Michael Perrie Jr. is already three years older than Buddy Holly ever got to be, but these days it is both his job and his joy to play Holly's timeless and influential rock and roll hits as the star of "Buddy — The Buddy Holly Story," which is at the
People talk casually about near-death experiences all the time, but Dion DiMucci, rock pioneer and Boca Raton resident, can pinpoint his. It happened 57 years ago today, in a snow-covered field near Clear Lake, Iowa, killing Buddy Holly, Richie Valens
3, 1959, Buddy Holly of Lubbock, J.P. "Big. The planeThe chartered plane was a Beechcraft Bonanza like the one pictured above. It crashed. Stardom Holly was a major rockabilly star and had recently broken away from his band The. Rising starValens, born
Presently on view at the Buddy Holly Center, 1801 Crickets Ave., is "A Look Back: Vintage Works of the South Plains," an exhibit featuring works by artists who were members of the South Plains Art Guild and Lubbock Art Association during the mid-to
Charles Hardin "Buddy" Holly, captured in this portrait by,CQ was born in Lubbock, Texas on Sept. 7, 1936, and carved his own international rock 'n' roll fame with his band, The Crickets, before dying at age 22 in a tragic private airplane crash