Contents
- Foreword by Frank Ifield ............................................................................................v Acknowledgements...................................................................................................vii Introduction.....
- Chapter 1 . Never Mind the Lubbocks........................................................................1
- Chapter 2 . Tighten up Your Bible Belt......................................................................11
- Chapter 3 . Buddy and Bob.......................................................................................17
- Chapter 4 . Shock of the New....................................................................................29
- Chapter 5 . The Tex-New Mex Sound.......................................................................41
- Chapter 6 . The Rhythm Method ..............................................................................49
- Chapter 7 . Here I Go, Breaking All of the Rules.......................................................80
- Chapter 8 . Gotta Travel On....................................................................................121
- Chapter 9 . Buddy Holly Lives ................................................................................143
- Chapter 10 . Grave On............................................................................................152
- Chapter 11 . Listen To Me.......................................................................................158 I. I Can't Believe it's Not Buddy....................................................................... 158 II. Influencing the 60s.......
- Chapter 12 . The Buddy Holly Story.......................................................................173 I. The Buddy Holly Story.................................................................................. 173 II. Buddy..........................
- Chapter 13 . The Crickets and Their Buddies .........................................................185
- Chapter 14 . Now and Forever Till the End of Time ...............................................203 I. Those Who Really Care ................................................................................ 203 II. What If ................................
- Bibliography ...........................................................................................................216
- Appendix
- 1. Discographies.....................................................................................221 UK Discography............................................................................................... 221 US Discography.....................
- Appendix
- 2. Some Buddies.....................................................................................234 Tribute Songs.................................................................................................... 234 Tribute Albums..................
- Appendix
- 3. Bye Bye Miss American Pie ................................................................242
- Index ......................................................................................................................245