Part 1 of Set 1 Lookin' for someone to love - Think it Over - Down The Line "Buddy Holly Lives" performed in front of a sold out live audience at Bancroft Playhouse Theatre Nov, 29, 2008 - Bancroft, Ontario
buddy holly live! video footage for the You Tube mini-film on the Canadian tribute band featuring "Not Fade Away" and "That'll be the Day" Filmed at the Grand Theater in 2001
Written by Buddy Holly and Bob Montgomery - Tommy Allsup played lead on the recording done in Clovis, New Mexico at Norman Petty Studios July-August 1958 with Buddy on rhythm. He did play this song on the final tour in 1959. Here we see a Crickets version live. Joe B. did do the original bass on the recording although he was eventually replaced by George Attwood.
Set 2 - Part 3 Buddy Holly Lives live at the Bancroft Playhouse on Nov 29, 2008. Twenty Flight Rock (Eddie Cochran), Early in the Morning all on a Gretsch 5120 with TV Jones EM 2 pickups
Twenty Flight Rock" was recorded by Cochran in July 1956 at Goldstar Studio, with Connie Smith on the bull fiddle and Jerry Capehart thumping a soup carton. Written by Eddie Cochran and Ned Fairchild. Released in 1957 on Liberty records with "Somethin' Else" as the flip side. Buddy Holly Live! occaionally played songs by other artists. This was a spirited performance from 2005.
Part 3 of the 1st set - Baby Let's Play House/ Baby won't you come out tonite - Rip it up - Honky Tonk - Buddy Holly Lives at the Bancroft Playhouse - performed on November 29, 2008 in front of a live audience in Ontario, Canada
Rip it Up - Interpreted from a practice tape Buddy Holly recorded at Venture Studio (Lubbock, Texas) in late 1956 with Jerry Allison and Larry Welborn (uncertain) on bass. Composed by John Marascalco (Little Richard's chauffeur) and Otis Blackwell. This tune was also covered by Ritchie Valens, Elvis and many others as an early rockabilly standard.
This was recorded at the WeaveShed Performing Arts Centre in Cornwall, Ontario in October , 2002. Originally recorded in Norman Petty's Studios in Clovis, New Mexico from June 29th - July 1, 1957. Buddy, Jerry and Joe with background vocals by the Picks. This number was "in the can" before the release of That'll be the Day, showing how much of a hit maker Holly was in a very short time.
Hit version recorded on the road at Tinker Air Force base in Oklahoma City in September 1957. Peaked at Number 4 for 3 months. Released March 1958. Recorded with the Crickets when they were a quartet with Niki Sullivan on second lead as well as Buddy, Jerry Allison (JI) and Joe. B. Mauldin.
Performed by Buddy Holly Live! tribute band with Dave Bull as Buddy Holly, Marty Crapper on Bass / backing vocals and Stuart Pike on drums / backing vocals - live at Brockville Collegiate
Recorded in front of a live audience in Peterborough in September of 2008. Dave, Stu and Marty as Buddy Holly and The Crickets Live! The story behind Paul Anka's "It doesn't matter anymore" a hit for Holly shortly after his death.
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