In the words of Mets general manager Frank Cashen, Mr. Carter added a "bopper, " a power hitter.

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Most Texans will remember that Waylon was supposed to be with Buddy on his last plane ride, along with Richie Valens and the Big Bopper.

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"Your 12-year-old, or your teeny bopper, or most grandparents just won't get it, " he says while making it clear it may be more of a "guy" thing.

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He was only 15 when, the night after Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper died in that 1959 Iowa charter-plane crash, he was recruited to somehow help make the show go on at the tour's next stop in Moorhead, Minnesota.

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