Notes & Personnel Info |  | NOT FADE AWAY: REMEMBERING BUDDY HOLLY was released to commemorate the 37th anniversary of Buddy Holly's death, February 6, 1996. | | Producers include: The Hollies, Nick Lowe, Tony Brown, Nanci Griffith, Mark Wright. | | Engineers: Tony Taverner, Greg Droman, Steve Tillisch. | | Includes liner notes by Holly George-Warren. | | Though he was only 22 years old when he died in a plane crash, Buddy Holly's fusion of C&W, folk and blues contributed immeasurably to the rock'n'roll explosion of the 1950s. NOT FADE AWAY admirably brings together country and rock artists to commemorate the 37th anniversary of Holly's death. Many facets of Holly's musical career are included as part of this tribute album. The original Crickets join Nanci Griffith on "Well...All Right" and The Band on a rollicking "Not Fade Away." Crickets bassist Waylon Jennings wraps his quavering vocals around "Learning The Game" accompanied by Mark Knopfler's ethereal guitar. Through the wonders of modern technology, Buddy himself joins his namesakes The Hollies (including Graham Nash for the first time since 1968) on "Peggy Sue Got Married," giving it a contemporary feel without tampering with the soul of the song. | | Other highlights include the Mavericks' Raul Malo's aching Orbison-like inflection on "True Love Ways," and Los Lobos' ominous reading of "Midnight Shift," which reveals a darker side to Holly's song writing. |
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