Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: GUEST,wordy Date: 28 Jan 09 - 08:03 AM And Sonny Curtis was from there too. "love you more than I can say" "I fought the law" "Hello Marylou" etc..an original Cricket. |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: Rasener Date: 28 Jan 09 - 08:21 AM Not sure if any of this has been posted already on this thread, so will do it just in case. I originall posted it on The Gainsborough Folk Club perma thread. Eat yer hearts out "Peggy Sue Got Married" was first overdubbed in 1959 and later in 1963 again. Buddy wrote this song in the last half of 1958 and recorded it December 5, 1958 in his New Yorker Apartment, all by himself, as a Demo. Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue Got Married (Demo) I like this version However this is one of favourites http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=E7qCihGcxEs&feature=related Who are the Picks http://www.pickrecords.com/ |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: NormanD Date: 28 Jan 09 - 11:47 AM Sorry, but those overdubs by The Picks on "Well All Right" are terrible! The song should have been left alone as it was originally released - simple and unadorned, an example of acoustic rock. I know The Picks appeared on the early singles like "Oh Boy", but I do dislike those oohs and aahs. BH may well have been the first performer whose posthumous work was milked almost dry. Producer Norman Petty issued a load of demo tapes, overdubbed with a rock band (The Fireballs, and pretty good, I must admit), but also a load of tape splicing and overdubbing to stretch some of the songs out. Most of the unadorned originals do sound pretty good, such as the version of PSGM, posted above. |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: Rasener Date: 28 Jan 09 - 12:19 PM I agree Norman. That particular example of Well Alright is pretty poor with the backing. I like the song, but couldn't find the original version released on 45 Les |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: cptsnapper Date: 28 Jan 09 - 12:41 PM Of course Buddy shares his anniversary with Joe Meek, the pioneering record producer who died 42 years ago. Joe was heavily influenced by Buddy and wrote " Tribute To Buddy Holly " as recorded by Mike Berry & The Outlaws. |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: NormanD Date: 28 Jan 09 - 01:24 PM He chose the day, didn't he? Not that he left a note... |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: Midchuck Date: 28 Jan 09 - 05:36 PM I was trying to recall all the famous folks who came from Lubbock, Texas. Buddy Holly, of course, and Waylong Jennings "Waylong" Jennings? What a great screen name for a singing, guitar playing, porn star! Peter |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: oldhippie Date: 28 Jan 09 - 07:24 PM "Scarlet Ribbons" and "Wreck of the Old 97" are both on Carolyn's LP "Scarlet Ribbons", but that LP doesn't credit Buddy Holly with any background instrumentation. I haven't heard the CD cuts. |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: Beer Date: 28 Jan 09 - 09:40 PM I'll venture in saying the following. Hendrix, Joplin, Elvis, Jim Reeves, Johnny Horton, Hank Williams just to name a few were artist that had they lived would have continued to bring us great music. But their patterns would have remained the same(in my opinion). I completely agree with Lowden Jameswright comment at the top of the thread. God only knows where B.Holly would have taken us on "His ride". For the living, think what we would be asking if Dylan had left us way back then. Beer (adrien) |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: Ian Fyvie Date: 28 Jan 09 - 10:14 PM |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: Sir Roger de Beverley Date: 30 Jan 09 - 09:43 AM I posted to this thread in February 2008 that I hoped that there would be some effort for the 50th anniversary to produce a decent, digitally remastered box set that including all of the undubbed recordings. However, I now read that they are issuing a 2CD "best of" this week - probably about the 207th version of that to come out so far. Unfortunately there is no way to get some of the recordings without resorting to bootlegs - I would rather pay the price for a legit box set that included everything but it simply isn't there except as illegal(but good quality) digital files. R |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: GUEST,Edthefolkie Date: 30 Jan 09 - 10:40 AM By coincidence, I have just been looking at the 1983-ish BBC Arena documentary about Buddy. Brilliant - featured the surviving Crickets, Maria Elena Holly, Don and Phil Everly, Mrs. Petty on celeste etc. No late apartment demos though. Also no sign of the BBC putting this out for the anniversary - come ON chaps! At least Richard Williams of The Guardian has his heart in the right place... http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jan/30/buddy-holly-rock-roll Rave On.... |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: Sir Roger de Beverley Date: 30 Jan 09 - 11:31 AM I bought a dodgy CD from Ebay titled "11 Fifth Avenue". It has all of the apartment tape undubbed followed by the Jack Hansen overdubs and then the later Norman Petty ones - a total of 33 tracks. The quality is excellent and it cost £3 something. If the bootleggers can do it why not the record company? R |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: Clifton53 Date: 30 Jan 09 - 11:40 AM My first musical hero even though he was already gone when I was 5 or so, but I've never stopped listening or wondering what new music he'd have created. Can't help but dream about him recording in a Traveling Wilburys type situation with other stars of our time. Buddy Holly lives!!! |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: GUEST,Mr Yeahbut Date: 30 Jan 09 - 11:50 AM just for info.. "Buddy Holly Complete 10 disk set (v-2)(Purple Chick) ----------------------------------------------------- [b]Disc 1:[/b] 1. My Two Timin' Woman 2. I'll Just Pretend 3. Take There Shackles From My Heart [b][sic? "the Shackles" ..?][/b] 4. Footprints In The Snow 5. Gotta Get You Near Me Blues 6. Flower Of My Heart 7. Door To My Heart 8. I Gambled My Heart 9. Soft Place In My Heart [b][orig: "Placce "][/b] 10. Gotta Get You Near Me Blues 11. You And I Are Through 12. Memories 13. You And I Are Through 14. Baby It's Love 15. Memories 16. Queen Of The Ballroom 17. Baby Let's Play House 18. Down The Line 19. Baby Let's Play House 20. Down The Line 21. Moonlight Baby 22. I Guess I Was A Fool 23. Don't Come Back Knockin' 24. Love Me 25. Love Me 26. Don't Come Back Knockin' 27. Midnight Shift 28. Blue Days, Black Nights 29. Baby Won't You Come Out Tonight 30. I Guess I Was A Fool 31. It's Not My Fault 32. I'm Gonna Set My Foot Down 33. Changin' All Those Changes 34. Rock-A-Bye Rock 35. Because I Love You [b]Disc 2:[/b] 1. Baby Won't You Come Out Tonight 2. Because I Love You 3. Changin' All Those Changes 4. I'm Gonna Set My Foot Down 5. It's Not My Fault 6. Rock-A-Bye Rock 7. Rock Around With Ollie Vee 8. Rock Around With Ollie Vee 9. I'm Changin' All Those Changes 10. I'm Changin' All Those Changes 11. That'll Be The Day 12. Girl On My Mind 13. Ting-A-Ling 14. Rock Around With Ollie Vee 15. Modern Don Juan 16. You're My One Desire (false start) 17. You're My One Desire 18. Gone (ver 1) 19. Gone (ver 2) 20. Gone (ver 3) 21. Have You Ever Been Lonely (ver 1) 22. Have You Ever Been Lonely (ver 2) 23. Have You Ever Been Lonely (ver 3) 24. Have You Ever Been Lonely (ver 4) 25. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man 26. Good Rockin' Tonight 27. Rip It Up 28. Blue Monday 29. Honky Tonk 30. Blue Suede Shoes 31. Shake Rattle and Roll 32. Bo Diddley 33. Ain't Got No Home 34. Holly Hop 35. Gone 36. Rip It Up 37. Honky Tonk 38. Blue Suede Shoes 39. Shake Rattle and Roll 40. Have You Ever Been Lonely 41. Good Rockin' Tonight 42. Blue Monday 43. Ain't Got No Home 44. Holly Hop [b]Disc 3:[/b] 1. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man 2. Bo Diddley 3. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man 4. Bo Diddley 5. I'm Looking For Someone To Love 6. That'll Be The Day 7. Last Night 8. Maybe Baby 9. Words Of Love 10. Last Night 11. Maybe Baby 12. Words Of Love 13. Mailman Bring Me No More Blues 14. Mailman Bring Me No More Blues 15. Not Fade away 16. Not Fade Away 17. Everyday 18. Ready Teddy 19. Valley Of Tears 20. Tell Me How 21. Peggy Sue (alternate) 22. Peggy Sue (master) 23. Listen To Me 24. That'll be The Day - Bob Thiele 25. That'll Be The Day - Murray Deutch 26. That'll Be The Day - Bill Randall 27. Oh Boy (undubbed) 28. Oh Boy (master) 29. I'm Gonna Love You Too 30. Send Me Some Loving (undubbed) 31. It's Too Late (undubbed) 32. Send Me Some Loving (master) 33. It's Too Late (master) 34. Am Emtpy Cup (A Broken Date) 35. Rock Me My Baby 36. You've Got Love 37. Maybe Baby 38. That'll Be The Day (fragment) 39. That'll Be The Day 40. Peggy Sue 41. Interview with Ed Sullivan [b]Disc 4:[/b] 1. Little Baby 2. (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care 3. Look At Me 4. Look At Me 5. Mona (rehearsal) 6. Mona (rehearsal) 7. Mona (rehearsal) 8. Mona (rehearsal) 9. Peggy Sue 10. Rave On 11. That's My Desire (rehearsal) 12. That's My Desire (take 1) 13. That's My Desire (take 2) 14. That's My Desire (take 3) 15. That's My Desire (take 3) 16. Oh Boy 17. Well All Right 18. Take Your Time (take 1) 19. Take Your Time (take 2) 20. Take Your Time (take 3) 21. Take Your Time (take 4) 22. Fool's Paradise (take 1) 23. Fool's Paradise (take 2) 24. Fool's Paradise (take 3) 25. Think It Over (take 1) 26. Think It Over (take 2) 27. Think It Over (take 3) 28. Think It Over (take 4) 29. Think It Over (take 5) 30. Fool's Paradise (take 3 - master) 31. Fool's Paradise (take 5 - master) 32. That'll Be The Day (fragment) 33. Everyday (fragment) 34. Drown In My Own Tears (fragment) 35. Hallelujah, I Love Her So (fragment) 36. That'll Be The Day 37. Peggy Sue 38. Oh Boy 39. Maybe Baby 40. Heartbeat 41. Lonesome Tears 42. It's So Easy 43. Love's Made A Fool Of You 44. Wishing 45. Love's Made A Fool Of You 46. Wishing [b]Disc 5:[/b] 1. Early In The Morning 2. Now We're One (fragment) 3. Now We're One 4. Everyday KLLL Jingle 5. Peggy Sue KLLL Jingle 6. Come Back Baby 7. Reminiscing 8. Reminiscing 9. True Love Ways (stereo) 10. It Doesn't Matter Anymore (stereo) [b][orig: "MAtter"][/b] 11. Raining In My Heart (stereo) 12. Moondreams (stereo) 13. True Love Ways (mono) 14. It Doesn't Matter Anymore (mono) 15. Raining In My Heart (mono) 16. Moondreams (mono) 17. That's What They Say (version 1) 18. That's What They Say (version 2) 19. What To Do 20. Peggy Sue Got Married 21. That Makes It Tough 22. Crying, Waiting, Hoping 23. Learning The Game 24. You're The One 25. Wait 'Til The Sun Shines Nellie 26. Slippin' And Slidin' (slow #1) 27. Slippin' And Slidin' (slow #3) 28. Slippin' And Slidin' (slow #2) 29. Slippin' And Slidin' (fast) 30. Drown In My Own Tears (fragment) 31. Maria Elena 32. Dearest (version 1) 33. Dearest (version 2) 34. Love Is Strange 35. Smokey Joe's Cafe 36. Smokey Joe's Cafe (unedited) 37. Buddy's Guitar [b]Disc 6:[/b] 1. Peggy Sue Got Married 2. Crying, Waiting, Hoping 3. That's What They Say 4. What To Do 5. Learning The Game 6. That Makes It Tough 7. What To Do 8. Peggy Sue Got Married 9. Crying, Waiting, Hoping 10. That Makes It Tough 11. That's What They Say 12. Learning The Game 13. You're The One 14. Umm, Oh Yeah (Dearest) 15. Slippin' and Slidin' (slow #1) 16. Wait 'Til The Sun Shines Nellie 17. Wait 'Til The Sun Shines Nellie 18. Love Is Strange 19. Slippin' and Slidin' (fast) 20. Dearest 21. Smokey Joe's Cafe 22. Peggy Sue Got Married 23. Got To Get You Near Me Blues 24. Memories 25. Baby Let's Play House 26. Last Night 27. Oh Boy 28. Send Me Dome Loving 29. It's Too Late 30. That's My Desire 31. Fool's Paradise 32. Think It Over 33. Love's Made A Fool Of You 34. Wishing [b]Disc 7:[/b] 1. I Saw The Moon Cry Last Night 2. I Hear The Lord Callin' For Me 3. All From Loving You 4. Rose Of Monterey 5. Because You Love Me 6. I'll Miss My Heart 7. Queen Of The Ballroom 8. This Bottle 9. Dallas Boogie 10. One In A Million 11. Go Boy Go 12. Gone 13. Go Boy Go 14. Gone 15. The Golden Rocket 16. I Overlooked An Orchid 17. A Whole Lot Of Lovin' (take 1) 18. A Whole Lot Of Lovin' (take 2) 19. A Whole Lot Of Lovin' (take 3) 20. A Whole Lot Of Lovin' (take 3 - dubbed master) 21. It's A Wonderful Feeling 22. Starlight 23. Believe Me 24. By The Mission Wall 25. A Man From Texas 26. Broken Promises 27. Humble Heart 28. Look To The Future 29. Honey Honey 30. Sugartime (version 1) 31. Sugartime (version 2) 32. One Faded Rose (version 1) 33. One Faded Rose (version 2) [b]Disc 8:[/b] 1. Moondreams (album version) 2. Moondreams (single version) 3. Moondreams (alternate version) 4. Don't Do Me This Way 5. Patty Baby 6. Don't Do Me This Way 7. Real Wild Child (take 1) 8. Real Wild Child (take 2) 9. Oh You Beautiful Doll (take 1) 10. Oh You Beautiful Doll (take 2) 11. Oh You Beautiful Doll (take 2 - dubbed master) 12. Scarlet Ribbons 13. Wreck Of The Old '97 14. I Sent You Roses 15. What a' You Gonna Do? 16. When Sin Stops (take 1 - instr) 17. When Sin Stops (take 2 - instr) 18. When Sin Stops (take 3 - instr) 19. When Sin Stops (take 4 - vocal) 20. When Sin Stops (take 5 - vocal) 21. When Sin Stops (take 6 - vocal) 22. When Sin Stops (take 2 - dubbed master) 23. Jole Blon [b][sic?][/b] 24. Stay Close To Me (false start) 25. Stay Close To Me 26. Don't Cha Know 27. More and More 28. When You Are Lonely 29. My Best Friend (my baby's coming home) 30. My Baby's Coming Home (dubbed) 31. I Know I'll Have The Blues Again 32. Monetta 33. A Whole Lot Of Lovin' 34. Moondreams #1 - Norman Petty Trio 35. Moondreams #2 - Norman Petty Trio 36. Oh, You Beautiful Doll - Ivan 37. When Sin Stops - Waylon Jennings [b]Disc 9:[/b] 1. The Paul Cohen Phone Call 2. Bill Randle WERE Promo 3. Bill Randle WERE Promo 4. Don Passerby Promo 5. Don Passerby Promo 6. Don Passerby Promo 7. Don Passerby Promo 8. Red Robinson Promo 9. Red Robison Interview 10. Freeman Hover Interview 11. Freeman Hover Promo 12. Dale Lowery Interview 13. Pat Barton Interview 14. Bob Chesney Interview 15. Bob Chesney / WTRL Promo 16. KSYD Wichita Falls Promo 17. Dick Arlen WACK Promo 18. Alan Freed Interview 19. Ronnie King Interview 20. Dick Clark Interview 21. Big Bopper Winter Dance Party 22. Richie Valens Winter Dance Party 23. Buddy Holly Winter Dance Party 24. Newscast about the Plane Crash 25. WNOE Plane Crash Newscast 26. Newscast about the Plane Crash 27. Ella and Lawrence Holly 28. Norman Petty Defends Himself 29. Raining In My Heart (1959) 30. True Love Ways (1967) 31. It Doesn't Matter Anymore (1967) 32. What To Do (1967) 33. Learning The Game (1967) 34. Not Fade Away (complete alternate) 35. Peggy Sue Got Married 36. Crying, Waiting, Hoping 37. Wait Til The Sun Shines Nellie - Bing Crosby 38. Slippin' and Slidin' - Little Richard 39. Dearest - Mickey and Sylvia 40. Love Is Strange - Mickey and Sylvia 41. Smokey Joe's Cafe - The Robins 42. Leave My Woman Alone - Ray Charles [b]Disc 10:[/b] 1. My Two Timin' Woman - Hank Snow 2. I'll Just Pretend - Flatt and Scruggs and the Stanley Brothers 3. Take These Shackles From My Heart - Pee Wee King 4. Footprints In The Snow - Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys 5. Baby, Let's Play House - Elvis Presley, Scotty and Bill 6. Blue Days, Black Nights - Ben Hall, Weldon Myrick, Dena Hall 7. I Forgot To Remember To Forget - Elvis Presley, Scotty and Bill [b][orig: "Foprgot"][/b] 8. Ting A Ling - The Clovers 9. Gone - Ferlin Husky 10. Have You Ever Been Lonely? - Ernest Tubb 11. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man - Chuck Berry 12. Good Rockin' Tonight - Elvis Presley 13. Rip It Up - Little Richard 14. Blue Monday - Fats Domino 15. Honky Tonk (Part 1) - Bill Doggett 16. Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley 17. Shake Rattle and Roll - Elvis Presley 18. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley 19. Ain't Got No Home - Clarence "Frogman" Henry 20. Ready Teddy - Little Richard 21. Valley Of Tears - Fats Domino 22. All Of My Love - Sonny West 23. Send Me Sone Lovin' - Little Richard 24. It's Too Late - Chuck Willis 25. An Empty Cup - Roy Orbison and the Teen Kings 26. (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care - Elvis Presley 27. Mona - Bo Diddley 28. Rave On - Sonny West 29. That's My Desire - Frankie Lane 30. Drown In My Own Tears - Ray Charles 31. Hallelujah I Love Her So - Ray Charles 32. Early In The Morning - Bobby Darin 33. Now We're One - Bobby Darin" all pretty much in 'best available' sound quality.. and then theres also the DVD release of existing footage to consider downloading as well.. entire collection takes anything up to a week on slow to moderate speed torrent.. so I've been told... |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: GUEST,Mr Yeahbut Date: 30 Jan 09 - 11:59 AM just to add.. the entire CD Boxset in flac is approx 2.75gb and the DVD approx 2.2gb.. and heres an an interesting read http://www.furious.com/perfect/buddyholly.html |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: GUEST,High Hopes Date: 30 Jan 09 - 12:15 PM Buddy Holly recorded by folk singers http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~zierke/steeleye.span/songs/raveon.html |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: GUEST,High Hopes Date: 30 Jan 09 - 12:17 PM oops that should be Steeleye Span does Buddy Holly |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: GUEST,Shimrod Date: 30 Jan 09 - 01:53 PM I remember the days when no-one in the UK had heard of Buddy Holly (early 60s). Then he flew into a mountain and he was suddenly famous and everyone claimed that they had been listening to him for years. A smart marketing ploy ... with one small snag ... |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: GUEST,Mr Yeahbut Date: 30 Jan 09 - 02:01 PM and for more detailed 'research'.. http://www.bigozine2.com/features06/BHcomplete.html |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: GUEST,wordy Date: 30 Jan 09 - 02:24 PM Shimrod..not funny! There were many of us hooked from the first release. I had every single, two LPs, knew every word and can never forget the moment I saw the Daily Mirror headline;"Rock stars die in crash" with a picture of Holly on the front page. Feb 3rd is always a sad sad day for me and others like me. What is it they say today? "Respect"? Please give it. |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: GUEST,High Hopes Date: 30 Jan 09 - 02:39 PM actually the plane crashed into a field near Clear Lake, Iowa, no mountains there last time I looked. Buddy Holly etc... |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: GUEST,Tunesmith Date: 31 Jan 09 - 03:42 AM I don't what planet Shimrod was living on back in the late 50s, but in my school in 1958, if you couldn't sing every word of every Buddy Holly hit you'd have been considered very strange! Holly was massive in the UK before his death. He toured the country and appeared on the tv show with by far the highest viewing figures:"Sunday Night at the London Paladium". This was at a time when visiting American rock stars seemed like magical creatures from a different universe! Shimrod will be telling us next that nobody in Britain was interested he Eddie Cochran until after his fateful crash! |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: Will Fly Date: 31 Jan 09 - 03:55 AM As far as I know, some US stars like Buddy Holly, Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochrane had a relatively greater following in the UK than in their home country - with bigger record sales in some cases. Holly's tour over here was sensational. Looking back through a biog I have of him, it's clear that his US career was at a difficult point, at the time of his death. |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: GUEST,Mike Rogers Date: 31 Jan 09 - 06:07 AM Nostalgia trips to 50 years ago strain the memory a bit. I'd just turned 13 when Holly died and I didn't own a record player then. I had a little trannie for Radio Luxembourg but there was little by way of rock on the Beeb. I think it was still Saturday SKIFFLE Club back then. TV had the Billy Cotton Band Show with Breezy slaughtering, sorry, covering some of the big hits but opportunities for me and many others to hear the real stuff were confined to visting friends who had record players, cramming into listening booths in record shops, the annual fair or the jukebox in the coffee bar - the latter being a den of iniquity of course. This is what I heard. Of course, the story could be wrong. I do recall the affection shown by us Brits to the guys like Holly, Cochran, Vincent and the Everlys, who bothered to make the trip over here, unlike Elvis, sadly constrained by the dreadful Colonel. |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: bradfordian Date: 31 Jan 09 - 07:17 AM Tonight (Sat 31st Jan 2009, BBC Radio2, 7.00pm) Crying, Waiting, Hoping: The Story of Buddy Holly's Last Tour Steve Harley tells the story of the ill-advised tour which ended with the deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and JP 'The Big Bopper' Richardson. Brad. |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: GUEST,Shimrod Date: 31 Jan 09 - 12:18 PM "actually the plane crashed into a field near Clear Lake, Iowa, no mountains there last time I looked." Oh yeah! 'Fields' and 'mountains' - I'm always getting them mixed up! |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: GUEST,Tunesmith Date: 31 Jan 09 - 03:04 PM How about adding the "sea" to that list. Somebody, only today, was telling me that John Denver died when his plane flew in to a mountain. |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: GUEST Date: 31 Jan 09 - 04:21 PM Steeleye Span, the English electric folk-rock band, once did an a-capella version of Rave On, by the rock and roll (and now it seems, folk) performer Buddy Holly. You can't get much more cross-fertilisation than that. The English folk duo, Mr. Fox (Bob and Carolanne Pegg) did a song called "Aunt Lucy Broadwood" which seems to me to be the first (and so far only) example of a new genre called "Folk Rap". Aunt Lucy Broadwood as many of you will know was a folk song collector (I think contemporary with Cecil "C." Sharp, or D. Flatt as he is sometimes called, brother of L. Flatt who performs with E. Scruggs). I sometimes sing in the Key of E. Scruggs |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: bradfordian Date: 02 Feb 09 - 07:14 PM Today 50 years ago, the names of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson aka The Big Bopper, passed into (pop)musical folklore, having lost their lives in a tragic accident. We commemorate their ultimate sacrifice, and salute their remarkable legacy. Tho not neccesarily "folk" heros, their contribution to popular music culture, considering their short careers, is widely recognised and aprreciated. In the UK we also remember Joe Meek who died this day in 1967. Brad |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: Sir Roger de Beverley Date: 03 Feb 09 - 04:55 AM Joe Meek was a Buddy Holly freak and killed himself on the anniversary of Holly's death. He claimed to be receiving messages from beyond the grave that inspired him in his record production work. He produced the Geoff Goddard written "Tribute to Buddy Holly" which was sung by Mike Berry. R |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: Sir Roger de Beverley Date: 03 Feb 09 - 05:03 AM The respected Guardian newspaper in the UK runs a daily column in their comment section entitled "In praise of....." This is todays: In praise of ... Buddy Holly It was not really, as the song later claimed, the day the music died. It was not even the end of rock'n'roll, though it was, arguably, the end of the beginning. Yet, for those who can remember the moment, 50 years ago this week, when the news came through that Buddy Holly and three companions had died in a light plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, it remains a day that is hard to forget. Buddy Holly's career was incredibly short. His first hit single, That'll be the Day, was released in May 1957. Twenty months later, aged 22, he was dead, after a string of classics that shaped the music of the Beatles era and still enjoy iconic status. Today the music industry is an archipelago of specialist styles. In Holly's day, there was still something close to a unified tradition. He became a rock singer after seeing Elvis Presley perform in Lubbock, Texas, where Holly was born and is buried. When Holly toured Britain in 1958, the schoolboy Keith Richards was in the audience for one of his London gigs. Two nights before Holly died, the 17-year-old Bob Dylan saw him perform in Duluth, Minnesota. Holly was a trailblazer in his own right, though: one of the first stars to write a lot of his own material - including Peggy Sue, Maybe Baby and Words of Love. When he played in New York he played, unusually for a white rock star, at the Apollo in Harlem. His early death set a grim sort of trend too. But it is hard to think of anyone in rock music who packed such quality, influence and immortality into such a short life. |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: Lowden Jameswright Date: 03 Feb 09 - 07:28 AM The snow outside our windows today is a poignant reminder of that dreadful day. I was twelve yrs old and a massive fan. My best pal was in tears as he came into the school hall for lunch and I asked him what was wrong - he was the first to hear the news. We were absolutely devastated. From that day I knew I had to own a guitar and learn to play his songs. His acoustic versions of his songs are an inspiration to anyone playing acoustic guitar. As I said at the beginning of this thread - they really are worth re-visiting and playing in a folk style. The music will never die... |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: bradfordian Date: 03 Feb 09 - 10:35 AM Sorry about thread creep, but here's a couple of interesting and topical links from the BBC (My apologies if you can't get this outside the UK) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7861891.stm Peggy Sue http://search.bbc.co.uk/search?uri=%2Fprogrammes&go=toolbar&tab=tvradio&q=buddy%20holly&scope=all Buddy related radio recordings brad |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: Bonzo3legs Date: 03 Feb 09 - 10:59 AM If you listen to many of Buddy's recordings loud through headphones, the playing is very heavy indeed, perhaps the seeds of Heavy Rock!! |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: soulkat9 Date: 03 Feb 09 - 11:08 AM Much of the great singers of those days, Buddy Holly, Elvis, Dean Martin. THey transcended genres and sang in different styles really well. |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: NormanD Date: 03 Feb 09 - 12:03 PM Can we list some of Buddy's songs that HAVE been recorded "folk style" by other performers? By "folk", I mean mainly acoustic. Clive Gregson's Any Trouble did a simple acoustic version of "Learning The Game". |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: GUEST,DJ of the day Date: 03 Feb 09 - 01:37 PM don't forget, if it hasn't already been mentioned, Rock On (The Bunch album) . Learning the Game and That'll Be The day are both on this great recording |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: NormanD Date: 03 Feb 09 - 04:20 PM "Rock On (The Bunch album) . Learning the Game and That'll Be The day are both on this great recording" Also "Love's Made A Fool Of You" that Holly wrote for The Everley Brothers. |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: olddude Date: 03 Feb 09 - 04:45 PM Today marks the 50-year anniversary of the plane crash that, on February 3, 1959, killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and JP Richardson ("The Big Bopper"). The three icons died in a small airplane thatRemembering Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper 50 Years Latercrashed in Clear Lake, Iowa.The crash also killed the 21-year-old pilot, Roger Peterson |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: olddude Date: 03 Feb 09 - 04:46 PM oops sorry already posted |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: PoppaGator Date: 03 Feb 09 - 05:10 PM Buddy Holly is absolutely worth remembering. Don McLean's overwrought and overlong song is not. |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: GUEST,wordy Date: 03 Feb 09 - 07:12 PM So here I've been all day, Feb 3rd, 50 years to the day. Not an easy day to get through, so many memories and emotions. Thrilled to see a new documentary on Sky Arts and 3 programmes on BBC radio this week. Then we sit down to see the next episode of "West Wing".We've bought the complete set and are working our way through with immense pleasure at the writing. Then; Charlie; "You have to go to the concert tonight Mr President, it's important". President; "Why? Has Buddy Holly come back?" That did it! Such a suprise and a serendipity, that line on this night. I finally fall apart. But I also think any other writer would have gone for the cheap option and said "Why? Has Elvis come back?" I tip my hat to Sorkin yet again. |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: Penny S. Date: 04 Feb 09 - 03:42 AM This takes me back to my teens at the Congregational Church Badminton Club, where the musical background was Holly, augmented for some reason by Edith Piaf. I didn't find out for ages that Holly had died n my birthday. Penny |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: Les from Hull Date: 04 Feb 09 - 10:00 AM Ed the folkie - the Arena programme you mentioned is on BBC4 tonight, along with the Buddy Holly biopic. It's Buddy Holly Night, starting at 9pm. |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: Sir Roger de Beverley Date: 04 Feb 09 - 11:17 AM Rather lazy programming from BBC4, and not even on the right night! The Arena programme is a repeat from 1985 and the film has appeared on TV loads of times before - couldn't they have made a bit of an effort for the 50th? R |
Subject: RE: Buddy Holly - folk singer From: NormanD Date: 04 Feb 09 - 12:59 PM "The Arena programme is a repeat from 1985....couldn't they have made a bit of an effort for the 50th?" They have - they are showing the programme for the 50th time. |
Share Thread: |
Subject: | Help |
From: | |
Preview Automatic Linebreaks Make a link ("blue clicky") |