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Heartbreaking but glorious
Great music documentary. Paul McCartney produced this heartfelt tribute as an antidote to the more lurid Gary Busey docudrama that came out the year before. McCartney goes on the road to re-tell the story of the geeky kid from Lubbock, Texas who helped refine rockabilly into rock'n'roll, and who set the template for the singer-as-songwriter model later taken up by the Beatles. Holly's story is both astounding and underwhelming -- extensive footage of his shabby hometown helps underscore how humble his background was and how tenuous his success, and -- as Keith Richards points out -- how amazing it was that Holly organized a band capable of elevating themselves out of the C&W world they came from. It turns out there's very little footage of Holly performing live -- this short film apparently includes all of it -- but it's fascinating to see his transformation from a nervous kid into a savvy showman, just prior to his untimely death. In a series of charming, low-key interviews with Holly's old bandmates and contemporaries such as the Everly Brothers, the early world of rock and roll is wonderfully evoked, and the tenuous passing of the torch from a soft pop-destined America to a rock-hungry Britain is convincingly portrayed. (Plus, check out that all-too-brief guitar break on "That'll Be The Day"... was Buddy Holly the founding member of the Buzzcocks?!? Who knew?)

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THE REAL Buddy Holly Story
Excellent documentary from Paul McCartney setting the record straight on the true Holly legend and legacy with pertinent interviews from the people who knew him first and best, his brothers Larry and Travis Holley (yes..that is the correct spelling of the family name!), original Crickets Jerry ("J.I.") Allison and Joe ("Joe B.") Mauldin, plus current Cricket member Sonny Curtis (writer of "Rock Around With Ollie Vee, "I Fought The Law", and later on The Mary Tyler Moore theme song "Love Is All Around"). Probably the best video archival record of Buddy Holly out there and more than worth the price for any "true" Buddy afficianado. If all you have ever seen or heard about Buddy Holly comes from the movie, what I euphemistically call "The Gary Busey Story", and please see my review of the VHS version of that one, do yourself a huge favor and get yourself a copy of this documentary before you "Rave On" to the rest of us about the wonderfulness of the movie and Gary Busey's performance of a film that, by the producer's own admission, was never designed to be a factual account of Buddy Holly's life anyway. Jerry Allison himself said it should be called "The Buddy Hollywood Story". I heartily concur! McCartney, who owns the rights to Holly's music, does him the true justice that the movie sadly denied him. As Sonny Curtis so eloquently stated in his song "The Real Buddy Holly Story", written by him shortly after the movie came out, "The levy isn't dry, and the music didn't die, 'cause Buddy Holly lives every time we play rock and roll."
Amen Sonny!

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Buddy Holly IS GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There is no other way for me to put it. Buddy Holly will always be the biggest inspiration in my life. I'm still young and wasn't able to witness his death. In some way however, listening to his music and watching these films will always have the deepest affect on me. Paul McCartney's honest tribute to a man that helped pave the way for his own identity was as honorable as a documentary could be.

Everything about the film made perfect sense. Gary Busey was extraordinary performing Holly's material, but that's about it. Like the titled stated, this is the real story of one of Rock and Roll's most original artists. It also captures just how far of a genius he was. Holly was a kid from Lubbock, a boy with a dream and a guitar. His influenced spread from Texas to England and with the hearts of Rock and Roll fans all around the world.

Buddy Holly's death on February 3rd 1959 marked not only the day the music died, but the end of an era to Rock's Godfathers. The 1960's would prevail and we were left listening to Holly's music performed by various British artists. I always thought of it as kind of the Robin Hood transmission towards music. No matter how far the music takes us, it was the honesty in his songs and the simplicity in the music that, in his own words, will not fade away.