WINTER DANCE PARTY

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

DON'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS !

BUDDY HOLLY TRIBUTE SHOW AT THE SOUTH POINT LAS VEGAS STRIP SOUTH.... WITH J P RICHARDSON AND RICHIE VALENS !

This runs through the weekend and is recommended to the world...the sold out crowd Friday night loved it...I was at the head of the class.

This, run number 2 for this show at the South Point....run number 1 came on 3 February 2011 ...the 52nd anniversary of the plane crash outside the Surf Ballroom near Clear Lake,Iowa.

First, the South Point....FIRST CLASS...WORLD CLASS....GREAT SHOWROOM...GREAT STAFF...GREAT TECHS...SOUND SYSTEM AND LIGHTING PERFECT...THEY STARTED RIGHT ON TIME AS I HIT THE SHOWROOM AT 7:30 THE LIGHTS WENT OUT AND THE SHOW ENDED AT 9P M... TO THE SECOND...EVERYONE AT THE CASINO WAS PERSONABLE, HELPFUL AND HAPPY TO SEE ME...WHAT A NOVELTY...THERE MUST BE SOME MANAGEMENT HERE...WOW...LETS GO BACK OFTEN. THE SHOWROOM HERE RUNS LOTS OF TRIBUTE GROUPS AND HAS GARNERED MY BUSINESS BEFORE AND WILL AGAIN....THANK YOU SOUTH POINT FOR BEING WHAT YOU ARE.

MY WIFE ONLY GOES TO THE SHOWS ONCE.....LAST NIGHT SHE WENT FOR THE SECOND TIME !

JOHN MUELLER PLAYS BUDDY HOLLY...LOTS OF ENERGY...GREAT LOOK ALIKE...J P RICHARDSON JR PLAYS HIS FATHER...LOVELY MAN, GREAT TAKES...NICE STAGE PRESENCE AND HE CAN SING...RAY ANTHONY DOES RICHIE VALENS...BETTER LOOKING THAN VALENS, WONDERFUL YOUNG PERFORMER...HE HAD THE MOMENT OF THE NIGHT WHEN THE FIRE ALARM CAME ON DURING "DONNA"...HE COMPLETED THE NUMBER AND THEN SAID..."I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT SONG WAS STILL THAT HOT", CAN'T MAKE IT UP ! TWO SEGEMENTS FOR ALL AND A FINALE WITH ALL THREE DOING CHUCK BERRY'S JOHNNY B GOODE. THE MAGIC HERE IS THE LYRICS WITH HOLLY RECODING ONLY 40 SONGS AND WRITING 23 OF THEM...ALL THE MUSIC PRE 1959 MADE FOR ME...I LIKED IT ....NOSTALGIC...REPEATED AND WITH THE SIMPLE LYRICS. THE WORLDS GREAT COMPOSER...LENNON-MCCARTNEY HAVE OFTEN REFERED TO THE BUDDY HOLLY INFLUENCE...THIS SHOW INDICIATIVE OF FRANKI VALLI'S REMARK FROM 1988..."ALL THE GREAT MUSIC HAS BEEN WRITTEN".

FOUR BACK UPS...BASS..DRUMS...GUITAR AND SAX...I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A SAX ON THE 1959 WINTER DANCE TOUR THRU THE UPPER MIDWEST...BUT I DO KNOW THEY USED A HOUSE BAND ON TOUR BAND AND THE CRICKETS...J R ALLISON...JOE MAULDIN AND NIKI SULLIVAN DID NOT DO THE TOUR. THE SAX VERY VERY CLOSE TO OVERPOWERING THE LYRICS HERE AND WOULD BE MY ONLY NEGATIVE....I DID DO A SHOW EARLIER THIS WEEK WHERE THAT HAPPENED...THUSLY THE LYRICS ARE KILLED...LYRICS THE GENIUS OF THE BEATTLES AND OF COURSE BUDDY HOLLY TOO.

THAT'LL BE THE DAY, PEGGY SUE, TRUE LOVE WAYS.....RAVE ON.

ONLY 102 A+ A+ RECOMMENDED TO WORLD...MAYBE THE JUST THE OLD WORLD WHICH APPRECIATES IT

I MIGHT GO AGAIN.