The Buddy Holly Story

I had the privilege of attending Vancouver Arts Club’s newest musical production, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story on their Wednesday opening night for free thanks to my friend Joanna, who is working on the show as the apprentice SM.

Before going to the show, I had no idea who Buddy Holly is. Well, I’ve heard the name but didn’t really try to figure out why he’s famous. So this is the perfect chance to find out. I sat with a stranger, a friend of a friend’s. The friend that was supposed to come couldn’t make it, so he called his friend at the last minute to take his spot.

I briefly read through the program during pre-show and found out that it’s a 1950′s story. The lights faded and the music started. Thus began an evening of Buddy Holly.

I was super impressed with the actors/musicians. It was more of a concert than anything! I immediately fell in love with Buddy Holly’s music. Like I always say, old music (music from waaaaaaaaay back) is SO MUCH better than the kind of music we have today!

I also wonder though, what the music world would be like if Buddy Holly survived that fateful plane crush. Would I be wrong if I say that the music world will be totally different if he had gone on to live for 20 or more years and recorded 10 more Rock ‘n’ Roll CD’s?