Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story
… Long long time ago, I can still remember

How that music used to make me smile

As a child

I was raised

On Rock n Roll

Thanks to my parents

My Dad in particular

The songs I know

By heart

The songs I love

To listen to

Over and over again

Are from the 50s & 60s

One of my most

Favourite singers of all time

Is Buddy Holly

We used to listen

To his music

At home

In the car

On holiday

Many of my childhood

Teenage and adult memories

Are tied up with

Buddy Holly ribbons

Last night I went

With my mother in law

To The Marlowe Theatre

To see Buddy The Buddy Holly Story

And I had THE BEST time

The only thing that

Would have made the night

More perfect

Is if my Dad had been there

I know that he

Like me

Would know every word

Every beat

To every song

And I know that

He has his own memories

Linked to the music of

Buddy Holly and The Crickets

If you have been thinking

That you might go to the show

While it is in Canterbury

I urge you to get tickets

It was a wonderful evening

Of nostalgia and entertainment

Telling the story of

Buddy Holly’s all too short

Career in country and

Rock n Roll music

So

If you knew Peggy Sue

This is the show for you

I could Rave On

About it Everyday

Telling you all the

True Love Ways

In which I adored this show

I would watch it again

In a Heartbeat

And the memories made

Last night

Will Not Fade Away

Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story

Is part musical biography

Part rock n roll concert

And the most wonderful

Celebration of the music

Of Buddy Holly

For fans of Buddy

The Crickets

For those who remember

The birth of rock n roll

For those raised on

Songs that have stood

The test of time

Songs that influenced

Musicians for generations

And continue to inspire

Us all today

This is a gift of a show

It tells the story of how

In two short years

Buddy Holly

Rose to fame

Writing his own songs

Playing his music

His way

Breaking records

And busting boundaries

Showing the world

The power of music

And that you can be

A kind good person

And a rock n roll star

Buddy Holly

Also made the

Wearing of glasses

Cool

And with the birth

Of rock n roll

Also came the

First teenagers

And I think much

Of the audience

Last night were

Reminiscing about

Their own teenage years

Singing and dancing

To Buddy Holly

This show is

Punctuated with

Perfect comedic moments

I loved the scene

Where Buddy and The Crickets

Were the first white musicians

To play the Apollo Theatre

In Harlem

Buddy and the boys

Rewrite history with

Their music

And their performance

Much fun is made of

The white boys

And no one anticipated

The love they would receive

From the Harlem crowd

That night

The second act of the show

Is mostly given over to

The 1959 Winter Dance Party

The last concert that

Buddy Holly played

Before he died

The show is fast paced and energetic

The talented cast all sing and dance

And they all play multiple instruments

The show is an absolute joy

And it was very hard not to sing along

The moments when the audience

Are invited to join in with the show

Were very much appreciated

The Buddy Holly musical

Is an incredible night

Of memories and music

With laughter and a love story

And heartbreak as the

Story comes to a tragic end

As the curtain falls

At the end of Act 2

And a lone guitar

Is spotlit in one

Corner of the stage

We are reminded

Of the day the music died

3rd February 1959

Leaving behind a young wife

And unborn child

Buddy Holly died in a plane crash

Aged 22

With Ritchie Valens

Aged 17 and

The Big Bopper

… But February made me shiver

With every paper I’d deliver

Bad news on the doorstep

I couldn’t take one more step

… I can’t remember if I cried

When I read about his widowed bride

But something touched me deep inside

The day the music died

This show is testament

To the legacy left behind

By Buddy Holly

And his friends

Their music

Inspired a generation

And that generation

Passed along their love

Of Buddy

And now as my Dad raised me

I am making sure my own children

Grow to know and love

Country music

Rhythm and blues

Rock n Roll

And the incredible songs

Of Buddy Holly

I was given two tickets to the show in return for an honest review