Buddy Holly: Learning the Game

Contents

• Foreword by Frank Ifield ............................................................................................v Acknowledgements...................................................................................................vii Introduction.....
• Chapter 1 . Never Mind the Lubbocks........................................................................1
• Chapter 2 . Tighten up Your Bible Belt......................................................................11
• Chapter 3 . Buddy and Bob.......................................................................................17
• Chapter 4 . Shock of the New....................................................................................29
• Chapter 5 . The Tex-New Mex Sound.......................................................................41
• Chapter 6 . The Rhythm Method ..............................................................................49
• Chapter 7 . Here I Go, Breaking All of the Rules.......................................................80
• Chapter 8 . Gotta Travel On....................................................................................121
• Chapter 9 . Buddy Holly Lives ................................................................................143
• Chapter 10 . Grave On............................................................................................152
• Chapter 11 . Listen To Me.......................................................................................158 I. I Can't Believe it's Not Buddy....................................................................... 158 II. Influencing the 60s.......
• Chapter 12 . The Buddy Holly Story.......................................................................173 I. The Buddy Holly Story.................................................................................. 173 II. Buddy..........................
• Chapter 13 . The Crickets and Their Buddies .........................................................185
• Chapter 14 . Now and Forever Till the End of Time ...............................................203 I. Those Who Really Care ................................................................................ 203 II. What If ................................
• Bibliography ...........................................................................................................216
• Appendix
• 1. Discographies.....................................................................................221 UK Discography............................................................................................... 221 US Discography.....................
• Appendix
• 2. Some Buddies.....................................................................................234 Tribute Songs.................................................................................................... 234 Tribute Albums..................
• Appendix
• 3. Bye Bye Miss American Pie ................................................................242
• Index ......................................................................................................................245