Lou Diamond Phillips can still vividly recall the one moment filming “La Bamba” that forever changed his life. Phillips, now 57, told Fox News it was crucial to get the final moments of Valens’ life “right” for the big screen. “She came up to me on set and said, ‘Can I say something to you, Lou?’” Phillips recalled. I thought, ‘Oh my, there must be something wrong because she’s calling me Lou, not Ritchie.’ I thought maybe I had done something to offend her. Because it really, really goes straight to the heart.”The Winter Dance Party tour, which kicked off on Jan. 24, 1959, had opened the previous night at George Devine’s Ballroom in Milwaukee.

Source: Fox News February 03, 2020 23:26 UTC