In recent years Maine State Music Theatre has presented THE Buddy Holly STORY on two occasions – both to sold out houses. The undying appeal of the rock ‘n’ roll pioneer’s rags to riches story and his ...

Tribute albums tend to be terrible. Whether well-intentioned or cynical and exploitative, they skate by on the idea that the musicians participating transcend criticism because they're doing it "from ...

Sonny Curtis, the frontman of Buddy Holly’s band The Crickets who wrote classic songs including the theme for “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” has died. He was 88. Curtis died Friday “after a sudden ...

When Charles Hardin Holley, better known to '50s rock 'n' roll aficionados as Buddy Holly, got picked up by Decca Records in 1956, they accidentally misspelled the soon-to-be-icon's last name on his ...

LUBBOCK, Texas— The Buddy Holly Hall Performing Arts and Sciences is gearing up to host a special event that will pull Lubbock’s heartstrings on Friday, February 14. A social media post from the Buddy ...

Editor’s Note: Caprock Chronicles are edited by Jack Becker, Librarian Emeritus, Texas Tech University Libraries. He can be reached at [email protected]. Today’s article about Buddy Holly and the ...