It takes guts to hire away Howlin’ Wolf’s rhythm section, and that’s what Paul Butterfield did with drummer Sam Lay and bassist Jerome Arnold for The Paul Butterfield Blues Band’s self-titled 1965 debut.

On February 2nd, 1959, Waylon Jennings gave up his seat on an airplane to The Big Bopper, and guitarist Tommy Allsup lost a coin flip to Ritchie Valens for the two remaining seats on Buddy Holly’s chartered plane — which would crash hours later.

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