Dude, you are even Older School than me and I was around when some bands still had a brontosaurus playing bass.
That is a classic. And I'm right behind you. I remember seeing Bill Haley on a *contemporary* 20" black and white TV screen. He'd been recorded a year or three earlier Rocking Around the Clock on the kinetoscope system. Jeez. Antedeluvian.
Also check the Santana version. Mr Buddy was such a prolific song writer. His deep understanding of music & phrasing is why his songs still hold up today.
My hero. I will never forget waiting for him to perform on "Six Five Special" the first UK pop show on TV. I had a tape recorder at the ready given to me by my old man. He blew the whole of UK away that night. The single is actually a better recording than this one. Then years later, homage was paid by Blind Faith which also blew me away. RIP Buddy.
Dude, you are even Older School than me and I was around when some bands still had a brontosaurus playing bass.
It took me a minute to place this song... I've heard it a hundred times on the album by Blind Faith. You mean THEY didn't invent that song? I had NO idea.
That makes two of us. I've always loved Blind Faith's version, but I love it even more knowing Buddy's was the original...and the better one, in my opinion. The Glasses live on.
I was listening without looking, thinking that this might be the best version of this often-recorded tune I'd ever heard. Then I looked. Shoulda known. There's a reason he's still considered so good.
My hero. I will never forget waiting for him to perform on "Six Five Special" the first UK pop show on TV. I had a tape recorder at the ready given to me by my old man. He blew the whole of UK away that night. The single is actually a better recording than this one. Then years later, homage was paid by Blind Faith which also blew me away. RIP Buddy.
In retrospect you would think they had no respect for Buddy if they cast Gary as Buddy...but who knew what a wacko Gary would become. It was pretty good at the time even though full of holes. One of my favorite goofs was an outdoor shot supposedly in Lubbock- you could see mountains in the background. Closest thing to mountains up there are the landfills or the hairdos. AS someone once said, from the middle of the street you can see 50 miles and, if you stand on a tuna can, you can see 100 miles. Haven't tried tried the tuna can thing, but can confirm the 50 miles.
Only the guitars were overdubbed, otherwise it's all performed live by the actors.
Go get the movie "The Buddy Holly Story" or something like that ... it's really good. I think Gary Busey stars in it?? You won't believe all the familiar songs that he actually wrote..
In retrospect you would think they had no respect for Buddy if they cast Gary as Buddy...but who knew what a wacko Gary would become. It was pretty good at the time even though full of holes. One of my favorite goofs was an outdoor shot supposedly in Lubbock- you could see mountains in the background. Closest thing to mountains up there are the landfills or the hairdos. AS someone once said, from the middle of the street you can see 50 miles and, if you stand on a tuna can, you can see 100 miles. Haven't tried tried the tuna can thing, but can confirm the 50 miles.
This is the beginning of rock/pop, the man was a god.
And in the begining, God said "Let there be Rock" and the masses were happy. Next God said " Let there be Buddy" and the masses smiled Later, Buddy said " Well All Right" and Bill played it
It took me a minute to place this song... I've heard it a hundred times on the album by Blind Faith. You mean THEY didn't invent that song? I had NO idea.
I was pretty fortunate to be on the Legendary Blues Cruise about a year ago or so and Dion DiMucci was on as well. I think he originally signed up as a passenger. Anyway, he ended up doing some very heartfelt and intimate shows about his time with Buddy and Richie and the rest of the bands. It just tore at my heart. He was only a kid when the plane crashed and said he had never really spoken much about the tragedy in detail. He honored their memory so well.
Buddy was before my time, but I felt like I walked away with a little slice of musical history. Dion was so warm and engaging!!
So far ahead of his time, you can really here the roots of the next 40 years of popular music right here in this one song. Sounds like a Beatles song, but they were still schoolboys when this came out....
Heard this in the background, turned it up when it was nearly over, thinking "well it sounds like a good heartfelt try anyway (to cover Winwood's song)". I need to hear it again—I think I might prefer his vocals.
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