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Joe B. Mauldin, bass player for Buddy Holly and Crickets, dies at 74
When a 16-year-old high school student named Joe B. Mauldin told his mother that he was planning to join a rock 'n' roll band, she suddenly saw his future dive out the window and shatter on the streets of Lubbock, Texas. "She told Joe B. that she hoped he would have to 'work his fingers to the bone' for the remainder of his days and that he would regret his decision for as long as he lived," author Ellis Amburn wrote in a 2012 biography of rock legend Buddy Holly. Mauldin — known as Joe B. to his family, friends and fans — played stand-up bass in a group that came to be called the Crickets, a little band that backed up Holly and in less than...
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Joe B. Mauldin, bass player for Buddy Holly and Crickets, dies at 74
When a 16-year-old high school student named Joe B. Mauldin told his mother that he was planning to join a rock 'n' roll band, she suddenly saw his future dive out the window and shatter on the streets of Lubbock, Texas.
"She told Joe B. that she...
All-star Sept. 28 George Harrison benefit moves to Fonda Theatre
An all-star tribute to the music of George Harrison scheduled for Sept. 28 has sold out and will move from the original site at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles to the Fonda Theatre in Hollywood, event organizers announced Monday.
The move will allow...
PASSINGS: Ray Grebey, John 'Juke' Logan
Ray Grebey
Headed baseball negotiations
during 1981 players strike
Ray Grebey, 85, who led Major League Baseball labor negotiations during the tumultuous 50-day strike that split the 1981 season, died Aug. 28 in Stamford, Conn. His family said he had...
Elton John finds 'room to breathe' on 'The Diving Board'
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Peter Gallagher has tunes and tales to share
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Hot Property: Kaley Cuoco selling in Sherman Oaks
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Rush, Randy Newman, Donna Summer among 2013 Rock Hall inductees
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Jimmy O'Neill dies at 73; L.A. deejay hosted TV's 'Shindig!'
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Grammy Awards 2011: Lady Antebellum nears a rout with 'Need You Now'; Arcade Fire's 'The Suburbs' takes album of the year
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