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 [...]
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Happy Royalties Day to Mssrs. Busey, McLean, and Diamond Phillips
February 3, 2010Rave On
February 3, 2009The best ever? Yeah, probably.
Well… All Right
January 21, 200950 years ago today, Buddy Holly recorded for the last time, demoing ”Dearest” and “Love Is Strange” in his Greenwich Village apartment (The Breevort, 11 5th Ave. – at 9th St. - Apt. 4H, for all you trainspotters out there.) The complete, undubbed “Apartment Tapes”, as they’re creatively known, are finally getting a legitimate release on the 59-song [...]
