Buddy Holly
Hi welcome, I've havn't posted in a while and there's been a huge story. Beloved Les Paul died, I'll post an article of my own in the near future. I'll highlight interesting facts that have been overlooked.
But while surfing I came across this little gem. From the Gruhn website (http://www.gruhn.com/) .
It's Buddy Holly's amp from late in his career. It's the amp he kept in his apartment in New York. Imagine having a few cocktails, plug into this babe and channeling Buddy "Freakn" Holly. Or better yet MTV or CMT Cribs is at the house and in passing "This is Buddy Holly's amp" Whaaaatttttt?
From the website http://www.gruhn.com/
"Buddy Holly's Magnatone
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Rock and roll legend Buddy Holly had barely broken in this Magnatone Custom 280 High Fidelity amp when he died in a plane crash on Feb. 3, 1959. He bought it in late 1958 and put his name on the front with embossed adhesive tape (he also signed the inside of the back panel). This was Holly's home amp, which he kept in the living room of his New York apartment.
Holly recorded a few demos on this amp. After his death, the tapes were overdubbed with full productions, but they were also later released just as he recorded them - with guitar and vocal. His widow Maria Elena sent the amp to Holly's mother for safekeeping, and the family sold it some years later.
For Holly aficionados, there is no other amp. His stage amp was brought to New York after his death by bandmate Waylon Jennings and put in a storage locker, and it promptly disappeared. The amp he used for his biggest recordings did remain in Norman Petty's studio in Clovis, NM, but it has been converted to solid-state.
This Magnatone has had tubes and caps replaced. A detailed account of the work comes with the amp, along with all the original electronic parts. It is still true to the vibrato-heavy sound of Holly's living room recordings.
With a letter from the curator of the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame (where it was on display until recently) and all the original electronic parts, this unique piece of memorabilia is offered at $175,000.
For further enjoyment...."
But while surfing I came across this little gem. From the Gruhn website (http://www.gruhn.com/) .
It's Buddy Holly's amp from late in his career. It's the amp he kept in his apartment in New York. Imagine having a few cocktails, plug into this babe and channeling Buddy "Freakn" Holly. Or better yet MTV or CMT Cribs is at the house and in passing "This is Buddy Holly's amp" Whaaaatttttt?
From the website http://www.gruhn.com/
"Buddy Holly's Magnatone
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Rock and roll legend Buddy Holly had barely broken in this Magnatone Custom 280 High Fidelity amp when he died in a plane crash on Feb. 3, 1959. He bought it in late 1958 and put his name on the front with embossed adhesive tape (he also signed the inside of the back panel). This was Holly's home amp, which he kept in the living room of his New York apartment.
Holly recorded a few demos on this amp. After his death, the tapes were overdubbed with full productions, but they were also later released just as he recorded them - with guitar and vocal. His widow Maria Elena sent the amp to Holly's mother for safekeeping, and the family sold it some years later.
For Holly aficionados, there is no other amp. His stage amp was brought to New York after his death by bandmate Waylon Jennings and put in a storage locker, and it promptly disappeared. The amp he used for his biggest recordings did remain in Norman Petty's studio in Clovis, NM, but it has been converted to solid-state.
This Magnatone has had tubes and caps replaced. A detailed account of the work comes with the amp, along with all the original electronic parts. It is still true to the vibrato-heavy sound of Holly's living room recordings.
With a letter from the curator of the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame (where it was on display until recently) and all the original electronic parts, this unique piece of memorabilia is offered at $175,000.
For further enjoyment...."
Oh yeah sorry nobody knows who Buddy Holly is.
Listening to these interviews realize the business of music hasn't changed. The pressure of the lead artist in a group to leave and headline, Beyounce comes to mind .
Kind of a prophetic interview with Alan Freed a legendary Rock and Roll DJ and promoter. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Freed
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