Sonny West is philosophical about sharing his credit for "Oh Boy!" and "Rave On" with Norman Petty: "Norman gave me no choice. But he appreciated Holly's talent and was no worse than other managers of the day. With the confidence of youth, Holly told Petty: "If you can get Buddy Knox a hit, you can get me one."Īs their manager and producer, Petty is often portrayed as a villain, adding his name, for example, to the songwriting credits for "That'll Be the Day". He knew about Norman Petty's studio 90 miles away in Clovis, New Mexico, as the 40-year-old Petty had produced a current million-seller, "Party Doll" by Buddy Knox. Listen to how Holly drawls "car" and "far" you can hear Bob Dylan doing the same thing 10 years later.īy 1957, Holly wanted to escape from his Decca contract. "Blue Days – Black Nights" was an engaging single Sonny Curtis's "Rock Around With Ollie Vee" benefits from an inspired rockabilly performance and "Midnight Shift" (a song about a prostitute!) is the first of several eccentric vocals. He wasn't happy with the results, probably because he had little input and wasn't generally allowed to play guitar, and Decca did little promotion, but the results are appealing. He was signed to Decca's Nashville division and recorded three sessions, produced by Owen Bradley, during 1956. The next day we became Elvis clones." Larry lent Buddy the money for a Fender Stratocaster.īuddy's repertoire expanded as he listened to black R&B played on the Stan's Record Rack radio show from Shreveport, Louisiana, and he was badgering musicians and their managers for an opportunity to record. We played country music, but when Elvis came along, Buddy fell in love with Elvis and we began to change. Sonny Curtis comments: "It was Buddy and Bob's group, and I played fiddle. They played the roller rink and on station promotions, opening for Elvis Presley in 1955.
Several recordings have survived and they resemble an adolescent Flatt and Scruggs. They showed him the rudiments of the guitar, and a home recording of "My Two-Timin' Woman", from 1949, shows that he was already proficient, although his voice had yet to break.īuddy performed bluegrass on the radio station KDAV, usually with his friend Bob Montgomery. If Buddy had stayed, he would have been in the family tiling business with his brothers, Larry and Travis.
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