Ever since I became interested in music I've gravitated toward 'oldies'. My first favourite duo was Peter & Gordon, would you believe, when I was no more than seven or eight years old (I knew the words to "True Love Ways" looong before I was aware who wrote it !) I also recall having a crush on Jerry Lee Lewis around that time (and he probably would have dated me, too ! =P) Keep in mind that I was born in 1981; while I drooled over Paul McCartney all my friends were gazing cow-eyed at their New Kids On The Block posters ! My parents listened to these artists occasionally (the forementioned... not NKOTB !) but were more into the likes of ABBA and Elton John. I took it upon myself to seek out what I fancied from their relatively large cassette collection. However, my first REAL musical obsession came at the age of ten or so: for a good three years I listened almost exclusively to the Beatles. I immersed myself in anything and everything I could find that was Beatles-related (not so easy for a small-town gal in her pre-internet days.) Thus I learned about Teddy Boys, Lonnie Donegan & skiffle, and became aquainted with songs like "That's All Right Mama" and "Words Of Love". Now, I can't recall when exactly I became aware of Buddy specifically... it seems to me I always knew of him, and could name at least a handful of his better-known songs. I'd always liked him well enough, occasionally borrowing my dad's "Best of Buddy Holly" tape. I've also long associated him with an uncle who died under tragic circumstances (in Texas, no less) when I was very young; pictures of my dad's brother when he was a teenager in his horn-rimmed glasses are very similar to photos I'd seen of Buddy. But it's only recently that I've become a little more... rabid... in my appreciation for ol' Charles. It seems I just woke up one day with Buddy on the brain ! I've amassed a respectable collection of his music in a rather short time and am kicking myself for not doing so sooner ! I ADORE this stuff ! What's more-- even after many years gone, echoes of Buddy's captivating personality still pack enough oomph to set this young girl's heart a-flutter ! From all accounts he was quite the fella. And SO painfully young when he left ! I'm only a wee bit older than he was when he died, which really puts things in perspective for me. But I digress. Since I have nobody in my workaday world with whom I can share my love of Holly, I'm glad to have found all you like-minded folk. Huzzah !

hilarious!

i was born the year he died.

i have the glasses, mine, not his.

i have a guitar pick from lubbock.

i have conversed via email w/ Peggy Sue herself.

i have seen the store in nyc where he bought guitars.

never been to lubbock...but will stop by one day, i'm sure & see his grave. i think a forget-me-not is in order, no?