Show drops Bloody Holly name
8/28/09 •
The FMX-sponsored Bloody Holly Festival has changed its name to Pedal To The Metal Tour 2009, Wes Nessman, FMX program manager, told The Avalanche-Journal.
The third-annual heavy metal concert, scheduled for Sept. 6 at the Lonestar Amphitheater, had sparked controversy after members of Buddy Holly’s family raised objections to the festival’s name.
Nessman said it was a [...]
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Marker honors Iowa pilot blamed for Holly crash
9/10/09 •
CLEAR LAKE, Iowa (AP) — A marker now honors the Clear Lake pilot who was flying a plane that crashed in 1959, killing himself and passengers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson, known as the Big Bopper.
A field about five miles north of Clear Lake has long featured a memorial to the three musicians, [...]
Maria Elena open to new Holly festival in Lubbock
8/26/09 •
Maria Elena Holly wants to bring the Buddy Holly Music Festival back to Lubbock, and she’s in negotiations with local promoter Gary Boren.
“I have people calling me from the UK and other places, and they would like to see a Buddy Holly Festival,” Holly said. “I think it would be a great idea if we [...]
Image Maker: Armistead put Holly in famed spectacles
8/19/09 •
Buddy Holly wearing contact lenses? That’ll be the day.
It might have happened except for poor technology, Dr. J. Davis Armistead and Phil Silvers, not necessarily in that order.
“Back in the early days of contact lenses, the technology had not been developed,” said Armistead, a longtime Lubbock optometrist who counted Holly among his patients. “I had [...]
Think it over before testing your trivia
3/14/09 •
Q. Buddy’s given last name is Holley, yet he recorded and performed as Holly? Why?
A. Buddy’s name was misspelled in his first recording contract. Rather than wait for the contract to be retyped and mailed back to him, Buddy decided to drop the e for his stage name.
Q. Is a woman’s voice used on the [...]
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