Swan

A tragically beautiful soul pouring raw emotion into art.

Richie Valens blazed onto the scene as a graceful, deeply romantic performer whose music — from the tender 'Donna' to the electrifying 'La Bamba' — was suffused with passionate emotion and artistic perfectionism rare for his 17 years. Beneath his elegant, boyish stage presence was an intense inner world and a fierce dedication to his craft, hallmarks of the swan. His life, cut short at the peak of his gifts, embodied the swan's defining tragedy: breathtaking beauty and fierce feeling extinguished far too soon.