Happy Royalties Day to Mssrs. Busey, McLean, and Diamond Phillips
And once again, thank God Dion didn’t get on that plane.
Today would be a great day to pick up The Real Buddy Holly Story, a documentary put together by Paul McCartney 20-odd years ago. It’s got pretty much all existing film and television clips, interviews with the Crickets and all surviving Important People, and it focuses on the music instead of just stories about hanging at the malt shop and the the usual idealized ’50s crap.
That said, here’s some idealized ’50s crap for you. The following photo was taken on June 3, 1955 in Buddy’s hometown of Lubbock, TX. You know who the guy in the middle is… check out the skinny kid with the glasses to his left, right at the edge of the photo. That’s an 18 year old Buddy checking out Sun Recording Artist Elvis Presley.
Awesome.
Tags: Buddy Holly
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February 17, 2010 at 12:04 PM
THE MAN WITH POMP IN THE ABOVE PHOTO LOOKS VERY FAMILIAR……………..LIKE SOMEONE I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY #2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YEAH……………………………..