At 11:50 pm on April 16, 1960, Eddie Cochran was traveling on the A4 near Chippenham after a 13 week tour of the UK, when the speeding taxi blew a tire and crashed into a lamp post on Rowden Hill.

He was taken to St Martin’s Hospital and passed away the next day (April 17, 1960) of head injuries. A memorial stone is located in the old chapel grounds at St Martin’s Hospital. A memorial plaque can also be found next to the sundial at the back of the old chapel.

Cochran was 21 years old and his last record "Three Steps to Heaven" went to #1 in the UK.

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This 15-by-25-foot Prada boutique just off Route 90 in West Texas is a sculpture by artists Michael Emlgreen and Ingar Dragset. It's located about 35 miles northwest of the small city of Marfa which has been a hub for modern art ever since Donald Judd moved there in the early 70s.

Prada Marfa was vandalized (since it does sit out here alone in the Texas desert) three days after it was installed in 2005, and someone ran off with the Prada shoes and handbags. The building was repaired and cleaned of graffiti, and now it's stocked with bottomless handbags that hide a theft-deterrent system... so no stealing.

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The founder of Gonzo journalism lived at this San Francisco apartment during the days of Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs.

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Early rock pioneer Eddie Cochran was born at the old Naeve Hospital in Albert Lea, MN on October 3, 1938.

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The Thompson family moved to this residence on December 2, 1943, when Hunter was six years old.

A local blogger recounts some of Hunter's childhood stories here.

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