Paul McCartney on Buddy Holly and writing with John Lennon 

Buddy Holly was so ahead of his time, he was already using strings in his music and using different rythms and everything. Can you imagine what he would have done in the 60's when everything opened up creatively!?

My favorite thing about Paul is he’s still of fan of others and their music. Love it.

Buddy Holly wrote all his own songs. Which was rare back then… so of course he would inspire the greatest to follow in his footsteps.

If Sir Paul McCartney and Ronnie Wood can sit and rave about you as an artist, you know that you are a complete LEGEND! Buddy’s iconic and influential music will NEVER DIE. His death along with Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper, JP Richardson is surely the biggest tragedy in the history of Rock and Roll.

Along with his many talents, Paul definitely tells great stories. I could listen to him for hours.

Little magic moment when they pull their guitars at the end and play some Buddy...

Ronnie Wood seems like a very nice guy.

Not seen this before. How awesome is that, two legends chatting over their heroes. How can 30 people not like this???

Laughed very hard when I saw this for first time today over "John's" nativity scene.

The John being blind story is brilliant!!

lol poor old john he was blind as a bat without his glasses

That was utterly priceless. The story about John, the Buddy Holly riff and just that two of the all time greats sat there and remembered a fellow musician that died too young but who influenced McCartney's and Lennon's music.

if you think about it, as a Beatle, John Lennon played all of those concerts, did all of those TV shows, press conferences, personal appearances, photo shoots, and movies, and never saw ANY of it!

wish Paul would write a book before he leaves us

I love this short stories about the early Beatles.

Hearing Paul sing one of my favourite Buddy Holly songs is just pure joy!!!

McCartney should bring out an acoustic album he is a brilliant guitar player

Love hearing music "legends," talk about other music legends that influenced them. This is great 👍

Buddy is such a underrated artist. If Buddy would have lived he would have been massive

Buddy Holly was a unique song writer producer before anyone else in the 1950s he didn’t give a shit about criticism because he was a extraordinary artist the Beatles loved his music just that they sounded different

Poor John, he was so blind!!! Anyway the story made me laugh so hard!

Two legends talking about other legend... amazing moment

Every interview with Paul has a level of enjoyment just about equal to his music. What a gift he is.

Cynthia Lennon said that was one of the first connections she and John had... they were in their lettering class they took together at art college and people were testing each other’s eye sight with the blackboard for fun and neither her nor John wore their glasses cuz they were embarrassed by them and they both had the same awful vision so they laughed and shared stories of each other’s trials not wearing their glasses.

For Buddy Holly, RIP 2/3/°*°* , Your Music Lives & Raves On & On & On ~~>•••Blessings Buddy & Family, dtf *!*

Buddy was the most beautiful man to ever walk the planet. ❤

I never singled out who is the better Beatles , that's why they were referred as the fab four together they made magic.

To all of you who are like R.I.P. Buddy Holly, do you forget he lives on through his music? People will be listening to him and the beatles for the next 200 years +

i love them both! the sweetest!

Love Ronnie - stones were lucky to get him !

Buddy Holly....magic////

RIP Buddy Holly 💕

I love how John an Paul couldn't play that'll be the day and then george walked over...

Good GOD how am I just stumbling on this now? I could watch/listen to these two legends for HOURS.

love this ! I read somewhere that when John asked where the door out was of a room, they jokingly showed him the closet door , this, when he didn't have his glasses on - so he'd walk in the closet !

brilliant!.Love the John story!

Two ICONS! What a time for great music. Love the cadid chat.

I love watch paul and Ronnie talk. They are such lovely chaps to listen to.

Lovely video, thank you so much!

Priceless! A great interviewing an icon.

omg that nativity scene story was freakin' hilarious

great chat!!!

Love guys who talk about their musical influences .

Looking forward to seeing you in June old Trafford Ron..respect!!

Love your interviews Ronny you have so much experience in music there’s no comparison to the quality of discussion you have, congrats on not smoking and your talent in art in awesome, cool way to decompress

I’m so glad this video exists. Great great stuff.

I think Buddy's music would definitely have developed beyond Rock n Roll and R & B without a doubt. Had he lived I think we would have heard mainstream, perhaps even light classical, but don't let that fool us. If he'd have lived to hear Reggae and so on I don't doubt he'd have produced his own versions of that music as well. Buddy was interested in all kinds of music and was developing his style all the time. Incidentally. Although not always popular I love John and Paul's version of Words Of Love they recorded for Beatles For Sale. Regarding the Everly Brothers. They were yet another influence vocally but more so for the Hollies.

Wow, after all the many interviews with Paul I've seen I've never heard that story about John till this one. This interview is a gem. Plus Ronnie Wood is great :)

Excellent, You are a good listener Ron Wood. No wonder you made it big.

Fantastic show. I still regularly play the three LPs Buddy made before he died. Great stuff.

I miss this show so much on Sky Arts. I so wish it would come back on. Even repeats would keep me happy.

I love this. Two old R&R sods talkin bout the old days. That's great fun!

Love these 2 should do album together

My 2 favorite musicians !!!

Love you Guys.....pity I never attended any of your beautiful concerts but I'm them on RU-vid music today.....

Wat mooi !!! Onvergetelijk ! Fan van Buddy Holly R.I.P ❤

I really love buddy holly. The fact that others still like him too i find amazing. That'll be the day, oh boy! And modern don Juan are my favorites.

Absolutely amazing

this is the best amen praise be

Warms my heart ❤️

That story of John without his glasses & the nativity was fantastic Paul !

Elvis was created. Buddy created himself. Buddy played multiple instruments and was literally a music genius. And add to that the fact that he was a really nice guy. An incredible person. The more I learn about him the more I'm in awe of his talent and integrity. God rest his soul. I miss him and can only imagine, had he lived, the further greatness he would have achieved. I hope he's still singing in heaven.

Paul had no fear of playing "That'll be the Day" and infringing on copyright because he owns the copyrights to the entire Buddy Holly catalog.

That was awesome

I think that is the first time I’ve heard Sir Paul really, genuinely laugh, telling the story about John mistaking the nativity scene for a couple sitting outside late at night, playing cards.

I've never heard the nativity scene story before! Wonderful!

A Beatle and a Rolling Stone ❤️

Yes, my mom (also from England and of the same generation as Paul), said that Buddy made all guys with glasses cool over in England.

Great vid!

Amazing, love Paul McCartney

Having a complete set of Buddy Holly records (LPs, EP, singles) I really enjoyed Paul and Ron talking about the late great Buddy!

Funny the playing cards scene!

Good story teller Paul!

Thanks

Great!

Love Paul great watch this caroline 💕

Marvelous!

This is so cool

PURE GOLD!!!

Brilliant!😊🤗😗

It sucks that the day music died, they could've been something good and unique, but unfortunately that's how life is, in reality. RIP we miss you guys and your music.

the nativity scene reminds me of an incident when i was a teen in school. i & a couple of friends, including the class clown, william were waiting 4 tommy, another friend to meetup w/us. this was way out in the country. i was blind as a bat w/out glasses which i refused to wear back then. so i noticed some movement way in the distance in a field. i said, "hey, maybe that's tommy". william says, "mikey, if u ever call tommy a horse again, i'll beat the shit out of u". we all laughed.

Dude ---------------- good stuff.

Classic!

Great interview. Glad to see that Paul owns Buddy Holly's music. Have often wondered how was John, able to run, being so blind?

If this was "Faul", then Paul wouldn't have known do much about his past and how to play that tune. God, some of these conspiracy people are way in over their heads.

I like their playing the guitars and Paul sings with the right rhytm

Ron is constantly lost and he's doing the interview, hilarious.

Huge respect to Ronnie Wood for behaving appropriately with respect and warmth unlike characters like Jagger, Townsend and Richards who seem to have a very hard time giving credit to other real talent around at the time. When I saw the Stones in 1981 (Candlestick Park) it was he, ever cool Charlie and the Bill Wyman doing the actual playing with Richards nodding out on stage (worst heroin era) while Mick did not bother singing because he was too busy kissing girls, giving them the mike or worst of all running from one end of the stage to the other (it was his 'sporty phase'!) never focusing on the song or the feeling. The most disappointing and pathetic concert by a major act I ever saw. We walked 2/3rds of the way through. What I do remember is the heroic effort of the 3 who were playing!

Buddy Holly was great. Buddy was fantastic. A real genius. The Beatles owe this guy and Everly brothers everything.

LEGEND'S.

Awesome. Love McCartney

I'll tell where that riff came from Paul,Robert Johnson the king of the delta blues 1937.

Yes!!!

MANY thx for this! You recently JAMMED w/ VAN the MAN. Q - Ever gonna invite him on the show? Happy Sailing! Captain "Long John" Sinclair

Petty’s Echo Chamber Another thing that contributed to the “Clovis Sound” wasn’t actually in the studio at all. “Norman built an echo chamber in the A-frame attic of his father’s garage next door,” says Stull. “Buddy Holly’s family was in the tile business and they took a bunch of scrap ceramic tile and put pieces all over the attic, which was about 100’ long and 50’ wide, to create reflective surfaces. On one side, Norman placed an old speaker in a wooden case that looked like the sort of speaker used in schools to make announcements, and on the other side he had a microphone. He also had some big pieces of sewer tile standing up in there, which the sound would hit and curve around to break up any standing waves. He would send the sound from his studio all the way over to that attic and then the microphone would pick it up and that sound would be sent back to the studio." The echo chamber can be heard on all of the recordings Holly made at the Clovis studio, though it is particularly evident on “Peggy Sue” due to a clever production move by Petty. The chord solo during “Peggy Sue” also presented a challenge - one that Petty couldn’t solve with creative engineering." “Norman only used one microphone on the drums. On the intro to [Peggy Sue], you hear the drummer playing a paradiddle on a tom as Norman switches the echo on and off every two beats, from dry to wet,“ says Stull. Another nice touch was putting a mic close to the strings of Holly’s electric guitar to pick up the unamplified acoustic sound of the pick strumming the strings, which was blended with the slightly muffled sound of the amplified rhythm guitar.” The chord solo during “Peggy Sue” also presented a challenge - one that Petty couldn’t solve with creative engineering. “When it came time to play that louder and much brighter rhythm solo, Buddy needed to change from the darker pickup setting to the treble pickup setting,” explains Stull. “But he couldn’t do it and play at the same time, so fellow Cricket Niki Sullivan knelt next to him and reached up to switch the guitar from one setting to another.”

June 18 Happy birthday Macca

I miss John Lennon. RIP.

Billy, Billy...👌👌👌

Macca loved Buddy's music so much he bought it..he owns Buddys entire catalog of songs. You want to cover a Buddy tune you need Macca's permission and royalties go to Paul...Sir Paul owns alot of showtimes. And other artist as well..music publishing has made him very rich.he got the Beatles catalog back now too.