Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story
Author(s):
Alan Janes
Buddytells the story ofthe musician’s meteoric rise from his Southern rockabilly beginnings to international stardom, culminating in his legendary final performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa before his death on 3 February 1959 at the age of just 22.
his became known as ‘the Day the Music Died’ as Don McLean called it in his song "American Pie." In 18 short months, the bespectacled boy from Lubbock, Texas revolutionised the face of contemporary music and would influence everyone from The Beatles to The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan to Bruce Springsteen.
