The Definitive Story

CD & DVD Set Released 2nd February 2009
Buddy Holly was one of the most important people in the history of music, and ‘The Music Of Buddy Holly And The Crickets, The Definitive Story’ DVD / CD set is a celebration of Buddy Holly’s life and outstanding contribution to music.

The DVD / CD set is released on Monday 2nd February 2009, the day before the 50th anniversary of when Buddy Holly’s life was taken from him at the tender age of 22. The two disc set contains a CD of Buddy Holly And The Crickets Top Twenty including tracks such as ‘That’ll Be The Day’ and ‘Not Fade Away’, and in addition to this, the DVD includes…

• The 90 minute definitive story
• Three live performances from the Ed Sullivan Show
• New interviews with people close to Buddy including Joe Mauldin, Jerry Allison plus many more
• An interactive jukebox feature

This commemorative set celebrates the life of a man who was a pioneer of rock ‘n’ roll music. Even though he tragically died at an early age, Buddy Holly has inspired musicians and continues to do so. Since his death on 3rd February 1959 many artists have been influenced by Buddy Holly and paid tribute to him in their songs, with the most famous arguably being Don Mclean’s ‘American Pie’, a song that was influenced by Buddy’s death in which he sees the plane crash as “the day the music died”. Other artists that have been inspired by Buddy Holly includes The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, The Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, Elton John, Jarvis Cocker plus many others.

“When I was 16 or 17, I went to see Buddy Holly play and I was three feet away from him… and he LOOKED at me… Buddy Holly was a poet - way ahead of his time” Bob Dylan

“At least the first 40 songs we wrote were Buddy Holly-influenced” Sir Paul McCartney

“You could learn from Buddy Holly how to write songs, the way he put them together. He was a beautiful writer” Mick Jagger

“By about 1958, it was either Elvis or Buddy Holly. It was split into two camps. The Elvis fans were the heavy leather boys and the Buddy Holly ones all somehow looked like him” Keith Richards

This amazing collection of work is available through Universal Music DVD and was released on Monday 2nd February 2009.

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