BUDDY WRITES HOME FROM NASHVILLE
Buddy Holly wrote this letter to his Parents, from
Nashville, in November 1956.
This was right after the DJ Convention and prior to
a recording session at the Bradley Studios.
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BUDDY HOLLY RECORDING SESSION
15 November 1956 Music City Recording, 804 16th Ave.
South, Nashville 3, TN
Harold Bradley [gt], Grady Martin [gt], Don Guess
[bass], Farris Coursey [drums],
Floyd Cramer [piano], Dutch McMillin [sax]. Producer:
Owen Bradley
042 101033/NA 9586 ROCK AROUND WITH OLLIE VEE 9-30434
043 101034/NA 9587 MODERN DON JUAN 9-30166/DL 8707
VL 73811 CB 20101
044 101035/NA 9588 YOU'RE MY ONE DESIRE 9-30166/DL-8707
VL-73811 CB 20101
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CLOVIS - Norman Petty spent much of his life making rock 'n' roll history in Clovis. Now, 36 years after his death, Petty's friends and fans are doing what they can to keep that legacy alive. A Clovis native, Petty began his long career as a musician, songwriter, producer and recording engineer in 1953. He began running his own recording studio in Clovis in the early 1960s. Over the course of his career, he worked with legendary rockers who included Buddy Holly, Buddy Knox and the Fireballs. The non-profit group Friends of Norman Petty Inc. was formed last September to help maintain Petty's studio in Clovis, which was converted into a museum after his death in 1984 by his wife Vi Petty.
Norman Petty Recording Studio, which now serves as
a musuem to Petty and early rock 'n' roll, sits on 7th Street in Clovis.
Young Buddy . |
Buddy Holley meets Elvis - Fair Park Coliseum, Lubbock, TX June 3, 1955 ~ Bob Montgomery looking on. |
Buddy and the Everly Brothers |
Buddy |
Buddy with his Gibson |
Buddy and J.B. Mauldin |
Buddy Holly Trading Card |
Buddy in the UK - 1958 |
Taping an interview |
Buddy and Jerry Allison Backstage |
Ravin' On with the Crickets |
Sonny Curtis, Buddy, Don Guess, Dean Curtis |
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Waylon Jennings, Buddy Holly, and Tommy Allsup.
Winter Dance Party tour at the Fiesta Ballroom, Montevideo,
Minnesota. January 27, 1959.
The Big Bopper and I won a coin toss to fly to our next gig with
Buddy Holly.
When I heard the cost of the flight was $36 -- a whole month's rent
for my parents -- I gave my seat to Ritchie Valens.
And, unlike everyone else in the room for that coin toss, I lived
to tell about it. ~ Dion
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