Newsgroup: it.arti.musica.rock
Titolo: Buddy Holly

Quarantaquattro anni fa un aereo si schiantava a terra dopo poche
miglia di viaggio. A bordo c'erano R. Valens, J.P. Richardson e
Charles Hardin Holley, meglio conosciuto come Buddy Holly, considerato
uno dei padri del rock 'n' roll.
Riporto dal sito ufficiale 
www.buddyholly.com
 la biografia di questo
personaggio, da molti ricordato come uno dei piu' grandi di tutti i
tempi.
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Full name: Charles Hardin Holley 
Born: September 7, 1936 in Lubbock, Texas 
Died: February 3, 1959 near Mason City, Iowa 
Considered one of the founding fathers of rock 'n roll, Buddy Holly
demonstrated his love for music early in life. As a child, Holly
learned to play the violin and the piano. However, he soon discovered
a preference for the guitar. Holly's parents, Laurence and Ella
Holley, continuously supported the young artist in his musical
ventures. By age 13, Holly and his friend Bob Montgomery were playing
a kind of music they called "Western Bop," as well as mainstream
country songs which they performed at local clubs. 
Holly's first opportunity in the music industry came when a scout from
Decca Records saw the duo opening a local rock show for Bill Haley and
the Comets. Decca signed Holly, alone, to produce a few singles.
Afterward, however, Decca decided Holly wasn't quite ready yet, and
they advised him to return to Lubbock and keep working on his music.
Holly followed the advice, and with the help of some friends formed
his own band, "The Crickets." Holly was the group's guitarist and
vocalist. Much of the band's music was produced by Norman Petty's
studios in Clovis, New Mexico. Among the songs they recorded, was a
lively version of "That'll Be the Day" which caught Decca's attention
once again. From that moment on, the group's songs were released on
Decca's subsidiary, the Brunswick label. 
The group's music talent, together with Holly's unique "excited" style
of singing quickly made them a success. Songs such as "Maybe Baby,"
"Oh Boy!" and Holly's solo hit "Peggy Sue" became extremely popular,
especially among teenagers. 
Holly and the Crickets also entered areas of music such as rhythm and
blues, which until then had been exclusive to black artists. Once they
were even mistaken for a Black group and booked to perform at the
Apollo Theater. Although at first the band was booed, by their third
day of performing they had become a hit. 
The Crickets were also extremely successful abroad. In March of 1958,
they toured Great Britain, and eventually became more popular there
than in the United States. Later that same year, Holly met Maria Elena
Santiago, a receptionist for a New York City music publisher. Two
weeks later, they were married. After a short honeymoon, the couple
returned to Lubbock, Holly's home town. Feeling that the Crickets
could produce their own music, Holly broke relations with Petty.
However, the rest of the group didn't agree, and this caused Holly to
leave the group. Soon afterwards, Holly and Maria Elena moved to New
York where he performed with a new group of musicians. 
In 1959, as part of a rock show, Holly toured with Ritchie Valens and
"The Big Bopper," J.P. Richardson. They began riding from performance
to performance in buses, which kept breaking down. One day, after a
concert at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, Holly chartered a
small plane to get the musicians to the next town. He had hoped to get
them there with extra time to rest. On the morning of February 3rd,
the plane carrying Holly, Valens and Richardson took off from Mason
City, Iowa. Sadly, the plane crashed after traveling eight miles, and
everyone on board was killed. 
***
Miauz,
Iskra
If a fiddler played you a song, my love
And if I gave you a wheel
Would you spin for my heart and loneliness
Would you spin for my love
(Tim Buckley, Phantasmagoria in two)

 uno dei padri del rock 'n' roll.
*** onore a Buddy. R.I.P.
UCTS <°(((((><
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 uno dei padri del rock 'n' roll.
Questo era *veramente* uno dei grandi, poche storie.
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