Musical Stew Daily (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
On this day 72 years ago, Charles Hardin “Buddy” Holley was born in Lubbock, TX. Of course he was only on our planet for 22 years, but Buddy has proven to be one of the most influential early rock-n-rollers. His hits with his backing band, The Crickets, included “Peggy Sue”, “That’ll Be The Day” and [...]
Neatorama (Free subscription) | 30/08/2008
Yearbook Yourself is a pretty neat Flash website that lets you see what you’d look like if you were part of another year’s class. Oh, say, what would you look like if you had Buddy Holly’s do from the 1950s. Or, as a flower child of the 60s. Anyways, see if you can guess who this [...]
Heavenly Worldliness (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Having highlighted Don McLean there is a logical step to Buddy Holly. Holly died the year I was born but his music is still very popular. I keep promising myself a trip to the musical some time. Of the greats from that era he's be my number one. The nerdiest looking of them, what I love about him is the simplicity of the numbers, his great voice and the nice tunes. Some of the ballads with orchestra...
http://www.CelebrityVideoTube.com (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Stuff Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 31-Sept. 6: Aug. 31: Actor Warren Berlinger ("Operation Petticoat," "The Joey Bishop Show") is 71. Drummer Jerry Allison of Buddy Holly an… Read the full article here
Texas Hold 'Em Blogger (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
Speaking of Happy Days, here’s the Weezer video for “Buddy Holly” which uniquely includes the band playing at Arnold’s and incorporates all members of the cast through clever editing:
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 16/08/2008
in post New Monolators Album from The Devil Has The Best Tuna .
The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
This list could stretch for days, but since our audience is primarily composed of the 18-34 demo, we’ll attempt to keep the focus on the last 30 years. Apologies to fans of: Karen Carpenter, Selena, Brian Jones (of the Stones), Bradley Nowell (Sublime), Buddy Holly and Richie Valens. [Ed. And Hendrix, of course.] Note: There is [...]
VH1 (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
jeffreymark (Free subscription) | 14/08/2008
Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas (home of Buddy Holly) is one of the outstanding Universities in the US. This according to the Princeton Review via The Daily Toreadore: One company took a look at Texas Tech and made a...
Seriously? OMG! WTF? (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
WireImage Can Seth Green be any nerdier dancing like that while posing with a Storm Trooper in Buddy Holly glasses showing his Star Wars love with a Empire Strikes Back T-Shirt as he attends the Star Trek Attack of the Clones premiere? Good thing he is an actor or he would still be a virgin. [...]
Cable &Tweed (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Word in from friend of the blog Eric Fishboy regarding his recent appearance in an anti-drug PSA with my man Peter Weller Frank Murphy Robocop. Oh yes: Man, after watching that I can't imagine you'd need drugs. Fishboy - Parachute (Using the Ghost of Buddy Holly As A) Fishboy - Taqueria Girl Fishboy - Half Time at the Proper Name Spelling Bee Fishboy will be at Athens Popfest on Friday, August 15.
Music News (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
James Taylor will release an album of covers, mysteriously titled Covers, on September 30th via Hear Music. Taylor will perform renditions of songs that span several decades, including a pair of Leiber-Stoller tunes (”Hound Dog” and “On Broadway”), Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne” and even the Dixie Chicks’ version of “Some Days You Gotta Dance.” “An album [...]
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
Two years ago, Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy” was the toast of Lollapalooza and covered by multiple performers. This time, Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse returned the favor. Saluting 2008’s most adored act, the twosome pulled off a brilliant rendition of Radiohead’s “Reckoner.” That wasn’t the only surprise, of course. The costume-savvy duo came adorned in dark-mustard-colored suitcoats [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008
The house I grew up in... was a small house in World's End [in Chelsea, London], with black and white tiled front steps and a dark green living room where my parents played Al Green and Buddy Holly. It always smelled of Gitanes.
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
Wonderfully named, idiosyncratic singer-songwriter Eef Barzelay whose approach has been described as "Lou Reed singing Buddy Holly songs" spent fifteen-odd years fronting the rootsy, sometimes rollicking Clem Snide before that band fell apart personally and creatively in recent years. ...
