SATURDAY, JANUARY 9 @ 7:30 PM
Buddy Holly emerged from Lubbock, Texas in the mid-1950's and blazed across the rock-and-roll sky like a comet. Before his untimely death in an Iowa plane crash at the age of 22, he and his band The Crickets created a series of pop music masterpieces and the template for what a rock band looks and sounds like, influencing later artists such as Bob Dylan, Elton John, and The Beatles. In an evening that combines humor, toe-tapping, and tears, musician and historian Joel Underwood returns to Bainbridge to tell the story of Holly's humble beginnings, two years as a rock icon, and sudden, tragic death in 1959. Who was "Peggy Sue"? What movie inspired "That'll Be The Day"? It's an evening at the theater that leaves audiences saying, "Oh Boy"!
Tickets are pay what you can, with a suggested donation of $20.
About Joel Underwood
Joel Underwood (he/him) is an actor, teacher, musician, and historian. After 25 years teaching high school history, Underwood got his master’s degree in American History with a focus on folk and protest music. A recipient of the Woody Guthrie Fellowship, Underwood was granted access to the Woody Guthrie Archives in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to research Woody’s time in the World War II Merchant Marines. Underwood continues to tour as a musician, both solo and with his daughter.