Browneyed Handsome Man B/W Wishing - Buddy Holly M- Coral 45 RPM Promo - RAB
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The late, great Buddy Holly's twelfth Coral release and sixth since his death on February 3, 1959. This copy is truly excellent and looks and plays mint-. When I was 14 years old my last year of junior high school at O. L. Slayton in Lubbock I recall Ronnie Mitchell and myself going on Friday nights to Lawson's Roller Rink to see Buddy Holly. In truth we did not go to see Buddy but rather to exercise our teenage raging hormones. The things I do remember is that it cost a quarter to get in and buy a coke, there were wall to wall teenage girls and compared to todays bands they (whomever) played very softly. Of all the times that I saw Buddy back then I only ever asked him to sing three songs: Bo Diddley, Blueberry Hill and Browneyed Handsome Man. For those of you who weren't there - Lawson's Roller Rink shared the facilities with Paul Carmillo. Paul was from New York City, talked funny, had an Itallian restaurant and taught boxing there on 2nd and College Avenue during the day. At night it became the skating rink and on the weekends the rock and roll dance hall for teens. I mention this only to say that Buddy and the other bands used the boxing ring as their bandstand. They didn't set up on the floor like in the movie but rather pushed the boxing ring to the back wall, took the ropes down from one side and "Voila" a "sho nuff" rock and roll bandstand. And this wasn't just for Buddy Holly but also for Joe (Sonnee) West, Terry (Noland) Church and the Four Teens and Tommy Hancock and the West Texas Playboys and whomever. There were others but at my age I'm lucky to remember those. As most folks now know, back then (1956-57) Buddy Holly, Joe West, Terry Church, et al were not famous and to some degree never became famous in Lubbock. Buddy did not get the recognition he deserved and was getting internatinally until the late sixties. All of the folks that I ever saw at Lawsons used the boxing ring for a bandstand. I think it's safe to say that Buddy and his group back then were a "cover band". Albeit a good one. The thing I've always admired about Buddy was the way he could "own" a song that was actually originally performed by another. Good examples are: You're So Square and Baby Let's Play House (Elvis), Resdy Teddy, Rip It Up and Send Me Some Lovin" (Little Richard) and of course Chuck Berry's "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" - this record being offered here today. The vocal is far superior to Chucks even though the guitar breaks are similar to Chucks' they still "belong" to Buddy - he made it his own. Joe Westbrook
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