In October, Harbor House will publish Rich Everitt's Falling Stars: Air Crashes That Filled Rock and Roll Heaven. The subtitle is misleading since the book also covers the deaths of country performers Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas, Jim Reeves and
Reba McEntire's band, as well as those of crossover artists Ricky Nelson and John Denver. Everitt tells little new about the artists' musical careers but does, in each case, focus on the human and mechanical causes of each crash as cited in official reports. Other air tragedies Everitt chronicles include those involving Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper, Otis Redding and the Bar-Kays, Jim Croce, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Aaliyah, Keith Green, Bill Graham, Walter Hyatt and Lynyrd Skynyrd members Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines.
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