Buddy Holly: Biography (71 page)

“The ladies fixed us hot: Quoted in RBHS.

“just piled all over:
Ibid.

The same horseplay that: JBM and NS quoted in G&B, RB, p. 82.

“Jokingly, both J.I.: Quoted in BG, “Joe Mauldin,” p. 8.

deliberately attempting to turn:
Ibid.

“take care of J.I.,”:
Ibid.;
G&B, RB, p. 92.

the caps on Buddy’s two: BG, “Joe Mauldin,” p. 8; G&B, RB, p. 92; BG, “18 Interviews (all at once),” p. 3.

jeopardize the Crickets’ career: BG, “18 Interviews (all at once),” p. 3.

“very traumatic incident.”:
Ibid.

“hideous,”: G&B, RB, p. 92.

scar him for the rest: JBM quoted in BG, “Joe Mauldin,” p. 8.

“worst”: NP quoted in BG, “Tour Schedules,” p. 11; JBM quoted in BG, “Joe Mauldin,” p. 8.

a Puerto Rican young woman: G&B. RB, p. 105.

Provi Garcia: Author interview with BG.

“He came in with: Author interview with MEH.

tempestuous, passionate woman:
Ibid.:
MEH told me that she and Buddy decided to get married on their first date.

“I liked him:
Ibid.

“was not allowed to:
Ibid.

“How are you, Señorita?”: MEH quoted in BG, “Maria Elena,” RM 5, 12/77, p. 7.

Holly tune, “a really: Tobler, “PM 9/13/80,” RM 19, 1/81, p. 2.

“best-conceived”:
Rolling Stone Album Guide,
p. 324.

“one of the great rock-’n’-roll songs:
Ibid.

Cash Box
didn’t even: Turner, “Record Review,” RM 8, 9/78, p. 9.

“The British were certainly: Ward, “Fifties,” ROA, pp. 177–78.

“Buddy is a very nice: Author interview with MEH.

“That still didn’t sit:
Ibid.

was born in Puerto Rico: G&B, RB, p. 105.

Her father had sent her:
Ibid.

Since 1898, when the United States: Crampsey,
Puerto Rico, passim;
Berbusse, S.J.,
U.S. in Puerto Rico: 1898–1900, passim;
Babin, “Special Voice: Cultural Expression,”
Puerto Rico,
Carrion, ed., pp. 344–45.

overpopulated and undernourished:
Frommer’s Comprehensive Travel Guide: Puerto Rico ’93–’94;
Delano,
Puerto Rico Mio,
p. 293.

escalated from 245,880: Crampsey,
Puerto Rico,
p. 179.

“I like
los Estados Unidos:
Thomas,
Down These Mean Streets,
p. 20.

barrio: Ibid.,
p. 103.

Maria Elena had held: G&B, RB, p. 105

romantically involved with Rita Moreno: Rita Moreno quoted in
Photoplay, 2/56; Los Angeles Mirror,
4/20,61; Harrison Carroll quoted in Kashfi Brando and Stein,
Brando for Breakfast,
pp. 181–82; Manso,
Brando,
pp. 332, 370, 373, 393, 395, 398, 426, 443, 454, 512, 517, 520, 530, 536, 540, 566, 593, 640, 642–44, 790, 907; Holden,
Behind the Oscar,
p. 267.

“Buddy’s very nice: Author interview with MEH.

“That happened:
Ibid.

“José Quintero:
Ibid.

“exactly like Tony: Quoted in
Ibid.

Though Norman Petty: Brooks and Malcolm, “NP,” RM 37, 7/85, p. 8.

“Oooh, sure!”: Author interview with MEH.

“I’ll tell you:
Ibid.

“We want to get: Quoted in
ibid.

first consulted with Larry: G&B, RB, p. 106.

Maria Elena was four years:
Ibid.,
p. 119.

(five, according to: Author interview with PS; PS quoted in BG, “PS,” Souvenir Program, BHMS Convention, 9/8-10/88, p. 8.

Ella Holley opposed: G&B, RB, p. 106.

L.O. would easily be:
Ibid.

they’d initially met in January: 16 cited in Mann,
A–Z of Buddy Holly,
p. 72.

“never get beyond the: AC,
BH,
No. 1, p. 46.

“whirlwing [sic] thing,”: NP quoted in Brooks and Malcolm, “NP,” RM 37, 7/85, p. 8.

Chapter 10

Escorted by Sonny Curtis: Author interview with SC.

combatants for the closing: BBH, p. 194.

Berry had seniority: Alan Freed quoted in Tosches,
Hellfire,
p. 146.

shows held over seven thousand: Berry,
Autobiography,
p. 112.

“Never before had I:
Ibid.

Coke bottleful of gasoline: Tosches,
Hellfire,
p. 146.

“Follow
that,
nigger,”:
Ibid.

“He wouldn’t have known:
Autobiography,
p. 265.

duck walk:
Ibid.

jammed together at a music:
Ibid.

His first protégé was: BHTLL, p. 106; Brunswick press release, 1959, quoted in BG, “Lou Giordano,” RM 15, 6/80, p. 20; BG, “More About Lou Giordano,” RM 36, 5/85, p. 6; Dewitt, “BH: Little Known Facts,”
Blue Suede News
16, p. 13.

He came to Buddy’s attention: PE quoted in McNie, RM 14, 3/80, p. 14..

Joe Villa, who’d: Nite,
Rock On,
p. 541; BG, “Joe Villa Talks About BH and Lou Giordano,” RM 22, 3/82, p. 12.

two teenage girls their manager: Shannon and Javna,
Behind the Hits,
p. 25.

Joe Villa invited Buddy: Villa quoted in BG, “Joe Villa Talks,” p. 12.

“I can make a record,”:
Ibid.

grew fond of him:
Ibid.

her favorite Holly songs: “Maria Elena,” RM 5, 12/77, p. 7.

“I’m not happy with Norman,”: Author interview with MEH.

“Norman didn’t want to spend:
Ibid.

“wanted to break with:
Ibid.

“not a very kosher:
Ibid.

“Norman … knew that I knew:
Ibid.

Norman “to put his name on every:
Ibid.

“Buddy talked to me:
Ibid.

“that Buddy was not going:
Ibid.

“Music is my life,”:
Ibid.

“The lineup at the State: BG, RM (unpaged, undated clipping).

“every kind of plane: RBHS.

Buddy made some … sounds:
Ibid.
BG also refers to this interview in RM 43, 7/86, p. 10.

a helicopter had crashed: BG, “New Information on TV Appearances by BH and the Crickets,” RM 43, 7/86, p. 10.

first to urge taking: Quoted in Hoffman, “We Belong Together,”
Photoplay,
5/59, reprinted in AC,
RV,
p. 35.

“We toured together:
Ibid.

“all-around great guy,”: BG, “18 Interviews (all at once),” p. 4.

gambled large quantities: Quoted in
ibid.

backstage crapshoots:
Ibid.

as much as $3,000:
Ibid.

“way before his:
Ibid.

apparently self-inflicted gunshot: Lazell et al,
Rock Movers and Shakers,
p. 127; BG, “With Our Regrets,” RM 27, p 10.

Chuck Willis, whose: Monnery and Herman,
Rock ’n’ Roll Chronicles 1955–1963,
p. 51.

Buddy’s favorite guitar: BHTLL, p. 12; BG, “Tour Schedules,” p. 12.

totaling several pianos: BBH, p. 191.

shoving a battered piano:
Ibid.

“smashing $17,000.”: 4/14/58, cited in BBH.

$150,000:
Ibid.

Irving Feld was surviving, but: BBH, p. 192.

fifteen hundred tickets had been: Lehmer, “Holly Almost Drowned in ’58 Swimming Mishap,”
Des Moines Register
(undated, unpaged clipping from files of Mason City Municipal Airport).

Jerry Lee failed to show:
Ibid.

Dickey Doo and the:
Ibid.

hair-pulling broke out:
Ibid.

“a bunch of rednecked: BBH, p. 192.

Mayor John B. Hynes at last:
Ibid.

“The dregs of society: p. 193.

five thousand “hip kids”:
Ibid.

Several girls were accosted: Tosches,
Hellfire,
p. 146.

The fighting spread:
Ibid.

a riot was about: BBH, pp. 196–97.

60 percent white: Quoted in BBH, p. 193.

“Boston always had a lot: Author interview with Cy Egan.

grabbing the crotch: Ward, “Fifties,” ROA, p. 176.

“We don’t like your kind: BBH, p. 195.

Chuck Berry attempted:
Ibid.,
p. 196.

Berry had to run:
Ibid,
p. 196.

Montreal at two
P.M.
: Freed quoted in Ward, “Fifties,” ROA, p. 176.

Boston Mayor John Hynes again: Tosches,
Hellfire,
p. 146; BBH, p. 201.

“rock-’n’-roll paganism.”: BBH, p. 201.

indicted for inciting:
Ibid.

Senator William D. Fleming:
Ibid.

Their remaining gigs: BG, “Tour Schedules,” p. 12.

pulling a gun:
Ibid.:
Ward, “Fifties,” ROA, p. 177.

WINS, outraged by:
Ibid.

The Boston Archdiocese: BBH, p. 202.

“corrupting influence on America’s:
Ibid.,
p. 203.

“There was a time:
Ibid.,
p. 206.

Dave Garroway shook: Tosches,
Hellfire,
p. 146.

“the Korean postwar youth:
Portable Jack Kerouac,
pp. 559–560.

too hot for show business: Ward, “Fifties,” ROA, p. 177.

“about the most downbeat:
Halliwell’s Filmgoer’s Companion,
p. 532.

“stomach ulcer,”: “A Meeting With Mr. and Mrs. Holley on 6/12/69,” p. 4.

Ariel Cyclone 650cc: BG, “Buddy’s Motorcycle,” RM 27, Summer/83, p. 16.

he’d seen Marlon Brando: JA quoted in G&B, RB, p. 102.

he’d owned a Triumph:
Ibid.

beeline for the Harley: BG, “Buddy’s Motorcycle,” p. 15.

with $5,000 in cash: JA quoted in G&B, RB, p. 102.

they could never afford:
Ibid.

They took a cab: BG, “Tour Schedules,” p. 12.

test-ride any bikes: G&B, RB, p. 102.

shelled out over $3,000: BG, “Buddy’s Motorcycle,” p. 16: Jerry’s receipt (No. 84005) was for $1,044.63.

down the highway to Lubbock:
Ibid.,
p. 15; G&B, RB, p. 102.

hail, tornadoes, and rainstorms: “Damaging Storms Again Hit Area,” LAJ, 5/13/58.

with silver eagle insignias: BG, “Buddy’s Motorcycle,” p. 15; G&B, RB, p. 104.

Crickets tooled around their: RBHS.

Jerry’s brother James Allison: BG, “Buddy’s Motorcycle,” p. 17.

could use some exercise:
Ibid.,
RBHS.

Buddy places an affectionate hand:
Ibid.

“big brother”: IPBN Public Affairs Presentation, 1979.

“Buyus,” later explaining: TV special, 10/58, LP
BH Story,
Side 1, Volume II, Masters, MA 201185/MAMC 9201185, Holland.

“Buy us a Coke: Alan Freed in
ibid.

buy us somethin’: Buddy Holly in
ibid.

Montgomery, who was still playing: Jack Davis quoted in BG, RM, 1978 (unpaged clipping).

playfully reenacting the: BG, “Movies and Slides,” RM 9, 12/78.

knife fight from
Rebel Without a Cause:
RBHS; BG, RM 9, 12/78 (unpaged clipping).

Buzz Gunderson: Hyams and Hyams,
James Dean: Little Boy Lost,
p. 194.

James Dean, whose death: Dalton,
James Dean: Mutant King,
p. 281; Headrick, Jr.,
Deanmania,
p. 127.

Buddy’s favorite movie stars: RM 3, 11/84/ p. 10.

Jerry seems to be charging: RBHS.

Buddy went to his:
Ibid.;
BG, RM 9, 12/78.

“It was an English Ariel,”: Author interview with LH.

oddly unimpressed by the: LH quoted in BG, RM 11, 6/79 (unpaged clipping).

“with open arms”: Quoted in BG, “LH,” p. 9.

“I dont think we realized: LH quoted in BG, RM 11.

hurried, impatient: “Jake Goss: BH’s Barber,” RM 25, Winter/82, p. 12.

“I usually felt ill at ease:
Ibid.

Jerry Lee Lewis’s hometown: Tosches,
Hellfire,
p. 147.

“The adolescent confidence: Miller, ed.,
Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock ’n’ Roll,
p. 77.

“It’s So Greasy: Author interview with TC.

“Petty had ’em lined up: BHTLL, p. 98.

“flush with money”: TBIK.

fishing trip to the Brazos:
Ibid.

“I remember that he: Author interview with MEH.

He was still growing: Author interview with LH.

black shoeshine attendant: Quoted in BG, “Clovis’s Own Robert Linville,” p. 5.

an apartment in Clovis:
Ibid,
p. 4.

Orbison continued to record: Amburn,
Dark Star,
p. 55.

“Sugartime” originated in Clovis: Jim Caviness, “Charlie Phillips,” RM 28, Fall/83, p. 5; author interview with Billy Stull.

Buddy Knox, Carolyn Hester: G&B, RB, p. 181.

Terry Noland: Buddy Knox quoted in BG, “Buddy Knox,” RM 14, 3/80, p. 6.

Fred Crawford’s [et al.]: I am grateful to BG for playing these rare recordings for me.

Shaw’s Jewelry Store: Maxine Nation quoted in BG, “Buddy’s Wedding Present,” R 32, Fall/84, p. 11.

to see his old friends the Everly Brothers: Selvin,
Ricky Nelson,
p. 111.

when Jerry Lee pissed:
Ibid.

Petty, suspicious that Decca: NP quoted in Brooks and Malcolm, “NP,” RM 37, 7/85, p. 8.

at last freed him: NS makes the point in BG, “NS—Part 2,” p. 4, that “Early in the Morning” represented BH’s break from the “Crickets’ sound.”

New York Institute of Technology: BG, “Spotlight on Dick Jacobs,” R50 38, 10/92, p. 11.

the finest recording: BG, “Dick Jacobs,” RM 36, 5/85, p. 9.

Al Chernet and George: G&B, RB, p. 181.

would consider him disloyal: NP quoted in Brooks and Malcolm, “NP,” RM 37, p. 8.

Jerry graciously said: JA quoted in G&B, RB, p. 101.