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Tommy Allsup Interview with Rockin John Henry on Saturday Bandstand, KAKC 1300AM, Sept. 1990- Part 1

Part 1- Rockin John Henry's rare in-studio interview with Tommy Allsup on "Saturday Bandstand", KAKC 1300AM in Tulsa on September of 1990. This was Tommy's second visit to Rockin John's radio show, the first being in 1985 on KGTO 1050AM in Tulsa. Tommy Allsup Bio- Western Swing guitarist and music producer Tommy Allsup was born on his Cherokee mother’s land allotment near Owasso, Oklahoma. The twelfth of thirteen children, the musical family moved to Claremore. In 1947, as a sophomore in high school, Tommy organized a Western- style band called the Oklahoma Swing Billies. After high school he became a member of Johnnie Lee Wills and All The Boys band playing in Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa. Later, in Lawton, Oklahoma Tommy fronted his own band in the Southern Club. After meeting Buddy Holly in 1958, he toured with Buddy Holly and the Crickets. It was winter 1959 when Buddy Holly after a concert in Clear Lake, Iowa, hired a pilot to take them to Fargo, North Dakota. Ritchie Valens, had never flown before, flipped a coin with Tommy for a place on the plane. Holly and Valens were killed along with the Big Bopper, on February 3, 1959, when for unknown reasons, the plane crashed. Tommy led The Crickets, which included Waylon Jennings, and finished the tour. He continued his life in music as a session guitarist and record producer. He played a major role in putting swing into country music. He produced recordings featuring his guitar style, including “The Buddy Holly Songbook Featuring the Guitar of Tommy Allsup.”