Buddy Holly
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Knows3Chords
Friend of Leo's
Words of Love was the first song I learned to play on the guitar, many years ago.
Les is mo!
Lone_Poor_Boy
Tele-Afflicted
Some of the greatest hits CD's I played over and over; Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry, Roy Orbison, Elvis, Hank Williams Sr..
This sounds corny but I love the humming part after the lyric.
When I hum that I hear 101 strings of an orchestra in my head!
darkwaters
Friend of Leo's
According to Lou Reed, a three chord song is Jazz.
Knows3Chords
Friend of Leo's
I love that part too.
61fury
Friend of Leo's
Midnight Shift is such a hard boiled raunchy song. Holly sounds like he's having a great time with it. Such a contrast to his Peggy Sue, big hit stuff.
It is whatever the paying listeners say it is!
Sonny Curtis is the guitarist on that. Not only was he a great guitar player but he wrote some very successful songs-Walk Right Back by the Everly Brothers, I Fought The Law by The Bobby Fuller Four…even Love Is All Around (Mary Tyler Moore theme song!)
61fury
Friend of Leo's
The depth of knowledge on this forum is always amazing. Thank you elihu
I only knew of the big hit Buddy Holly until my youtube stream. Ollie Vee, Blue Days, Ting A Ling are a side of Holly I was never aware of
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Buddy’s career started in 1952 and ended in 1959-6 years! And he was 22 or 23 when he died. Look at all he accomplished.
WingedWords
Friend of Leo's
I used to have a multi cassette set of pretty much his complete recordings. Some of the late acoustic/ vocal tracks that were posthumously completed with strings were real eye openers. Something like this I guess
Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings And More https://amzn.eu/d/bFjo5JT
He's the man.
Not Fade Away: The Complete Studio Recordings And More https://amzn.eu/d/bFjo5JT
He's the man.
G Stone496
Tele-Meister
Buddy’s the real deal!
haggardfan1
Poster Extraordinaire
Yes. He'd have been a huge factor in modern music, even more than he already is, had he had time to mature.
JIMMY JAZZMAN
Tele-Afflicted
3 chords are enough, if the song has mojo.
hepular
Tele-Afflicted
ain't none of it works w/o Allison on drums.
Fiesta Red
Doctor of Teleocity
Mr. Holly has always held a place of high esteem in my family—my dad is a big fan—and influenced a lot of the guys I’ve emulated over the years. I can’t imagine what he would have done had he lived—I think he would have become a major producer and songwriter for others, besides his own music.
Because I’ve always approached his music as early and rock-n-roll/rockabilly/proto-modern country art form, I forget how much he influenced the Beatles until I listen to songs like “Words of Love”…
Because I’ve always approached his music as early and rock-n-roll/rockabilly/proto-modern country art form, I forget how much he influenced the Beatles until I listen to songs like “Words of Love”…
gmann
Friend of Leo's
Just one of the best, ever!
ravindave_3600
Friend of Leo's
I remember when I was little thinking "Words of Love" was the sweetest song that John and Paul ever wrote.
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