If you’re on the fence about catching Musical Theatre West’s “Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story” — at the Carpenter Center through ...

Actor Gary Busey, who played Buddy Holly in a film biography, paid $242,000 for an acoustic guitar owned by the late rock ‘n’ roll pioneer. In addition to the 1945 Gibson guitar with a cover ...

He said, "We acquired 18 of Buddy's original frets. My dad had this idea to make 18 individual guitars with a fret in the sound hole of each guitar that could be loaned for life or for a period of ...

Mr Atkins believes that Buddy Holly would not have performed on stage with a J45 guitar which is acoustic. "As I understand it, the J45 was used a lot for recording and song writing," said Mr Atkin.

Holly wanted to play the guitar. His older brother, Travis, agreed to teach him, and according to Bill Griggs of the Buddy Holly Memorial Society, Holly learned a unique way of picking. "Buddy ...

Niki Sullivan, 66, who played guitar as a member of Buddy Holly and the Crickets, died in his sleep Tuesday at his home in Sugar Creek, Mo.

The show chronicles Holly’s brief life, which began Sept. 7, 1936 in Lubbock, Texas, and ended in a plane crash Feb. 3, 1959, in Clear Lake, Iowa.

Mr Atkins believes that Buddy Holly would not have performed on stage with a J45 guitar which is acoustic. "As I understand it, the J45 was used a lot for recording and song writing," said Mr Atkin.