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Buddy Holly: Learning the Game
- Author: Leigh, Spencer
Buddy Holly: Learning the Game
- Author: Leigh, Spencer
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3 February 1959. 2019 will be the 60th anniversary of Buddy Holly's death. He was 22 years old when he died. Don McLean called that fatal day `The Day the Music Died'. But, his music hasn't died, as he has left us a wonderful legacy. Spencer Leigh's new biography Buddy Holly: Learning the Game is the most definitive account of Buddy Holly and his career.
When it comes to anniversaries, it is inevitable that we remember the giants: Elvis, the Beatles, Freddie Mercury, David Bowie, but Buddy Holly's death enables us to also acknowledge the less well-known musicians who died with him, 17-year-old Ritchie Valens and the outlandish Big Bopper. Spencer Leigh has spoken to musicians, songwriters, friends, fans and many people who have worked with Buddy, and he examines the evidence with the scrutiny of a forensic scientist.
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.....................
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- 2. Some Buddies.....................................................................................234 Tribute Songs.................................................................................................... 234 Tribute Albums..................
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- 3. Bye Bye Miss American Pie ................................................................242
- Index ......................................................................................................................245
