Buddy Holly, The Day The Music Died

[Steven]

Hi,

I've got some evidence that isn't favorable to Ken's side of that bet. If I'd
have had to make a wager, though, I'd have gone with Ken, because of
memory of the movie "The Buddy Holly Story." But, today I looked in
"Buddy Holly: A Biography", by Ellis Amburn, published in 1995, and there
saw, "Nor were the Crickets the first white faces to be seen on the Apollo
stage, as the Buddy Holly Story also implied." The author goes on to state
that one of the owners of the theater said that the movie's producers had
been informed "that Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, and other white musicians
had preceded the Crickets..."

[Tony]

I guess it doesn't matter any more.

[Steven]

I guess it doesn't matter any more.

Hi Tony,

Those were the lyrics and song title (of course). Don't know if Ken has settled
that bet yet, so it may or may not matter for that. But, that you and I know
those lyrics and that someone like Buddy Holly accomplished so much by
the very young age of his demise really makes me appreciate him and his
contributions... which continue to matter. The biography asserts that
the owners of the Apollo were very aware that he was white prior to
booking him and that one of Buddy Holly's songs was already charting well among R & B record buyers, amongst them black folks. In America, at the time of
Buddy Holly, things were a very long way from equal and
the divisions, racially, were attrocious. (Entertainers that would share a
bus on tours, couldn't sleep in the same hotels or share lunch counters when
traveling in the south.) Music was part of helping to bridge the divide, a significant bit.
And Buddy Holly, of course, was a significant part of the musical times he
lived. Anyway, thanks for posting the line of lyrics, giving me an
excuse to go on about this.

[sebmelmoth2003]

`buddy holly` is running in the The williamhill.com - Play Bingo Handicap Stakes (Div I) - 16.50 hours race - at doncaster this afternoon - 27th march, 2010.

click on the left for relevant race card - if you see this post in time

http://www.irishracing.com/v3horseinfo? ... 81&prc=050

[Steven]

Hi,

There's a clip of George Jones on YouTube singing "The Race Is On." It's a sure bet, to my
ears.

[sebmelmoth2003]

thanks Steven : i'll have a look at that clip when i can [i'm at `work` and youtube is blocked - how childish and churlish some firms are!].

buddy came in a worthy fifth - worth keeping an eye on for future outings.

http://www.irishracing.com/v5rhfinfo?pr ... 1003271650

[sebmelmoth2003]

Buddy Holly's widow boosts theatre show...

http://www.tottenhamjournal.co.uk/conte ... 3A43%3A010

currently showing at the gatehouse in highgate, london

THEY stood up and clapped the roof off. Never have I seen the Upstairs at the Gatehouse theatre erupt in such ecstasy. Check the clap-o-meter – it’s broken...

great review - HERE

[sebmelmoth2003]

they cite leonard cohen as one of their influences (at myspace) - amongst myriad other artistes.

...Like the mythical sirens, Rosa Slade and Katy Young – the London-born, Brighton-based frontwomen of Peggy Sue – sing with a lilting sweetness that is wholly deceptive, belying the undercurrent of fury in their lyrics, the agitations of their music. Unlike the sirens, however, they sing not to lure men to destruction but to detail the wrecking of their own hearts...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Sue_(band)

http://peggywho.com

[sebmelmoth2003]

buddy racing again tonite at sandown park racecourse.

http://raceodds.com/card/77586

[ladydi]

Did he place? Obviously an owner who has good memories!

[sebmelmoth2003]

racing today in the 13.20 hours at lingfield

http://horses.sportinglife.com/Racecard ... 00,00.html

[Steven]

Hi sebelmoth2003,

Thanks for the anniversary revival of this thread. The purity and spirit of Buddy Holly's music are missed.

Here's a "sure bet" for a novel that has a racehorse as a character: "Lean on Pete," by Willy Vlautin. The author
is also a singer/songwriter in the group "Richmond Fontaine." He'll be on the WCHE Entertainment and
Culture Show today at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, U.S,,
streaming at http://www.wche1520.com/entertainmentandculture.htm .

[sebmelmoth2003]

thanks for the novel info,Steven - i'll investigate further when i have time.

i used to have an email account at http://www.horsemail.com - don't know whether it's still an email provider to be recommended.

[incidentally buddy came 8th - list of his results]

does leonard ride horses? it'd be great if he could turn up incognito and, by arrangement, jump aboard buddy holly on his next outing - the crowd'd roar with appreciation when they realised who's the celebrity jockey!

[Steven]

"does leonard ride horses? it'd be great if he could turn up incognito and, by arrangement, jump aboard buddy holly on his next outing - the crowd'd roar with appreciation when they realised who's the celebrity jockey!"

Hi sebelmoth2003,

If he rides that mare spoken of in "Ballad of the Absent Mare," wouldn't bet that he and the mare pay much
mind to any conventional finishline or even stay on the the same track as most others.