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Post by johnny103068 on Jul 15, 2011 1:41:08 GMT
HMMM I had no idea Elvis Costello named Buddy Holly as an influence.
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Post by mrmustard on Jul 15, 2011 10:24:10 GMT
HMMM I had no idea Elvis Costello named Buddy Holly as an influence. You mean those glasses he has worn for his entire career and the fact he is a singing, songwriting guitar player didn't make you slightly suspicious
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spectre
And That's A Start
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Post by spectre on May 6, 2013 13:08:26 GMT
I love Buddy Holly, and I like the fact that his songs are not too hard to play on the guitar =D. I remember the first time I listened to "Oh boy" on the radio, what a blast. So far my favorite song is "Rave on" though, and "Everyday" always puts a smile on my face. I can totally see the influence of Holly in Lennon' s singing style.
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Post by ROCKY on Feb 3, 2016 18:50:46 GMT
57 years ago on a lonely cold stretch of farm land in Clear Lake, Iowa. THEN 1959: TODAY 2016:
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Post by pothos on Feb 3, 2016 22:45:25 GMT
Such a tragedy.
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Day Tripper
I'll Be On My Way
Now and then I miss you...
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Post by Day Tripper on Feb 5, 2016 1:27:23 GMT
Not too big of a fan of him, but he (and his death) really impacted music.
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henryj
For A Number Of Things
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Post by henryj on Feb 5, 2016 12:57:07 GMT
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Crickets-Beatles connection. Or cricket-beetle connection.
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Post by brewmaster on Apr 27, 2017 19:00:30 GMT
That documentary, produced and introduced by Paul McCartney, can be seen here....
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Post by lovelyrita1 on May 12, 2017 9:15:57 GMT
and tonight on BBC It's Buddy Holly -Rave On , what looks like another excellent BBC4 documentary.http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08q8f1n www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08q8f1n
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Post by pothos on May 12, 2017 9:55:25 GMT
Thank you for the heads up.
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Post by ROCKY on Feb 3, 2018 14:57:54 GMT
Thought I'd bump up this thread. 59 years ago today. R I P Buddy (1936-1959). *CLICK on photo to enlarge. Former Mason City Globe Gazette photographer Elwin Musser holding photo he took Feb. 3, 1959 at the spot of the plane crash north of Clear Lake. (Photo: Rodney White/Register file photo)
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Post by pothos on Feb 3, 2018 16:49:21 GMT
Still such a terrible tragedy to all the families and friends all these years on.
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Post by ROCKY on Feb 4, 2018 20:55:49 GMT
I never knew about this story.....
Rumors have arisen since 1959 that "The Big Bopper" survived the initial impact of the crash and tried to go for help. Skeptics of the official conclusion that all the victims died on impact have noted that Richardson's body was the only one found a significant distance from the wreckage -- about 40 feet. Another rumor was that the Bopper had suffered a gunshot wound.
In 2007, the Bopper's son asked Dr. Bill Bass, founder of the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility, to investigate the rumors by exhuming the Bopper's body. Bass concluded by examining x-rays of the body that there was no evidence of gunshot wounds and that the Bopper's massive injuries made it impossible for him to have moved on his own
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