THE GREATIST RECORDINGS OF ALL-TIME

#3 "PEGGY SUE"-BUDDY HOLLY

"PEGGY SUE" MAY BE ONE OF THE MOST UNORTHADOX SONGS IN ROCK HISTORY TO GO #1।MOST ROCK SONGS IN THE 1950'S FOLLOWED A 12-BAR BLUES
PATTERN INCLUDING HOLLY'S "THAT'LL BE THE DAY"-NOT PEGGY SUE.THE DRUM
PATTERN IS VERY UNIQUE{IT WAS HOLLY'S IDEA}.TO AD TO THE DRUMS UNIQUE
SOUND.A MIKE WAS PALCED ON THE TOM-TOM AND RUN TO A SEPARATE ECHO
CHAMBR ROOM,PLAYED OVER A LOUD SPEAKER WHICH WAS SEPARATELY MIKED।
DURING THE SONG THE DRUM SOUND IS SWITCHED BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO MICS CREATING ONE OF ROCK'S FIRST GREAT SOUND EFFECTS।
IN THE MUSIC OF PEGGY SUE YOU CAN HEAR BUDDY'S TEX-MEX ROOTS
AND EVEN SOME FLAMINCO GUITAR INFLUENCE.IT'S A TESTAMENT TO BUDDY'S GENUIS THAT HE WAS ABLE TO TAKE SUCH DIFFERANT STYLES OF MUSIC
AND MESH THEM INTO A WHOLE NEW AND BEATIFUL CREATION-FULL OF
YOUTH AND EXCITMENT।THE LEAD THAT BUDDY TAKES IS ALSO ONE OF A
KIND.ALTHOUGH BUDDY WAS A VERY ACCOMPLISHED LEAD PLAYER HE
CHOOSE'S TO UNLEASE THE FULL BARAGE OF SOUND FROM HIS FENDER STATOCASTER BY PLAYING THE LEAD ALL IN CHORDS! THE SOUND IS HUGE!
IT BLASTS OUT OF THE MIX LIKE NOTHING THAT HAD EVER BEEN HEARD BEFORE।
IT IS STILL ONE OF ROCKS MOST MEMORABLE RIFF'S। P.HOLLY