Buddy Holly 1939-??-??
My Life With Buddy, BBC Radio 2, UK
Set 1
Maria Elena Holly talks candidly to Don McLean about her whirlwind romance, her eight-month marriage to Buddy and her life spent championing his name fifty years after 'the music died'.
Singer-songwriter McLean famously sang about the plane crash that killed Holly and fellow touring companions Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson (known as The Big Bopper) in his number 1 hit "American Pie".
Documentary producer Mark Rowles says, "My work as an independent producer for the BBC has had a strong bias towards documentaries featuring great songwriters and more than five years ago, I noted the fact that Maria Elena Holly was the last direct living link to Buddy Holly, one of the key foundation writers of rock 'n' roll.
"It's well known that Maria Elena is a woman with distinct views on how her late husband's name should be remembered. Following a series of approaches, over some four and a half years, Maria Elena recognized the importance of making a candid audio documentary about her life.
"There are a number of subjects about which she has never been prepared to speak. However, to my great delight, she felt relaxed enough to talk about subjects close to her heart that she has carefully avoided for many years. The result, in this case, is a truly unique insight into a brave and powerful woman who happened to be married to one of the greats of rock 'n' roll."
Singer-songwriter McLean famously sang about the plane crash that killed Holly and fellow touring companions Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson (known as The Big Bopper) in his number 1 hit "American Pie".
Documentary producer Mark Rowles says, "My work as an independent producer for the BBC has had a strong bias towards documentaries featuring great songwriters and more than five years ago, I noted the fact that Maria Elena Holly was the last direct living link to Buddy Holly, one of the key foundation writers of rock 'n' roll.
"It's well known that Maria Elena is a woman with distinct views on how her late husband's name should be remembered. Following a series of approaches, over some four and a half years, Maria Elena recognized the importance of making a candid audio documentary about her life.
"There are a number of subjects about which she has never been prepared to speak. However, to my great delight, she felt relaxed enough to talk about subjects close to her heart that she has carefully avoided for many years. The result, in this case, is a truly unique insight into a brave and powerful woman who happened to be married to one of the greats of rock 'n' roll."
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Aired: 2/7/09
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