We worship our heroes in different ways. David Welborn thinks of his every time he walks past a Telecaster Guitar in his ...

Whether they were credited to Buddy Holly or to the Crickets, the all-too-brief run of 45s by the seminal outfit from Lubbock, Texas have long been synonymous with rock’n’roll’s joyful first ...

By that reckoning, there is a case for calling Buddy Holly, who died in a plane crash ... co-wrote and performed with his backing band the Crickets remain as fresh and potent today as when ...

Holly co-wrote “That’ll Be The Day” with his Crickets bandmate Jerry Allison and the group’s producer, Norman Petty. But for “Oh, Boy!”, Petty looked beyond their own material for a ...

So it's perhaps not all that surprising that great musicians have been drawn to the game. Buddy Holly and the Crickets toured England in early 1958 and were introduced to their English namesake in the ...

Debut Album 'The "Chirping" Crickets' (1957)Holly's first album, featuring hits like "That'll Be the Day" and "Peggy Sue," established him as a major force in rock 'n' roll. The album's success ...