Wishing you all a Happy & Safe New Year 2022 Take Care – by Patrick Ranasinghe
Born 8 May 1940, Died 31 December 1985 Remembering Ricky Nelson
This concerts in loving memory to 1940 – 1985 Ricky Nelson and his band members On December 26, 1985, Nelson and the band left for a three-stop tour of the southern United States. Following shows in Orlando, Florida, and Guntersville, Alabama, Nelson and band members took off from Guntersville for a New Year’s Eve extravaganza in Dallas, Texas.[3] The plane crash-landed outside of De Kalb, Texas, northeast of Dallas, in a cow pasture less than two miles from a landing strip at approximately 5:14 p.m. CST on December 31, 1985, hitting trees on its way down. Seven of the nine occupants were killed: Nelson and his companion, Helen Blair, 27; bass guitarist Patrick Woodward, 35; drummer Rick Intveld, 22; keyboardist Andy Chapin, 34; guitarist Bobby Neal, 38; and road manager/sound man Donald Clark Russell, 35. Pilots Ken Ferguson and Brad Rank escaped through cockpit windows, Patrick Ranasinghe
