three victims of the crash were buddy holly, ritchie valens and the big bopper. >> bobby vee: and i cameother told me that the three artists who were scheduled to be on the show that night were killed. i was so stunned by this whole event because holly was my, he was my hero, and i had a ticket for the show. >> i mentioned to him that a local disc jockey had put out a plea for talent for the show that night. >> bobby vee: charlie boone, that was the guy. he was in fargo at that time as a disc jockey. >> bill velline, brother: the whole group got together and we started discussing whether we should or shouldn't go on with the show. and i guess i was the only one that was actually against it mainly because i was scared. we'd never played before a live audience. >> bobby vee: we weren't even a band. we didn't have a name. >> bill: in the end, we decided to go on with the show. >> bobby vee: and then i got to thinking, well, we've kind of never played before, and i don't really know what to do or anything. it got to us and charlie boone said, "ok, you guys are on. what's the name of the band