Lubbock hotels near Buddy Holly Museum

The Legendary Buddy Holly Story
Don’t leave Lubbock, Texas without paying tribute to the city’s “very own” Buddy Holly Museum. One of this era’s most famed musicians, Buddy Holly made an incredible impact on 1950s music. A tribute to his life is proudly documented and displayed at the museum where visitors can peruse a multitude of memorabilia including his Fender Stratocaster guitar, an original itinerary from his last tour, stage shoes and his lyric book complete with songs and sketches.

A City’s Crusade
In 1996, the city of Lubbock purchased the largest single collection of Buddy Holly memorabilia, which along with the city’s revitalization of its downtown, sparked plans for an entire district commemorating the late musician.

Called Buddy Holly Avenue, this area features a larger-than-life statue, a named park, the Buddy Holly Walk of Fame, a museum and the Buddy Holly Center – an organization committed to advancing the arts. It’s also a place where visitors can enjoy a wonderful mix of restaurants and nightclubs featuring live music and vibrant entertainment.

Buddy Holly
Born in Lubbock, Texas September 7, 1936, Buddy Holly made a paramount impact on virtually every aspect in the music industry. Growing up in a musical family, Holly knew the piano, violin and guitar as a young boy and was singing professionally in a country duo by the time he was a teenager.

After his big break, Holly formed his own band “The Crickets.” While the band produced the wildly popular “That’ll Be the Day” and other love songs, Holly was particularly heralded by many for his sophisticated lyrics and complex harmonies that some say influenced the emergence of several musical genres like New Wave (Elvis Costello), folk rock (The Byrds, The Turtles) and especially youthful rock-n-roll.

Known best for his popular songs “Peggy Sue", “Oh Boy", and “Not Fade Away", Holly left the Crickets and began touring solo with some of the generations’ most notable performers like Ritchie Valens. It was after one such show in Iowa that Buddy Holly, along with Ritchie Valens, J.P. Richardson and pilot Roger Peterson boarded a late night four-passenger plane in a snowstorm. Shortly after take-off the plane crashed, killing all four men. This was February 3rd 1959, the now immortalized “Day That The Music Died.”

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