Tommy Allsup played most of the guitar solos on Buddy Holly’s records.Although he is a highly respected session man and has featured on numerous hits he is best known as the man who flipped the coin to see who got the last seat on Buddy Holly’s ill-fated final flight…it was between him and Richie Valens…Richie won the toss
and the rest,as they say,is history.
Tommy still carried the coin……sadly no longer with us.