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What is the Bakersfield Sound? What was, or is, the Bakersfield Sound? What’s an Okey? How did a gritty farm town just 100 miles north of the Los Angeles music scene forever change Country music in Nashville, and popular music in general? This little article intros the story: The Read more…
Larry Holley, Buddy Holly’s brother passed away on Thursday at age 96. Here’s Larry Holley speaking from his home in Lubbock, Texas, about his brother Buddy Holly.
How The Beatles got their name A letter from The Beatles to their guitar heroes, The Crickets, and the story how they were inspired to change their group’s name.. Read the story… #TheBeatles #TheCrickets #BuddyHolly
Posted on Facebook by Keith Allison. He’s the one in the front row, left.
Tweet Fender guitar amp made famous by a pioneer of Rock ‘n’ Roll Stumbled onto this vintage listing at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar, a 1950 Fender Pro Amp similar to the amp used by Buddy Holly to record his hits such as That’ll Be The Day and Peggy Read more…
Watch Sonny Curtis play his guitar and sing a special song he wrote as a tribute to his childhood friend, Buddy Holly, called The Real Buddy Holly Story.
On this day, January 23 1986, Buddy Holly was inducted into the very first class of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame. Included in the very first inaugural class of inductees: Chuck Berry James Brown Ray Charles Sam Cooke Fats Domino The Everly Brothers Buddy Holly Jerry Lee Lewis Read more…
Jerry Naylor, 1950’s and 60’s rocker-turned-country, and one time member of The Crickets, passed away quietly at his home in McMinnville, Oregon on December 5, 2019. He was 80 years old.
On this day December 7, 1955, Buddy Holly travelled from Lubbock to Wichita Falls, Texas with friends Sonny Curtis, Don Guess, and Jerry Allison to record a demo record at Nesman Recording Studio. The songs recorded that day were…
Just a few weeks after recording and his first single at the Sun Records, Elvis Presley appeared live on the Louisiana Hayride broadcast on KWKH.