I have been a Buddy Holly fan from that day in 1957 that I bought the 78 RPM of That'll Be the Day. However, my appreciation of his great catalogue of songs did not happened right after that acquisition.
It was the summer of 1958, my sister and I were sharing our last school year together.
There was a boy who had lots of singles and EP' s (45 RPM Extended Plays,) and he clearly had a crush on my sister but she did not return the attention. I begged him to lend me his bunch of Buddy Holly EP's. Of course he did so, hoping to get in good with my sister. No she never went out with him but I fell in love with so much of Holly's material, especially the fantastic party tune Rave On.
I have quoted David Hepworth in a previous Blog and his believe that Buddy Holly: ".. was the most influential rock star of his time" because he made so many young people, mostly teen males, believe they could play the guitar and be in a band. I may not have begun my own musical career but Buddy's music definitely inspired me and never left my turntable, iPod, etc. for 6 decades!
My Brother had his collection and as far as he was concerned there was no one better for writing, recording and producing his own music. I grew up listening to his music as I was very young around 3 years. I really enjoyed sharing all this good music with my Son as I'm sure you did the same with your 3 amazing children.
ReplyDeleteGrowing up with Buddy ‘s music certainly set you off on a wonderful musical journey. I feature him on my oldies show a lot. Hope you can listen in on the Internet.
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