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Joshua Josué “Broadcast to the Surf Ballroom”

Summary by Americana-uk.com
Chicano rocker Joshua Josué celebrates a milestone gig on the night Rock ‘n’ Roll history forever changed. The Winter Dance Party tour made its final, fateful stop at Clear Lake, Iowa’s Surf Ballroom on February 2, 1959. The tour had been brutal on its headliners, Buddy Holly, J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, and 17-year-old Ritchie Valens. Five tour buses had already broken down, exposing the musicians to bitter midwestern winter conditions, w…
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americana-uk.com broke the news in on Wednesday, February 18, 2026.
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