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6 CD Buddy Holly Box-Set 2009
Aircraft Accident Report 1959
A new 10'' UK Buddy LP in 2009
A new 10" UK Buddy LP in 2010
A-Z  Buddy Holly & The Crickets
All Tour Dates 1
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Ariel Cyclone
ART & KITSCH 1
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ART & KITSCH 14
Augury Of Buddy's Death
Austrian Buddy Tribute
Beatles' Letter To The Crickets
Beechcraft Fragments
Berlin 'That'll Be The Day'
'BEST'  ERRORS 1
'BEST' ERRORS 2
'BEST' ERRORS 3
'BEST' ERRORS 4
'BEST' ERRORS 5
Beverly Hills Auction 2010
BITS & PIECES 1
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BITS & PIECES 3
BITS & PIECES 4
BITS & PIECES 5
Boudewijn Büch + Buddy
Buddy And Beyond Show
Buddy And The Cruisers
Buddy At Christmas
Buddy's Bio
Buddy's Birthday 2009
Buddy's Birthday Fan Trip 2009
'Buddy' Essen, 2009 (1)
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'Buddy' Essen, Vor-Premiere (3)
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Buddy Fan David Agius, Malta
Buddy's  Mother Ella Holley
Buddy Holly En Español 1
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Buddy Holly En Español 3
Buddy Holly En Español 4
Buddy Holly En Español 5
Buddy Holly En Español 6
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Buddy Holly Photos
Buddy Holly In Solingen
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Buddy Holly Trail  2009 - 01
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Buddy Holly Trail 2016
Buddy In Birmingham 1958
Buddy Info Plus
Buddy In Liverpool 1958
Buddy + Hans On Air 2007
Buddy + Hans On Air  2008
Buddy Lyrics - A
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Canadian Fan Brian Wilson
CD's Down The Line - Rarities
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CD "Buddy Holly Reloaded"
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CD "Hollybilly"
CD "Listen to me" - Germany
CD "Not Fade Away"
CD  “Ohh!  Annie!”
CD "Stay All Night"
CD "WDP Buddy Holly" El Toro
Clear Lake 2007
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Clear Lake 2008 - Larry
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Clear Lake - NY 2008 - Ian
Clear Lake 2010 - Bob
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Clear Lake 2011 - Mary Kay
Clovis 2010 -  Mary Kay
Clovis 2010 Preview
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Clovis 2006/1 - John Beecher
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Clovis 2006/3 - John Beecher
Clovis 2006/4 - Alan Clark
Coroner's Report 1959
Crash Headlines 1959
Crash Site Fan Pics 1
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Crickets 60's Pics
Crickets Last Performance
Dan Springall's Story
Dave Slater's Tribute CD
Dave Travis - Buddy's Song
Dortmund - Albert Lee
Earl Sinks Story - Part 1
Earl Sinks Story - Part 2
Echo - Buddy's First Love
Elvis Fans Visit Lubbock
Every Day - DLP - France
Fan Memories - 1 Berndt (D) (1)
Fan Memories - 2 Andreas (D)
Fan Memories - 3 Mike (USA)
Fan Memories - 4 Joachim (D)
Fan Memories - 5 Alfred (D)
Fan Memories - 6 Robert (UK)
Fan Memories - 7 Berndt (D) (2)
Fan Memories - 8 Rob (Canada)
Fan Memories - 9 Vic & Jack (UK)
Fan Memories - 10 Jan (NL)
Fan Memories - 11 (various)
Fan Memories - 12 (various)
Fan Memories - 13 Alan (UK)
Gerd Alzen 40 J. Memory Hits
German Buddy Fan Eberhard
Geoff Ashford's Tribute Song
George Oblin Story
Gerd's Ritchie Cassettes
Green Bay - T. Allsup Proclam.
Hans & Maria Elena on TV
Holley Family Photos
Hollywood Star For Buddy
Ian Wood Videos
Jac's Cover Song List
Jac's Bio
Jac's Cover Songs 1
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Jac's Cover Songs 3
Jac's Cover Songs 4
Jac's Cover Songs 5
Jac's Cover Songs 6
Japan CD - Rare
Jerry Naylor  1
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Jerry Naylor 3
Jerry Naylor 4
Jerry Naylor 5
Jerry Naylor 6
Jerry Naylor 2013
J.P. McDermott Story
Jump With Buddy Holly
Klaus - Crickets - Stars
Little Buddy Holly Photo
Liverpool Tribute 2009
Lubbock Photos 2006
Lubbock Photos 2008
Lubbock Photos 2010
Lubbock Photos 2011
My Buddy Holly Collection 1
My Buddy Holly Collection 2
My Buddy Holly Collection 3
My Buddy Holly Collection 4
My Buddy Holly Collection 5
My Buddy Holly Collection 6
My Buddy Holly Collection 7
My Buddy Holly Collection 8
My Buddy Holly Collection 9
My Buddy Holly Collection 10
My Buddy Holly Collection 11
My Buddy Holly Collection 12
My Buddy Holly Collection 13
Nesman Interview 2003
Peggy Sue's Book
Postcards To Buddy
Quotes About Buddy
Remembrance Ad
Riverside Monument
Rock 'n' Roll Museum
Rollercoaster Buddy LP+CD
Running Man 2-3-2008
Surf Ballroom Clear Lake IA
Surf Ballroom Poster 1959
Surf Ballroom 2016
Taryn - A True Buddy Fan
The 1959 WDP Film
The Cover Girls
The Final Day
The Last Tour Exhibition
The Shadows About Buddy
The Wieners Tribute Band NL
Till All Times End - Play
Tim M. Otto Story - 1
Tim M. Otto Story - 2
Tribute To Buddy
Up Up And Away
Visiting Buddy 2002
Visiting Buddy 2007 - 1
Visiting Buddy 2007 - 2
Walk Of Fame - Bill Griggs
Worcester Memorial Pics
Young Fan Siobhan Daly
Xmas All Year Long
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waylon.jpgThe late and great Waylon Jennings. Have a look at my Waylon page, please.




       "Someone once asked me where I thought music would've taken Buddy.

                             I said 'you're asking the wrong question.

                              Where was Buddy gonna take music ?"


                                            Waylon  Jennings





john_Cougar_Mellencamp.jpgThere he (Buddy Holly) was, those same songs that I've heard for the last forty years. They sound just as good as the first time I heard them.


John Mellencamp





Total about what influenced my drumming – Buddy’s guitar playing influenced my drumming more than anything else. I haven’t played with anyone since that I could play with as well, because I learned to play drums with what Buddy played.


Jerry Allison





They crowned Elvis as King, but Buddy was the rightful heir. Only pity was him leaving this life so soon. 

 

Travis Holley





"I only needed specs for reading, but as a result of wearing them all the time to try to look like Buddy Holly, I became genuinely nearsighted."


Elton John





One summer I remember, I got exposed to Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly and Buddy Holly was a very very big, made a very big impression on me. Because of a lot of things, you know, the way he looked and his charisma. There was something lonely about the guy and very ordinary, you know he was, he gave hope to millions of kids with glasses.


Eric Clapton





People always say that they remember exactly where they were the day that President Kennedy was assassinated. I don't, but I do remember walking onto the school playground on the day Buddy Holly died, and the feeling that was there. The place was like a graveyard, and no one could speak, they were in such shock.

Of all the music heroes of the time, he was the most accessible, and he was the real thing. He wasn't a glamourpuss, he had no act as such, he clearly was a real guitar player, and to top it all off, he wore glasses. He was one of us. It was amazing the effect his death had on us.

After that, some say the music died. For me it seemed to burst open.


Eric Clapton





Holly passed it on via the Beatles and via us.

He's in everybody...this is not bad for a guy from Lubbock, right ?


Keith Richards 





Buddy Holly gave you confidence. He was like the boy next door.


Paul McCartney 





Without Elvis, none of us would have made it.


Buddy Holly





The singers and musicians I grew up with transcend nostalgia. Buddy Holly and Johnny Ace are just as valid to me today as then.


Bob Dylan





I play Buddy Holly every night before going onstage. It keeps me honest.


Bruce Springsteen





Yeah...Buddy Holly...check m' out...bad motherf.....


Keith Richards





"At least the first forty songs we wrote were Buddy Holly influenced".


Paul McCartney 





Jerry_Ivan_Allison.jpgCricket Jerry Ivan Allison, Buddy's best buddy.

Credits go to Peggy Sue Gerron



"When someone like Paul McCartney says 'If it wasn't for the Crickets, there wouldn't be any Beatles', I say 'Excuse me? I'd like to hear that again!"


Jerry Allison 





If anyone asks you what kind of music you play, tell him 'pop.' Don't tell him 'rock'n'roll' or they won't even let you in the hotel. 


Buddy Holly





"He made it okay to wear glasses. I WAS Buddy Holly."

John Lennon 





To English people Buddy Holly was an enormous inspiration. Therein lies the difference because he was a songwriter, which Elvis wasn't.


And he wrote very simple songs - sort of lesson one in songwriting. Great songs, which had simple changes and nice melodies and  changes of tempo and all that.


You could learn from Buddy Holly how to write songs, the way he put them together. He was a beautiful writer. 



Mick Jagger





Ohne Elvis hätte es keiner von uns geschafft. 


Buddy Holly




"Buddy Holly was a poet. Way ahead of his time."


Bob Dylan





"It all came out of this idea of three chords, a group standing up there playing your instruments...you can see echoes of Buddy Holly and the Crickets in the Beatles."


Paul McCartney





We like this kind of music. Jazz is strictly for stay-at-homes.


Buddy Holly




Mick had been singing with some rock and roll bands, doing Buddy Holly... Buddy Holly was in England as solid as Elvis. Everything that came out was a record smash No. 1. By about '58, it was either Elvis or Buddy Holly. It was split into two camps. The Elvis fans were the heavy leather boys and the Buddy Holly ones all somehow looked like Buddy Holly.


Keith Richards






American_Graffiti.jpgI still can't get enough from this great film. Over the years I've seen the movie several times.



Turn it off, I don't like that surfin' shit. Rock and roll's been going downhill ever since Buddy Holly died.


John Milner (American Graffiti)





Buddy Holly's life was an enactment of the American Dream and his music mirrored his spirit.  What we long for, we never quite obtain, and yet we keep searching; and if we have reason to be sure of the outcome, we cling to our faith that the effort will not go unrewarded.


John Goldrosen (Holly Biographer)





Buddy had the four qualities that few artists have. He could sing good, play the guitar good, write good songs, and he had the innovation to make them catch the public's ear.


Larry Holley





It's destiny, Peggy Sue...everything's destiny.


Buddy Holly, winter 1958





I have thought about making a career out of Western music if I am good enough but I will just have to wait to see how that turns out...


Buddy Holly, 1953





Clint_Eastwood.gif"Nach der Premiere einer "Buddy Holly"-Produktion ging Clint Eastwood in die Garderobe des Hauptdarstellers und sagte in seiner heisersten Clint-Tonlage: "You rock." Mehr nicht. Mehr war auch nicht nötig."

 

© Der Spiegel 22/2010








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