And of course I dug out the vinyl plus several CDs that I own. ![]() I managed to find my copy of “Remembering Buddy” from John Goldrosen and John Beecher which I always used to swear was the best Holly biography. I also downloaded a few samples from Holly books which I’d not read (and I have read quite a few over the years). I got into training by re-reading John Gribbin’s “Not Fade Away” which was conveniently sitting on my Kindle. I’m embarking on the exercise with a mixture of what-the-hell casualness, a touch of fear that I might not do justice to the great man and lots of excitement at the prospect of digging into some of those great songs and performances again. Thankfully our editor didn’t blanche (if you can blanche by email), nor did he direct me to what he thought might have been a more productive use of my time, so here we are. My view was that Buddy fully deserved to be up there in the Toppermost Gallery of Fame, and if no one else was going to have a go at it, I would. Was it because Buddy was just part of the scenery we live in, a constant backdrop that doesn’t require comment? Or, because his oeuvre was regarded so highly that any Top Ten would be sure to be shot down in flames – in other words, cowardice? Or, was he not seen as cult enough for today’s audience (although many Toppermost contributors might not figure in a ‘today’s audience’)? Or, was it felt that Buddy’s life and songs had been traipsed over so many times and the last drops of blood extracted, such that it would be well nigh impossible to add anything? Or, for reasons that hadn’t even occurred to me? I’d been getting curious as to why no one had attempted a Buddy Holly Toppermost. ![]() Following Buddy Holly’s death, his earlier collaborator and band member, Sonny Curtis, joined the Crickets on guitar and vocals. The Crickets 1957 line-up (l to r): Niki Sullivan (rhythm guitar, vocals), Jerry Allison (drums), Buddy Holly (lead vocal, lead guitar), Joe B.
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