As we approach the anniversary of the crash that took the lives of The Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly, let’s honor their music (again) with a podcast of covers of their songs! (46 minutes)
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Featuring:
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| 1 | Chantilly Lace | Atlantics | American Graffiti Revisited | Big Bopper | |
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| 2 | Come On, Let’s Go | Girl In A Coma | Adventures In Coverland | Ritchie Valens | |
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| 3 | Oh Donna | MxPx | Let It Happen | Ritchie Valens | |
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| 4 | La Bamba | The Checkered Cabs | Skandalous: I’ve Gotcha Covered Volume 2 | Ritchie Valens | |
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| 5 | American Pie | Crane | American Pie | Don McLean | |
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| 6 | Maybe Baby | Hutch | Hollylake & Silverwood | Buddy Holly | |
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| 7 | Well Alright | Pat Dinizio | Pat Dinizio/Buddy Holly | Buddy Holly | |
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| 8 | Peggy Sue | The Hollies | Buddy Holly (Expanded Edition) | Buddy Holly | |
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| 9 | Dearest | The Black Keys | Rave On Buddy Holly | Buddy Holly | |
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| 10 | Everyday | Ruth | EMI Film and TV: Covers | Buddy Holly | |
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| 11 | Oh Boy | Bil McRackin | Oldies But Goodies! | Buddy Holly | |
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| 12 | I’m Gonna Love You Too | Christi Ellen Harris | Platinum Girl – A Tribute To Blondie | Buddy Holly | |
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| 13 | Words of Love | Jessica Lea Mayfield | Sweetheart | Buddy Holly | |
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Wow 0_0 lots of great Buddy Holly in this one. Looking forward to hearing this at work tomorrow. Downloading now.
Words of Love is particularly beautiful.
Great show, Brian. Had a laugh at your Big Bopper impression. Quite accurate 🙂
There really is something fantastic about a 2.5 to 3 minute pop song from this era, so influential and so timeless. Thanks Brian!
Just finished the new Stephen King “time travel” book 11.22.63 and wondered if he had considered Jake, the main character in the book trying to save these guys in ’59 as well as Kennedy in ’63. It’s a fantastic “what if?” question – what would Buddy Holly have done had he lived? He could have had a word with Elvis too and told him to lay off the burgers and fries and avoid Colonels bearing strange fruit…
Hutch’s version of Maybe Baby really seems to channeling TRex. The backing vocals are straight off Electric Warrior