It
took five years for Bill Griggs to complete his five
booklet set Buddy Holly Day-By Day. Filled with
dated facts and pictures, there is only about a
dozen dates that Bill can not document where Buddy
Holly was during his career!
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BILL GRIGGS:
Today, Bill is recognized around the world as an expert on 1950's
rock 'n' roll music and an authority on Buddy Holly and the
Crickets. His name is found in many books and other publications for
assisting with research information, etc. He has also published many
booklets pertaining to the era. His tour-de-force is the five
booklet set Buddy Holly Day-By-Day [see link] in which he can
tell you where Buddy Holly was just about every day of Buddy’s
career. In 2004, with the computer age upon us, Bill and Sharon
began producing CD-ROM Flipbooks [see link] of Bill’s works so the
print versions will slowly fade into the sunset. |
THE MEDIA:
Bill Griggs can be seen on many television specials pertaining to
the era. At this particular time, you might catch him on the
90-minute VH1 special titled The Day The Music Died and the
E! Entertainment's special Mysteries And Scandals, both still
being aired in reruns, along with a short bit on the History
Channel's Lost And Found segment about Buddy Holly's glasses.
For two years, Monday
through Friday evenings from 6:00 to 9:00, you could find Bill doing
his 1950's program at KDAV Radio in Lubbock, Texas, including his
copyrighted School Of Rock 'n' Roll segment. Although he left
because he got too busy with other things, the station still
broadcasts, in real time, on the Internet. You can reach them at <www.kdav.com>. |
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An earlier picture of Bill with Ella and
Lawrence Holley, parents of Buddy Holly. Bill became very close
to Mrs. Holley and called her "His surrogate grandmother".
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