BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com
WOW ! ! !
3 FEBRUARY 1959, CLEAR LAKE,IOWA SURF BALLROOM, WINTER DANCE PARTY TOUR STARING RICHIE SABO, RICHIE VALENS, J B RICHARDSON AND BUDDY HOLLY AND.................... THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED.
3 FEBRUARY 2009, 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, SURF BALLROOM CLEAR LAKE, IOWA, I WAS THERE FOR THE REUNION ALONG WITH THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME, SONNY CURTIS, THE CRICKETS, PETER AND GORDON, SIR TIM RICE, COUSIN BRUCIE, AND HUNDREDS OF OTHERS.
4 FEBRUARY 2011 SOUTH POINTE CASINO SHOWROOM, WINTER DANCE PARTY, JOHN MUELLER AS BUDDY HOLLY, JAY RICHARDSON AS THE BIG BOPPER, RAY ANTHONY AS RICHIE VALENS, MAYBE THE MUSIC HAS NOT DIED !
THEY STARTED THIS OFF WITH A VIDEO HISTORY 0F CURRENT AND REAL STORIES RELIVANT TO THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY...VIDEO COULD HAVE BEEN TIGHTER AND MORE EXENTSIVE FOR HISTORIANS LIKE ME BUT FOR OTHERS IT MAY HAVE PLAYED BETTER !
A GREAT TRIBUTE SHOW FOR TWO SOLD OUT NIGHTS, IT STARTED RIGHT ON TIME AND REPLAYED THE THEME WITH ALL THE GREAT PRE 1959 MUSIC...NO CRAP OR RAP IN THIS SET ! THEY DID ADD A SAXOPHONE....OTHER THAN THAT IT WAS MUELLER AS HOLY WITH BASS, DRUMS AND GUITAR.
NICE PROGRAM, RICHARDSON OPENED, VALENS FOLLOWED, THEN HOLLY AND THEN A REPLAY, AT
23, HOLLY RECORDED ONLY 37 SONGS AND WROTE 25 OF THEM AND THE LIST IS THE EARLY HISTORY OF ROCK AND ROLL, PEGGY SUE, RAVE ON, THAT'LL BE THE DAY, OH BOY, TRUE LOVE WAYS, JUST EXACTLY LIKE THE BEATTLES, SHORT SIMPLE CORDS WITH TRUE GREAT EASY LYRICS.
NOTHING NEGATIVE HERE, THE GROUP DID SALES AND AUTOGRAPHS AFTER THE SHOW, HAD THERE NOT BEEN SOME GOOF BALL FOOTBALL GAME SUNDAY THEY COULD HAVE HAD THREE SOLD OUT DATES...THE CROWD LEFT WANTING MORE...I LEFT WANTING MORE OF THE SAME !
MY BROTHER SENT ME A CHRISTMAS CARD FROM OMAHA SAYING HE WAS GOING TO THE BUDDY HOLLY SHOW ON THIS NIGHT IN COUNCIL BLUFFS, THERE MUST BE A LOT OF THIS GOING AROUND, UNFORTUNATELY NOT ENOUGH AND NOT OFTEN ENOUGH.
GOD BLESS THE SOUTH POINTE AND THEIR ENTIRE STAFF IN PRODUCING THIS ENTERTAINMENT FOR US....THEY HAVE MUCH MORE COMING 702 797 8055
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