That’ll Be The Day (both versions) & Lookin’ For Someone To Love Buddy Holly & the Crickets

Buddy Holly turned to rock music after seeing Elvis sing live in Lubbock in early 1955. On October 15, he opened on the same bill with Presley, also in Lubbock, catching the eye of a Nashville talent scout. Holly’s transition to rock continued when he opened for Bill Haley & His Comets at a local rock show organized by Eddie Crandall, who was also the manager for Marty Robbins. As a result of this performance, on February 8, 1956, he was signed by Decca Records to a contract, on which his last name was misspelled as “Holly”. That spelling was soon adopted for his stage name. He formed his own band, though at that time it had no name. It would later be called the Crickets. That year, Buddy went to Nashville for three recording sessions with producer Owen Bradley. However, as they say, “he chafed under a restrictive atmosphere that allowed him little input.” Among the tracks he recorded was an early version of “That’ll Be The Day”, which took its title from a phrase that John Wayne’s character says repeatedly in the 1956 film, The Searchers. The initial version of the song was played more slowly and about half an octave higher than the later hit version. However, Decca chose to release two other singles, “Blue Days, Black Nights” and “Modern Don Juan”, which failed to make much of an impression in most of the world. On January 22, 1957, Decca informed Holly that his contract would not be renewed, but insisted he not record the same songs for anyone else for five years. So …
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Using a somewhat outdated video camera I taped the entire autograph session of King Kobra @Camelot Music in McAllen, Texas. Here I pieced together just under 10 minutes of the best of from an hour and twenty minute program. The band & the store manager both spotted me and insisted I gain access into the store to film close up. Living in the Rio Grande Valley in the 80’s this was no ordinary afternoon as it was a rarity to have things like this happen there. All in all a pretty cool afternoon. King Kobra: Carmine Appice-Drums Mark Free-Vocals (now known as Marcie Free) David Michael Philips-Guitar Johnny Rod-Bass Mike Sweda-Guitar Another Madpioneer exclusive. Enjoy!
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