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Feb. 3, 1997 - Bill Cooper
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Buddy Holly Special #1
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Well, the people thought I couldn't make up my mind to be a doctor and a lawyer, man.
My mother told her daughter, go out and find yourself a brown-eyed handsome man.
She said, your daddy's got a brown-eyed handsome man.
I'm a mother to a daughter, no doubt.
If I could never found I had a plan.
If your daddy could have found I had a plan.
When tomorrow's the day, I put the people that you met in the world in the palm of my hand.
And I'll put a...
I'm Pooh.
Classic radio like you always wished it to be.
101.1 FM.
I am the man, so far and ever there and I am the man She's a fair, she's a fair, she's a fine lady
I am the man This is my daddy's station
I'm through, plastic radio like you always wished it to be 101.1 FM, eager
Now you're going to hear the influence that Betty got From one of the biggest black stars in music at that time
one of the biggest black stars in music at that time in rock and roll, Bo Diddley.
in rock and roll, Bo Diddley Oh, that's Bob, that's Tom and Lee
Yeah, that's Tom and Lee, don't stop Now you're going to hear the influence that Buddy got from
A lot of the early attempts of Buddy Holly and his protégés was imitation of bigger
stars.
But Buddy Holly and his protégés were not the only ones to do that.
He was a great singer, a great dancer, a great musician.
He was a great dancer.
This is the Voice of Freedom.
I am the voice of freedom.
The hour of the time is also carried on WRMI, worldwide shortwave radio, 99.55 kilohertz, Monday through Friday nights, 5 until 7 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time.
This is my daddy's station.
I'm poop.
Classic radio like you always wished it could be.
101.1 FM.
Eager.
We now return you to our special presentation of the Hour of the God.
Why my power has been cut?
It is this hour of the tide.
Once out of the blue, the killer was so far away.
He was so close to the killer that he was able to get a good look at his own body.
He was so close to the killer that he was able to get a good look at his own body.
That occurred on February the 3rd, 1959, in which not only the pilot, but Richie Valens, J.P.
the Big Bopper Richardson, and Buddy Holly met there very early and, of course, premature deaths.
Don't miss one single moment Of tonight's broadcast.
It's gonna go to the wee hours.
And we're going to play every single record that Buddy Holly ever cut.
And we're gonna be telling you everything that's known about his life.
So don't forget.
Don't forget Richie Valens and J.P.
Richardson.
The only reason we're not doing their cuts is because we don't have them.
We're not doing their cuts.
I'm not doing their cuts.
Somebody's out there asking, what's so important about this music that it has to take away from the normal purpose of
the hour of the time?
Well folks, it's because it's American music.
Pure American music.
It didn't come from somewhere else.
It came out of the tradition of black rhythm and blues.
If you're a black American, and you really think... If you really think for one moment that you have never contributed to anything...
As a people to this country, you're wrong.
Almost all modern American music came, ladies and gentlemen, from black music.
And if you think black music is African, you're wrong.
I've been to Africa, and you don't hear anything like it in Africa or anywhere else.
Well, if the mother cow's here, I'll be flying high.
If the mother cow's down, I'll be sleeping shy.
I don't care if the children are low, I'm a cat and I'm a lion, and I'm a rabbit, I'm a cobra.
I'm a cat and I'm a lion, and I'm a cobra.
And I'm a horse and I'm a lion.
you you
Listen to this one now that Fats Domino later made very famous.
You ought to see Carney dancing around this studio, folks.
I'm going to be dancing with a band.
I got my money, I got my money, and I know I'm never gonna stay.
I'm going to a big band.
It was the first time I had it, but I got to get my chance to come back.
I got to be on it, oh, I got to be on it.
All my time's been sold all away.
Start my heartache, sweep my heartache, and go out there to play.
There's a way, there's a way.
Oh, it was for the time that I had, but I got to get my rent to come back.
Yes, folks, what you're listening to was called the Bop back then.
It's not swing.
And I just write it.
Although I have to do it slow, I can still do it.
Okie doke.
I'm going to play a little bit of a song.
If you listen closely here folks, you'll hear some of that tempo problem that Buddy Holly
was famous for.
.
Made other musicians angry.
Some of them couldn't play with Buddy Holly because of it.
I remember it also caused some toes to get stepped on on the dance floor.
the dance floor.
I remember it also caused some toes to get stepped on on the dance floor.
I remember it also caused some toes to get stepped on on on the dance floor.
Of those urgently called USPS buses tied to the doors of many of our patients
and thankfully just one of us was Hangaines It's not the case that we're still ill
although we all need sustenance We're talking about reduced lives
C delicacies the American automaton Those are the most popularja
antibodies of symptoms These are attractive, you know
Civilians withNourable disease
of chronic disease never seen before
Hell are those of those who are in the hospital
and those who are in the hospital are the most likely to get the virus
Those who are in the hospital are the most likely to get the virus
Those who are in the hospital I remember it also caused some toes to get stepped on on
And now, here's Elvis Holly.
Uh, I mean Buddy Presley.
I mean Buddy Presley or something like that.
Well, come on, for the love of Jesus, for the joy!
We need to get her ready now for the dance!
Come on, y'all!
Come on.
Well the ones for the money, for the joy.
security and they have.
It is.
This next one started at all folks when Bill Haley in the comments did shake rattle and
the uh... the next was part of the local with bill haley the
congress did shake rattle and roll
roll.
the the
lf you like it, you'd love it.
The world's never what I can't see Ain't got no home. This was made very famous later by Clarence
Frogman Henry.
I got a boy and a lonely lady. I ain't got no home and I'm weak and cold. I'm a lonely boy and I ain't got a home.
I got a sausage and a sausage and I got a foot. I got a gun and I got a big foot. I got a load of gold and I got a load
of gold.
I don't know what to say to me. I'm a lonely boy and I ain't got a home. I got a lonely boy and I ain't got a home.
I'm a lonely boy and I ain't got a home. I'm a lonely boy and I ain't got a home.
Oh, got caught off guard, I was dancing with Allison.
I was dancing with Allison.
Oh, come on, baby, let's play house.
Oh, come on baby, let's play house.
Come on back to me, the little girl.
We can mess it up a bit before it's done.
You're gonna come back a bit.
Come back a bit.
Come back a bit.
I'll miss you.
I'm gonna miss you.
I'm goin' back to meet her little girl for the week.
She says, how's my baby?
I've been living like a pig in a barn, like a pig in a barn Like a pig in a barn, like a pig in a barn
So early in the morning Early in the evening
I was up to bed But I'd rather see you dead, little girl
Than see you up and up and up Baby, like a pig in a barn, like a pig in a barn
Like a pig in a barn, like a pig in a barn And where the pigs be
The pigs be The pigs be
Well folks, if you just tuned in, this is a special presentation of the World Wide Freedom Radio Network in the
hour of the time.
It is in memoriam of the deaths of Richie Valens, the Big Bopper, whose real name was J.P.
Richardson, a very well-known disc jockey in the state of Texas, and, of course, Buddy Holly, whose real name was Charles.
Buddy was the nickname.
And have you ever been lonely where songs Buddy recorded at home?
His parents' home in Lubbock, Texas had a room at the back of the house where he and Jerry Allison would rehearse for hours on end.
Mrs. Holly remembered.
Boy, does Mrs. Holly remember!
And you'd remember, too, if you had a bunch of teenagers in some room in your house banging on drums and singing and twanging on guitars day after day after day.
She said Jerry's drums sat in our living room for the longest time.
They were almost part of the furniture, but we never minded Buddy practicing at our house with his friends.
He was trying to be a success, so of course we were all for him.
I remember him recording, Have You Ever Been Lonely?
At the end of the song you can hear him call me to come into the room and listen, or maybe he was calling for a glass of water.
You remember, folks, you just heard it just a little while ago, and I echoed his call.
Mom!
And, you know, you don't get that kind of stuff from real studio recordings.
Dickie Sullivan, who also joined Buddy's group later in 1956, remembers sitting in on such a session on a winter evening that year.
He said, Buddy was having one of those jam sessions and I was invited through a friend who had a wire recorder, the forerunner of the tape recorder.
He was going over to make a wire recording of Buddy and Jerry and asked if I wanted to go along, and he said, bring your guitar, because Buddy may let you play.
So we got over there and just kicked a few songs around, and that really was the beginning of the Crickets, as we became later.
Ah, Connie, don't juggle those records.
You ever see somebody juggle long-playing 33 and a third RPM records?
Well, I just did, and it almost gave me a heart attack, because these are irreplaceable, ladies and gentlemen, and I mean irreplaceable.
Can't find them anymore.
If you can, I'll tell you why.
If you can, you better grab them, because not only are they rare, but they're valuable and they're a valuable part of American musical history.
Some of the rehearsals were put on tape.
For example, tracks three and ten that you just heard during this last session here were probably recorded in one session either at the Holly's home or Buddy's brother Larry's garage.
It seems likely that Buddy and Jerry prepared the tape in order to demonstrate to booking agents what they could do since none of the songs apart from Holly's Hop is original, the tape being a cross-section of the popular songs of the day.
Holly Hop is little more than a warm-up number or jam between Holly and Allison, and although the overdubbing has obscured their playing somewhat, It's a good illustration of Jerry Allison's comments on how he and Buddy began playing together.
He said, Buddy's guitar playing influenced my drumming more than anything else.
I haven't played with anyone."
I guess he's trying to say that he hasn't played with anyone since.
That I could play with as well, because I learned to play drums with what Buddy played.
We played together so much, because we used to just sit around and rehearse for no reason, just to be played.
In many cases, the other tracks on the side of the album that you just heard, ladies and gentlemen, were obscured by attempts to make them sound like studio rather than garage tapes.
But if you listen close, you can tell the difference.
You see the energy Can still be heard, and it's easy to imagine Holly and Allison carrying a show on their own as they often did in Lubbock when they lacked a bassist or rhythm guitarist.
But you see, they were playing around.
And you do things different when you're playing around than you do in a studio when you're trying to make a hit record.
And so, that shows, it comes out, a large part of their early repertoire came from listening to the radio.
But not to Lubbock stations, as Jerry Allison explains.
He said we were into all the black music, like Clyde McFadder, The Drifters, and Ray Charles.
This came about partly because a cousin of Buddy's had told me, there's really a good station from Shreveport every night at 1030, and you should listen to that.
And they were playing all that stuff.
Shreveport is about a thousand miles from Lubbock, so it was sort of hard to tune into.
There was only a very small percentage of people in Lubbock who were going to any trouble like this to listen to rock and roll, or rhythm and blues music.
And in that day, like today, KOMA in Oklahoma City played all of the best rock and roll which they now are known for as the Oldies Station.
And you can hear it for a thousand miles in every direction on a clear, cool night.
Rhythm and blues music.
People were just listening to what was being played on the radio locally in Lubbock, which was pop and country.
We liked all of the other stuff that you could only hear by sitting sometimes for hours at your radio and tuning in to those faraway places that none of them had ever been to.
Also, folks, a lot of people didn't want to be into rhythm and blues and things like music as they called it.
They looked down on that.
And country music, too.
But I gotcha tell ya, I gotcha tell ya, folks, I just gotcha tell ya that Buddy Holly and the Crickets were really into it.
If the Western and Bop-style recordings Buddy Holly was making as demos in 1956
sound at odds, heard on records, Thank you.
They only served to illustrate how much he was misunderstood by those who were supposed to be guiding his recording career.
But he knew what he wanted.
I mean, he knew what he wanted.
But he was to become increasingly aware that those who had been more successful in the recording field than he did not necessarily know our care.
About how to get that sound on record.
Don't go away, folks, because you're going to hear every, every recording that Buddy Holly ever made in his entire life tonight.
Right here on the World Wide Freedom Radio Network, and 101.1 FM, Eager, Arizona, and
over 700 FM stations across the nation and around the world.
WRMI Worldwide Shortwave Radio.
At least for another 24 minutes on WRMI Worldwide Shortwave Radio.
As Wolfman Jack would say, alright great, buddy holler.
I never did this before.
Classic Radio.
Classic radio, like you always wished it could be.
Letter One Point One, Eager.
Well, there is a love song, that I hope you can walk along.
It is a love song, that I hope you can walk along.
Ah, this next one is interesting because it's what we're trying to do all the time.
Ah, this next one is interesting because it's what we're trying to do all the time. Changing
all those changes. So, I'm changing all those changes. But I'm making all those changes.
But I'm making all those changes. Because I made those changes. But I thought you were
going to.
Now folks, if you listen carefully to this cut, you can hear the style that ultimately
was to make Buddy Holly and the Crickets famous.
you So famous, ladies and gentlemen, that people love him to this day.
I do.
And now I know I belong to my show.
But really quick, I could never consider all the things I've done.
So now I'm chasing all those dangers But I think I will do
Well, I'm a penny rocker, I'm a penny rocker I ain't no crazy rocker, I'm a penny rocker
Like pulling teeth sometimes.
But she's getting the hang of it, folks.
And she's enjoying herself.
if you like them.
I'm going to play a song for you.
It's called, I'm going to play a song for you.
Yes it is.
He just brings it on me.
Oh yes it is.
It's not my fault.
And it's not my fault.
Yes it is.
He just springs it on me.
Oh yes it is.
It's not my fault.
I didn't do it.
Buddy Holly did it.
I didn't do it.
you It's not my fault if I give you love, you can't see.
I should have known I'd remember when you left me.
I have no hope I can live with your faithfulness I know I can't hold her heart with just a way of saying
I just saw a hole in your broken chain of hearts Each one is falling now, and I can't go overboard.
If everybody knew, ladies and gentlemen, just exactly how much fun this is, nobody would
ever pay a DJ ever again in the future of the world.
They'd all starve to death, but they'd have a lot of fun doing it.
Just think how skinny Rush would have been!
You know, he was a DJ.
A DJ.
Now he sits on half his brain.
And doesn't have all the fun that he used to have.
But he's got more money.
And, uh, I guess, uh... I guess because I didn't pursue that career, I was just a fool.
I guess.
I'm tired of hiding through the fog, even right as the second wind blows.
Oh, you try, you can't deny the beating of your heart.
Oh, you try, you can't deny A true love, it is a power
I hate that I was just a fool I hate that I was just a fool
I hate that I was just a fool Even though I know our love will never do
Oh, he tries, he can't deny the beating of your heart Oh, he tries, he can't deny the true love when it's so hard
I'm scared that I was just a fool This is my daddy's station
I'm...
I'm too.
Classic radio like you always wished it to be.
101.1 FM.
Igor.
Well, love me.
Love me.
Love me.
Love me, love me, love me, oh baby love me.
Well if you love me honey, will you let me know.
Say if you're in love with me, will you never let me go?
Oh, love me, love me, love me, like old babies.
Oh, baby, love me, love me, love me the way that I love you.
Well, love me, never leave me, or you'll make me cry.
If you really love me, then you'll keep my eye dry.
Love me, love me, love me, but I'm hoping you'd kiss me.
Oh, baby, love me, love me, love me, so good that I love you.
I love you Alright, let's go now, man, go
Well, you love me You love me
Oh, baby, you love me Oh, baby, you love me
Baby, you love me too I hate this.
Well, if you love me, honey, all the night and day, then you'll love me, love me, all my life, I pray.
Love me, love me, love me, when I'm holding you dear.
Oh, baby, love me, love me, love me, oh, dear, I love you.
Well, love me, never leave me, or you'll make me cry.
If you really love me, then you'll keep my eyes dry.
Love me, love me, love me.
Oh, baby.
Oh, baby, baby, love me, love me, love me.
Baby, I love you.
Well, love me.
Love me.
Oh, baby, love me.
Oh, baby, love me.
Baby, love me, baby.
Hey, if you miss any portion of this broadcast, folks, don't come back knocking on my door, because I'm not going to do it again.
Well, I found you're over and it made me blue like a child's gout.
Do you want some more?
That's for you.
Don't come back knocking.
And my heart's closed, too.
I will be home.
Don't call and I'll know more.
Well, we went away laughing all alone While you played around my way to get home
Don't come back again, and my heart will go to you For I will be home all night long
I'll be home all night long You had all the hard work to get me home
You weren't satisfied.
Now I'll go home alone.
I'll come back again.
And my heart will hold you.
For we'll be home a lot more.
For a lot of money.
All right, give me that guitar, boy!
Well, pity goes with heart so empty and cold And never know true love or courage to hold
I'll come back no distance and my heart will hold those For I will be home, no more, not no more
I'll come back no distance and my heart will hold those For I will be home, no more, not no more
I hope you're all ready, because this is a broadcast that's probably going to go into
the midnight shifts.
Thank you.
Well if you see old Annie better give her a lift Well Annie's been a-workin' on the midnight shift
If Annie comes to town she'll hold her head Make them lifts up bright bright red
Where's that dress at? It feels high stocked Then I feel the middle of the night
Visit a friend and give her a lift Well Annie's been a-workin' on the midnight shift
If she acts a little funny, seems a little funny I never knew
Never used the car, never explained what she wanted for Brother, this ain't no air
Well Annie's been a-workin' on the midnight shift Well Annie's been a-workin' on the midnight shift
If Annie comes to town she'll hold her head Make them lifts up bright bright red
Where's that dress at? It feels high stocked Then I feel the middle of the night
Tony, I thought that was your husband, John, working on the midnight shift.
Oh no!
When you think everything's all right, you start slippin' round in the middle of the night.
Brother, that it ain't no ill, for Danny's been a-workin' on the midnight chill.
Oh, Andy, that's why I've been havin' those blue days and black nights.
Blue days, black nights, blue tears keep on callin' for you, dear.
Now you're gone.
Blue days, black nights, my heart keeps on callin' for you, dear.
And you're alone.
Memories of you make me sorry.
I think you're really drunk to die for me.
But now you're gone and I am left here all alone with the blue memory.
I think of you I think of you
I think of you Do
Okay I didn't realize I would miss you, oh, it ought to be.
And now, somehow, I know I will pay for the crimes I have made you do.
Memories of you make me thoughtless.
I don't forget the other ones in this memorial broadcast.
J.P.
That was premature, folks.
J.P.
I don't forget the other ones in this memorial broadcast.
J.P.
That was premature, folks.
J.P.
The Big Bopper.
Richardson and Richie Valens.
His real name was Richie Valenzuela.
And there's been a movie made about Buddy Holly's life and also about Richie Valenzuela's life.
Richie Valens to most of you.
But nobody's so far touched the Big Bopper.
Who got his start as a DJ in Texas.
Very popular DJ I might add.
And rose to the very tip top of the charts when he wrote and sang a song called Chantilly Lakes.
Well, we are leaving WRMI, World Wide Shortwave Radio, folks, so we've got to do this.
This is the Voice of Freedom.
The hour of the time is also carried on WRMI, Worldwide Shortwave Radio, 99.55 kHz, Monday through Friday night, 5 until 7 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time, This is my daddy's station.
I'm Pooh.
Classic radio like you always wished it could be.
101.1 FM.
Eager.
Lights and power are my power.
Be the power of the time.
It's time. The answer I have never heard before. The building of the next century. Fire.
The answer I have never heard before. The building of the next century. Fire.
Uh-huh.
Uh-huh.
Oh, ho, ho, Miss Allison is making her presence known in the studio right at this present
time. You can hear her, ladies and gentlemen, a while ago she was in here dancing, and now
I saw her run in here out the corner of my eye, chased by her mother, and refuses to
be removed from the studio.
And that was what the squeals were all about.
That's okay.
She's my daughter.
I love her, and she can stay here as long as she wants.
Right, baby?
Ah, she gives me that look with those big, big beautiful eyes.
Now you can stay, but you gotta control the yelling.
Hi.
Hi.
Welcome back, folks, to this memorial broadcast honoring the careers and accomplishments of J.P.
The Big Bopper Richardson, Richie Valens, and of course, Buddy Holly.
Because that's not what I wanted at all.
I thought I had it.
But here we go, anyway.
We can't forget these other people just because we're playing all of the music that was written and performed.
Hello, baby!
Yeah, this is the big bopper, Steven.
I love you, honey.
Oh, you sweet thing.
Do I what?
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