Holly’s widow explains that her husband thought then that the rock & roll era had peaked: “Buddy felt orchestral music in a popular vein was where the future lay, so he wanted to write, record, explore and innovate that style. They recorded four tracks: “True Love Ways,” “Raining In My Heart,” “Moondreams,” and “It Doesn’t Matter Anymore,” all of which are soaked in strings, clearly demonstrating a new direction for Holly’s music. He entered the Decca Studios in New York for a three-and-a-half-hour recording session with an 18-piece orchestra, fronted by Dick Jacobs, known for bringing strings to rock & roll. On October 21, 1958, Holly embarked on a musical adventure he would have continued, had he had the chance. True Love Ways is the poignant realization of a dream Holly first explored just four months before his tragic death. “This is what Buddy would’ve wanted done.” Larry Holley, Buddy’s brother also touts the title. I am proud for Buddy, his legacy continues to influence and inspire. “Sixty years on, this wonderful album relights the flame, the songs and the music shines brightly again. The album is produced by Nick Patrick, the man behind successful orchestral albums for Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, the Beach Boys, and the Carpenters.īuddy Holly’s wife, Maria Elena Holly endorses the compilation. True Love Ways (the name of the song written for Buddy’s wife, Maria Elena) features Buddy Holly’s distinctive original vocals and guitar playing, set to exquisite arrangements newly recorded in England by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at London’s Angel Studios. The Decca/UMe label this week releases Buddy Holly with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: True Love Ways, a new collection of Buddy Holly’s most beloved hits set to brand new orchestrations. The body responds to it and I don’t know why…” “I think because it’s timeless music I call it ‘marrow music.’ Not even bone music. Keith and I had a brief discussion how some music, like his Wingless Angels endeavour or the sounds of the Sun Records label, or any recording that penetrates, makes immediate impact and a connection on your soul, even decades after initial airplay or retail discovery. An early hit record of the Rolling Stones was “Not Fade Away,” produced by Andrew Loog Oldham the song was originally the B-side to Buddy Holly’s 1957 chart hit “Oh Boy!” In March 1958, 14-year old Mick Jagger saw his first rock concert in London at the Woolwich, Granada. However, it wasn’t lost on each of us that 38 years earlier, Buddy Holly, one of his musical heroes, passed. We talked primarily about his just released Wingless Angels album. Twenty-two years ago on FebruI interviewed Keith Richards around a Rolling Stones concert in San Diego. “Chantilly Lace” by the Big Bopper was a national hit. I knew Buddy Holly from his appearances on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand and from 1957 when he was on The Ed Sullivan Show. It was KFWB-AM deejay Gene Weed who first spun his music and the radio station held what seemed like an all-day shiva celebrating the life of Valens, whose record label, Del-Fi, was based in Hollywood. Ritchie’s records were very popular in Los Angeles and the surrounding communities. He was from Pacoima, a suburb in Southern California.
Ritchie Valens’ death was a very big regional loss. I will always remember the Februfront page headline in The Los Angeles Evening Mirror-News, a daily newspaper who reported this accident.
It crashed into a cornfield in nearby Macon City, Iowa, just minutes after takeoff. Richardson took off from the Mason City airport, in a three-passenger airplane that Holly chartered piloted by Roger Peterson during inclement weather. After a Febru“Winter Dance Party” show in Clear Lake, Iowa, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. The Big Bopper died along with pilot Roger Peterson.
Februis the 60 th anniversary of tragic airplane crash that subsequently became known as “The Day the Music Died,” sadly referenced in Don McLean’s song, “American Pie.” Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P.
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