The Ricky Nelson Room (a follow-up to the "Garden Party" post)
Teen idol and rock-n-roll star Ricky Nelson and his fiancé spent Saturday and Sunday night in room 106 of the Guntersville, Alabama Holiday Inn before his death on NYE 1985. There is a small plaque on the door of the room stating just that. Ricky had played a show at a small club called PJ's in Guntersville on NYE. Ricky and his finance along with five others were killed when the plane, which was in route to Dallas, Texas, attempted to make an emergency landing in a cow pasture after experiencing smoke in the cabin. The two pilots were the only survivors. The plane was a WW2 vintage DC-3. Rumors persist that the fire in the plane was caused by Ricky and some of the passengers who were said to have been "freebasing Cocaine". Nelsons manager denied that Ricky ever freebased and the FAA concluded the fire originated from the onboard gasoline heater which had a history of malfunctioning.
Rio Bravo: Playing Colorado and singing with Dean Martin.
ReplyDeleteAnd Garden Party was pretty much autobiographical.
Ha! I'd forgotten about Ricky being in Rio Bravo Aesop.
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