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It was 54 yrs ago today that the music died… Waylon Jennings was travelling with Buddy Holly on that fateful tour, filling-in on bass. He was also originally scheduled on the plane headed from Clear Lake, Iowa to Moorhead, Minn. – but he gave up his seat to the Big Bopper, who was ill and wanted to find a doctor in Moorhead the next morning. Tommy Allsup also gave up his seat on that plane to “La Bamba” singer Ritchie Valens. Jenning’s last comment to Buddy Holly was “Hope your darn ole plane crashes.”  Ouch, man. I’m sure ol’ Waylon wishes he could take that one back. Holly was a good friend, and Waylon’s mentor – teaching him guitar licks, collaborating on songs, and producing Jennings’ first single - Jole Blon. Waylon recalls, ”Mainly what I learned from Buddy was an attitude.  He loved music, and he taught me that it shouldn’t have any barriers to it.”
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The Shelby-American crew working on the Lang Cooper “King Cobra” driven by Dave MacDonald at the newly constructed Phoenix International Raceway, 1964. The car’s engine had blown after qualifying the previous day, and a replacement engine was brought in from LA and quickly wrenched the morning of the race. MacDonald got in only three laps on the new engine before being fitted on the grid, 30 seconds before the flag fell. –Image by Dave Friedman
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Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps.
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1950s pic of  Jeff, a member of the Bristol Tattoo Club. Every member was secretly inked somewhere on their body with the club insignia - a black bat.
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“My father was murdered when I was two. Duane, even though he was only a year and 18 days my elder, he became a father figure to me. I would have done anything for my brother - I loved him so much.” ~Gregg Allman 
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1978 — Blues guitar great, Johnny Winter at Chicago’s Park West theatre –Image by © Kirk West There’s a famous story about a time in 1962 when Johnny and his brother went to see B.B. King at a Beaumont club called the Raven. The only whites in the crowd, they no doubt stood out. But Johnny already had his chops down and wanted to play with the revered B.B.”I was about 17,” Johnny remembers, “and B.B. didn’t want to let me on stage at first. He asked me for a union card, and I had one. Also, I kept sending people over to ask him to let me play. Finally, he decided that there enough people who wanted to hear me that, no matter if I was good or not, it would be worth it to let me on stage. He gave me his guitar and let me play. I got a standing ovation, and he took his guitar back!”
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1960 Lime Rock Nationals– Denise McCluggage sits on the grid  while SCCA gets things straight. Back in 1955 or so, a young Denise McCluggage had a chance encounter with a then unknown Steve McQueen which led to a brief affair and a long-lasting friendship. They would be separated by their own career ambitions, and the many demands and erratic schedules that come with the territory. That said, McCluggage managed to stay in touch over the years. She herself would go on to become a legend in the world of auto racing– a renowned driver, writer, and photographer for over 50 yrs. McCluggage has won trophies around the world and raced for Porsche, Jaguar, Lotus, Mini Cooper, Alfa, Elva, OSCA, Volvo, among others. In 1961 she won the grand touring category at Sebring in a Ferrari 250 GT, and in 1964 McCluggage scored a class win in the Rallye de Monte Carlo for Ford. She recalls a young, lean McQueen who was already obsessed with cars and racing, who swept her off her feet with his searing looks, charm and well… incongruity, as she puts it.
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Steve McQueen screwing around on a scooter before the 1970 Sebring, Florida 12-Hour Race (Tri-X). You can clearly see that his left foot is in a cast. © Al Satterwhite Read more…
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1969, Santa Rosa– Tony Aeillo and Austin Hall (a still from– “49 Year Ride – Generations on the Road”, a short film by Marc Bencivenga on Steve Leandro of  S&J Motorcycles in Santa Rosa, CA) Read more…
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One evening in the old, rickety shop of Bauer Cycles, John Melniczuk, Tommy Grazias, and a group of racing friends were sitting around trying to come up with a name for the bike. Each took turns rifling through an old dictionary searching for a single word to describe the unique, twin-engine Triumph monstrosity. Finally, around the letter P, someone said they had found it. The room grew silent as he read it aloud: “Parasite, an organism living in, with, or on another organism.” That was it, one engine living off of the other. The Parasite had been born. Read more…
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1943 — Many servicemen returning from WWII came home with the nagging feeling that the cookie-cutter lifestyle mainstream society was selling them (with the white picket fence, 2.5 kids, and a 9 t0 5 job) was not their “American Dream.” What they yearned for was an escape from the world’s hamster wheel mentality. For many, coming home didn’t mean settling in, it meant finding the thrill to replace what they felt was missing in everyday life. You had pilots who were looking to replace the thrill of flying, and GI’s who had ridden motorcycles in wartime coming home and buying Harley-Davidsons for the rush of freedom and speed they were so desperately craving. They also missed the camaraderie and brotherhood they had with their fellow soldiers at war, so many went out and formed motorcycle clubs. — Image by © Harley-Davidson Archives Read more…
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Gary Nixon Gary Nixon was a cult figure in the US, and across the pond– definitely for his epic riding in the British-American match races during the 1970s, but also because (Suzuki) teammate, and fellow racing legend, Barry Sheene (far right, 1974) proudly raced with a Gary Nixon Enterprises T-shirt under his leathers.”[Sheene] really liked Gary– every time you see the leathers open, he’d have the Nixon t-shirt.” –Erv Kanemoto, legendary bike tuner who partnered with Nixon to win the 1973 U.S. National Road Racing Championship for Kawasaki Read more…
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HARLEY-DAVIDSON | AMERICAN IRON, INGENUITY & PERSEVERANCE Read more…
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THE FILTH & THE FASHION | VIVIENNE WESTWOOD’S ’70s SEX RAG REVOLUTION Read more…
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BTC BRISTOL TATTOO CLUB | THE SKUSE FAMILY — GENERATIONS OF KILLER INK Read more…
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