Take a road trip around the world! Okay, not literally. But, find cool places within a short drive from the touristy areas of popular spots around America and the world.
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Fair shout mate Buddy is an absolute legend and you tell me who’s written as many songs as buddy in that short time?? People always trying to put him down or others If you don’t like it then politely f*ck off and moan about somebody else please
I can remember asking my sister what she was crying about? and she shared with that Buddy had been killed in a plane crash ! I will never forget the gut punch I felt! He was so great ; always will be! when I hear him sing: even today: I still feel the punch !
Phlash, Love your show. Got my Rav 4 in 17, got Sirius for 1st time. NEVER turn on FM anymore except Thanksging weekend when Jim Kerr of 104.3 in NYC starts voter top 1043 songs day before Thanksgiving when he signs off for the day. However, don't you think the Frank Sinatra rest stop should have been in North Jersey, where Frank was from And the AC stop, maybe Southside Johnny? Keep playing the music, you can NEVER RETIRE! SORRY! Karen Funk North Brunswick, NJ
I was raised in Kansas and it's amazing when you tell somebody you're from Kansas. The first thing out of their mouth is some stupid wizard of oz comment. Nobody happens to know that Wichita is the air capital of the world. More aircraft built there than anywhere on the planette. Coleman is a Kansas company. Not to mention pizza hut white castle et cetera
I came here to read all the delusional comments by Buddy Holly fans who think he was 'The King of Rock n Roll'. 🤣🤣🤣 Nope, that would be Elvis. And even if Elvis had not existed, but somehow Rockabilly (which he invented at Sun) had come into being without him, Buddy Holly still wouldn't be 'king'. Here's a novel idea, stop talking out of your arses about the greatest, most influential music icon of all time - Elvis - and just enjoy listening to Buddy Holly. Or is that something you can't do without denigrating another artist? Apart from defending Elvis against the nonsense I read in some of the comments, I don't feel the need to denigrate another artists when I'm commenting on RU-vid videos featuring Elvis. After all, why would I need to? None of them even come into the equation when it comes to the most influential, greatest musical icon there has ever been, not to mention the biggest-selling solo artist to this day. Be thankful Elvis did what he did, because without him there would have been no Buddy Holly - just a small-time country singer whose name would have long since faded into obscurity.
This is more an advertisement than a description of the experience. Experience and talk about target diving from 7,000 feet at over 200 knots and the incredible G's on pullout. That's what being in the gunner's seat of a Cobra was about. Otherwise take a helo tour over the Grand Canyon.
Been there! In May of '22, on our way to Albuquerque, my wife and I had arranged for a tour of Norman Petty's studio. Being there was incredible, but having Kenneth Broad (and his wife) guiding our tour went way beyond rock and roll history, into the deeply personal sense that we were with friends. It was a rich experience that I am truly grateful for.
It is no small feat to have kept all that original equipment. Check out the tubes on that McIntosh 275 on the right hand side, where do you get tubes like that these days??? That was such an innovative sound at the time, it's hard to imagine just how fresh that sounded at the time.
Nikki Sullivan on rhythm guitar, and Buddy's vocal mic acoustically picking up his Stratocaster along with his amp miked. Right off the one-track 1/4"! What a sound!! MORE, PLEASE!
I'm a gen z and I'm sick of apologizing for voice correction, and production that is so over processed and sterile. Even the music on the radio gets made on laptops, and computer plugins. This is talented young men in a room getting their chops up and cutting a timeless record. You can actually hear the room, the inflections and the zeal in Buddy and the Crickets. These are tight performances, simple yet with so much heart, and with a real chorus for goodness sake.
Well said, my friend. I am a Baby Boomer and heard his songs on the radio WHEN THEY WERE BRAND NEW! And loved them then and still do! Take it from a guitarist/musician of 62+ years ... Buddy was a brilliant songwriter, producer and an impeccable, perfect-pitch singer, who sang with great feeling. And while you are at it, check out Ricardo Valenzuela, aka, Ritchie Valens. His, "My Darlin's Gone" is one of the greatest songs of the '50s rock and roll era. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_nOKy2orIzY.html
Good job my friend, you’re smart and you think outside the norm when too many Gen z ers don’t and like the horrible garbage that gets released into the music world Was born in 2003 myself and love all 50s and 60s music, you can just feel the heart and soul more with that music and the love is so much more real.
What????? original Buddy Holly recordings??? Oh hell..... one of my specialties is restoring lost audio recordings......I would LOVE to get involved with this project
We love your show. The music is great but your travel hints are so enjoyable. Our twin granddaughters are going from Indianapolis to Mississippi this July for national cheerleading competition. Do you have any fun spots we can stop at? They are limited to that they can do on the way down. The way back home is anything goes. We listen daily. Thanks for the joy you bring to all.
wow mindblowing stuff indeed !!!! the real 1960's audio enginerring recording studio analog mono equipment from the late 1950's !!!!! amazing ! thank you very much for sharing this special piece of american rock n roll musical history ! coming from a NEW ZEALAND KIWI living in and born in NEW ZEALAND KIWILAND ! :)
Many reel-to-reel gems have been lost to fire, floods, and tape degradation over the years. Has that tape (in this video) been digitized to DSD? If that reel-to-reel is lost or damaged, it can never be re-created. It can never be replaced. And it would be a crime to not share the DSD file with the world. Hearing it raw, without studio compression, equalization, etc, would be a huge treat.
Well they recorded it with the effects printed into the tape back in those days but if the released version is a tape copy and this is the original this will sound better
Can’t beat the aural purity & immediacy of these Norman Petty studio recordings. While Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound made his records sound massive on AM radio, it leaves behind recordings that pale in comparison when played back on modern audiophile systems.
Sounds awesome even via your iPhone microphone, RU-vid's low bitrate and my crappy laptop speakers. It just proves that the quality of he original source is all-important; "garbage in, garbage out" as a wise man said
I remain amazed at the quality and mix of the Buddy Holly Story album which I bought in the early 60s. I do believe that tape recordings have a special sound.