Holly, Buddy - They Died Too Young - Buddy Holly by Tom Stockdale

Gebundene Ausgabe - Parragon Plus- 78 Seiten - Englisch Quiet Beginnings Charles Hardin Holley was born on 7 September, 1936, in Lubbock, Texas. (The more familiar 'Holly' spelling is the result of a mistake on Buddy's first recording contract.) He was the youngest of Lawrence and Ella Hol-ley's four children, and was raised like the rest of the family as a Fundamen-talist Baptist, in the strict moral atmo-sphere of the Bible belt of south-west America. His father had moved to in search of work in the thriving cotton industry of the area, and although Texas was not especially known for its mus ical heritage, his family made music a part of their lives. From the singing which was an important part of their church life, to the music which they played and sang at home, Buddy, as he was called from an early age, was sur-rounded by its influence. He won a five-dollar prize at the age of 5, with a rendition of Down The River Of Mem-ories, accompanying himself on a toy violin. He was keen to follow his brothers and sister by mastering an instrument, trying the piano and the steel guitar before finding an affinity with the acoustic guitar, listening to the radio and picking up the tunes of ...