Wednesday 7 September 2011

Retro Music: Buddy Holly (1936 - 1959)

CHARLES HARDIN HOLLEY - THE REAL KING OF ROCK AND ROLL

Love this guy so much. More than any other musician, his was the voice I grew up with during the sixties through the single speaker of the family record player. Dancing around the room, strumming my red plastic toy guitar to the locomotive epic sounds of "That'll be the Day." and "Peggy Sue." Great days. Gone far too soon and the tragedy of that moment means we'll never know just how great he would have been. And great he would have been without question. He was a step ahead of everyone in his craft and today would have been his 75th birthday. Reason enough to remember his genius. Happy birthday Buddy Holly. Sleep well.

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