The Luv Doc: Your Psychopathic Buddy

Put the HR department on your speed dial

"...I have been friends with a co-worker for several..."

July 28, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Learning the Game

Learning Buddy Holly's game, 203 tracks at a time

"...homage to a great Texan – a man named Buddy Holly."..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Fall into fun!

"...September means it’s time for Buddy Holly’s birthday, the State Fair of Texas, and a..."

Aug. 31, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

LookOUT Fest, Circle Jerks, Holy Fawn, Bernell Jones II, Tav Falco’s Panther Burns, and a Buddy Holly Birthday tribute

"...EP, Supernov-a, which drops the day after. – Michael Toland Buddy Holly's BirthdaySagebrush, Wednesday 7..."

Sept. 2, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Six-String Samurai

"...for possession of the throne. One of these is “Buddy” (Jeffrey Falcon, who also shares the screenwriting credit with..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Love Is All Around

Tracking Sonny Curtis and his tall, West Texas tales

"...been a part of that, and to have known Buddy. You know, I really wonder from time to time..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

TCB

Lubbock or leave it, with Buddy Holly, the Flatlanders, and some dude who says he's James Dean's bastard son

"...plane crash of Feb. 3, 1959, the legacy of Buddy Holly is still something of an enigma. There's the..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Double-Barrel Beautiful

Texan sweetheart of the 1960s folk rodeo, Carolyn Hester

"...barrel beautiful. That she had known and worked with Buddy Holly left no small impression on me and I..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Day Trips

The Buddy Holly Center in Lubbock is home to a tribute to one of Texas’ favorite sons and also provides a venue for international and local visual art exhibits

"...The Buddy Holly Center anchors Lubbocks artistic heart and soul. The..."

Dec. 10, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Not Fade Away

The 2004 / 05 Austin Music Awards. In a word, roots.

"...– Buddy Holly..."

March 11, 2005 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Day Trips

The year 2007 came in as a lamb and went out as a tired, old goat

"...In Lubbock, the divide between the city and Buddy Holly's estate got a little wider this year. The..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Six-String Reverb

In the Beginning ...

"...and I suddenly noticed how much he looked like Buddy Holly. Jeff was like, "No I don't," but I..."

Sept. 18, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Playback

SXSW news and carryings-on

"...María Elena Holly, widow of rock & roll forefather Buddy Holly, keeps..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

X-Ray Visions

Deep in the fifth dimension, Mark Ryan's Mind Spiders are cutting demos with Buddy Holly

"...but I also like old rock & roll, like Buddy Holly – a weird combo of old pop music."..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Roadside Playboys and Texana Dames

The Hancock Family's long, strange, supernatural musical journey

"...A cheerleader at Lubbock High School, where classmates included Buddy Holly and fellow Cricket J.I. Allison, she sang weekly..."

Dec. 31, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Day Trips & Beyond: February Events Roundup

February's full of fun

"...On the weekend of Feb. 1-3, The Buddy Holly Center in Lubbock commemorates the 60th anniversary of..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Take a ride on Capt. Day Trips' magical musical tour

"...Also on that airplane with Richardson was Lubbock native Buddy Holly. The gallery at the Buddy Holly Center in..."

March 14, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Whole Bow

Alvin Crow fiddled it his way

"...hair is tinged with white and behind the early Buddy Holly-style glasses, the years only show when he smiles..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Dreaming It Alive

Kimmie Rhodes' Realization

"...better than when asked about whether Lubbock musicians feel Buddy Holly's shadow looming large over their own efforts...."

June 21, 1996 Music Feature

Day Trips

Take the Texas music heritage tour and learn more about Texas' homegrown talent, such as Bob Wills, Buddy Holly, and more

"...Lubbock to set off tremors in the music industry. Buddy Holly is remembered with a statue and a walk..."

March 10, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Working-Class Hero

Is Michael Fracasso's Austin's best kept musical secret?

"...rock & roll noise. Someone once said, "He's like Buddy Holly if he went to college."..."

April 23, 2004 Music Feature by Dave Marsh

Son of the Circus

Twistin' in the Wind

"...the legacy of their hometown's spiritual and musical muse, Buddy Holly. A sole album was recorded by the three..."

Oct. 2, 1998 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Buddy Holly

"...Buddy HollyDown the Line: Rarities (Geffen/Decca)..."

April 24, 2009 Music Review by Austin Powell

Day Trips & Beyond: February Events Roundup

Travel news for history buffs, art appreciators, foodies, and more

"...The Day the Music Died The Buddy Holly Center will be commemorating the 66th anniversary of..."

Jan. 31, 2025 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Gone Gone Gone

The Head Cat himself, Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister, talks in his sleep.

"...remember I got “Donna.” That was on Del-Fi, in Hollywood. I thought, “Wow, Del-Fi. That’s real American.” You could..."

May 7, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Day Trips: Surf Ballroom and Museum, Clear Lake, Iowa

We know it’s more than a day trip, but the Surf Ballroom is worth the pilgrimage

"...is renowned as the last place Lubbock native son Buddy Holly played before he died when his plane crashed..."

Jan. 17, 2025 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Crossroads 3

I went up to the Crossroads – and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – fell down on my knees

"...bristles its eternal love light as we walk into Buddy Guy's Legends the next night in Chicago. Austin underachiever..."

July 2, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Return of Wayne Douglas

A flood of posthumous Doug Sahm CDs, both old and new, hits record stores

"...been so kind to artists who have passed on. Buddy Holly, for one, has been woefully underrepresented in best-of..."

June 23, 2000 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

Homage to a Road

"...town. I think the building in Clovis in which Buddy Holly and the Crickets recorded some of their greatest..."

March 19, 1999 Column by Michael Ventura

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Find fall foliage and festivities all over Texas

"...Buddy Holly’s Birthday Bash Sept. 7, Lubbock, ci.lubbock.tx.us/departments/buddy-holly-center/events..."

Sept. 6, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

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