Saturday, January 23, 2010

Buddy, Ritchie, and the Big Bopper

Last night we were back in the late 50's reliving our youth rockin' and a'rollin' to the oldies!

Dave surprised me and purchased tickets for a local theater performance of The Buddy Holly Story...and it was great! The lead was played by a young high school student who was fabulous and kept the whole room moving to the beat of songs like Peggy Sue, That'll Be The Day, Think It Over, etc. etc.!

For those of you who are way too young may not know the story of Buddy Holly.... he was an amazing singer/composer who was supposed to follow the country music track early in his career...but, instead opted to sing rock and roll...his real passion. He, along with his group, the Crickets, became extremely popular with many number one hits...before he was tragically killed in a plane accident along with Richie Valens (La Bamba) and the Big Bopper (Chantilly Lace).

The theater's sold-out crowd was mostly (about 90%) composed of old people those of us in our 60's and beyond...In fact, we saw a huge bus loading up many of the crowd after the show was over to take them back to their nursing homes...

I kept asking Dave, "Are we as old as they are?" And, of course, he brilliantly answered, "Of course not!".

(....not this year, anyway.) : O

2 comments:

Tabor said...

I was sitting in a seafood restaurant near the shore yesterday and they had the cable TV playing the old favorites...really brought me back in time and surprised me that I was now listening to the 'old favorites!'

Winifred said...

That music is fabulous. Takes you back and you're 16 again.