds to realize this was a good guy that I really liked a lot.
		Tommy, Buck Ramsey and I were out at the Cowboy Christmas Ball in Anson, Texas about ten years ago.
	www.fletcherjowers.com /Biography.htm (489 words)

	www.myspace.com/tommyallsup
		Tommy's life was literally, and profoundly changed through his association with Holly.
		Allsup, remember, lost the coin toss to Ritchie Vallens for a seat on the plane that crashed on February 3, 1959, killing Vallens, Holly and the Big Bopper.
		Tommy has spent more than thirty years playing guitar, and bass guitar as a session musician in Nashville, and L.A., logging more than "10,000" sessions.
	www.myspace.com /tommyallsup (1120 words)

	It's So Easy by Buddy Holly Songfacts
		Holly was known for his innovative guitar riffs, but he didn't play lead on this one.
		Allsup played in Holly's band on his last tour.
		Many of Holly's fans consider this one of his best songs, but it was never released as a single.
	www.songfacts.com /detail.lasso?id=1808 (177 words)

	Buddy Holly & The Crickets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In mid-1958, Niki Sullivan left the group and was replaced by Tommy Allsup.
		During this tour, on 3 February 1959, Buddy chartered a plane for himself, Tommy Allsup and Waylon Jennings.
		Allsup tossed for his seat with Richie Valens, who and never flown before, and Jennings gave his seat to J.P. Richardson, who had the flu.
	www.menziesera.com /people/holly.shtml (851 words)

	Facts and Figures for 1959 --- By Terry Shaw
		All of them were bootlegged in 6/95-A. Buddy, Waylon Jennings, Tommy Allsup and Carl Bunch rehearsed songs in Buddy's Greenwich Village, New York City apartment.
		Buddy has as his backup band Tommy Allsup on lead guitar, Waylon Jennings on bass and Carl Bunch on drums.
		In a clip on website http://www.vastvideo.com/i/2.1/navigate.asp?cid=171 Tommy Allsup talks about the cold touring, the frostbite, the plane charter and why his wallet was found at the crash site.
	www.pmoorcroft.freeserve.co.uk /tshaw5.htm (2651 words)

	Arkansas Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Austin is the son of famed Crickets guitarist Tommy Allsup, who started out his musical career with the Oklahoma Swingbillies.
		Tommy Allsup survived the Iowa plane crash in February 1959 literally because of the toss of a coin.
		Austin Allsup began learning the guitar from his dad at age 17, and three years later he formed an acoustic band with Mike McClure.
	www.arktimes.com /Articles/ArticleViewer.aspx?ArticleID=301c4b72-1ae4-4d19-8152-65638b69ed45 (720 words)

	Ritchie Valens Tribute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		And so he was one of the acts to travel with 'The Winter Dance Party: The group had been performing every night then travelling four, five, or six hundred miles to successive dates fully clothed to combat the sub-zero temperatures.
		Tommy didn't want to but finally agreed to flip a coin to decide who would go, provided he could use The Big Bopper's new sleeping bag if he lost.
		Allsup flipped the coin, and Ritchie called "heads': "Heads" if was.
	www.hotshotdigital.com /WellAlwaysRemember/RitchieValens.html (734 words)

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