"Old Friend" was written by Jennings about Buddy Holly; the latter had been a close friend of his until his death in 1959.
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The airplane crashed shortly after takeoff from Clear Lake, Iowa, killing the 3 musicians and the pilot.
After Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper were killed in a plane crash in February 1959, a then-teenaged Vee was one of a group of local musicians recruited to play at the next leg of a scheduled concert in Fargo, North Dakota.
Valens, along with fellow musicians Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper, and pilot Roger Peterson, perished two years after the Pacoima crash when their chartered Beechcraft Bonanza crashed near Mason City, Iowa in the early morning hours of February 3, 1959.
The Surf is closely associated with the event known colloquially as "The Day the Music Died" - early rock and roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson gave their last performances at the Surf on February 2, 1959 as part of the "Winter Dance Party Tour".
Waylon Jennings was a guitarist for Buddy Holly's band and initially had a seat on the ill-fated aircraft on The Day the Music Died.
Segal has acted in episodes of Malcolm in the Middle, George Lopez, among other sitcoms, as well as starring in the indie films The Day the Music Died as Peggy Sue and Operation Splitsville as Louise.