As the 60th anniversary of the deaths of Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens approaches, the family of Bobby Vee have been touring the state playing their dad's music.
The musical production of the story of Bobby Vee's life is coming back to the stage. "Teen Idol: The Bobby Vee Story" opens Saturday at the History Theatre in St. Paul.
The School of Rock program is a summer music camp for 6th to 12th graders. The program believes in giving every little rockstar a chance to shine on stage, regardless of their financial status.
Funeral arrangements have been set for Bobby Vee. Visitation will be Tuesday, November 1st from 4:00 until 8:00 p.m. at St. John The Baptist Parish Center in Collegeville.
The sons of former teen idol Bobby Vee are working to digitally archive his musical legacy before it's lost. The archiving project includes hundreds of hours of Vee's analog recordings, including cassettes, reels and acetate disks. The conversion to digital began a few weeks ago at the family's recording studio in St. Joseph.
Former 1960s pop idol Bobby Vee is not letting Alzheimer's disease silence him. Vee stopped performing in 2011 because of the degenerative brain disease. But the 70-year-old known for his hits "Take Good Care of My Baby" and "Rubber Ball" is planning a new CD.