I had the privelidge to see this show at the Strand Theatre with this cast. It was, quite frankly the best live show I have ever seen. Actors who were all musicians of quality, playing Buddy's song. It was humbling to be in the audience.
It’s fantastic isn’t it. My parents near enough dragged me when I was 15 years old. I thought I didn’t know any Buddy Holly songs but I realised I did and loved it. I’m now 49 and have seen it 5 times. I actually saw these actors too in Manchester.
Wish bring back classic hits songs of 1950s and 1960s and 1970s and 1980s in Roller Skate. Fans enjoy listen to back then: not all junk music can’t understand words. Thank You. Love this video clip. Keep on Rocking N Rolling though years.
Never commented on YT before, but feel that fans old & new might like to know that I saw Buddy and the Crickets perform in Ipswich, UK on their British tour in March 1958..... Blew my 16 year old mind! I can still remember how devastated I was on arriving at school the following year to be told by classmates of the crash. Was lucky enough to get the autographs of all three at the 58 concert, Buddy, Joe and Jerry, and it is only recently, after some 70 odd years that I have auctioned them off to pay for a great-grandson's education.... would you believe, they finished up in the hands of a fan from Lubbock, Texas!! I remain a 79 year old rocker, with some great memories.
Wow wonderful story. Thank you for sharing. I appreciate music from the 50’s Though the 80’s. It’s not what it’s used to be. My kids are not allowed to listen to anything with bad words and if it talks about sex. Basically everything today. They have a great love and appreciation for the classics. This era of music will never die.
I had the pleasure of seeing Angus (Gus) MacGregor play Buddy Holly twice at the Strand Theater in London. What an incredible show and Gus really nailed the role as Buddy.
This sounds like someone who has never been in the South ever, attempting to make a cornpone accent that they heard in a movie. It's atrocious. Buddy Holly sounded nothing like this, nor did any other human being that ever lived. Are the Brits really that out of touch?
One of the best contemporary musicals I have ever seen in London: three times with different groups of people and every time with a larger group of people who had seen the show at least once before. Well before the end of the show people were 'hoppin 'n boppin' in the rows, aisles, basically anywhere where there was space to dance - all delirious in happiness irrespective of age....
He wanted to play Rock and Roll so bad, my first few songs I learned on guitar were Buddy`s Songs, I still play them and now I have amassed over 20 of his songs and people still love him
"Well, that'll be the day, when you say goodbye Yes, that'll be the day, when you make me cry You say you're gonna leave, you know it's a lie 'Cause that'll be the day when I die" God bless you! ฉันรักคุณ
That'll be The Day - the first 45 I bought and it changed music at Alleyne's!. He taught us how to play in A. Crikey, we owe him so much and he did it in such a short time.
I grew up with Buddy Holly in Lubbock, TX. Iam in the process of doing a tribute to Buddy Peggy Sue Gerron & his last car a 1958 Impala !!!!! I,m friends with Peggy Sue !!!!!!!!!!!!
@@silastengler6750 Everly brother where better singer technically but buddy holly is in my mind like Bob Dylan not a great technical singing voice but nevertheless musically talented
Carl Perkins, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Bill Haley, and Jerry Lee Lewis all deserve to be up there in the very top tier with the 4 you've named - as do the backing musicians who were vital to the sound, although less well known to the general public: Scotty Moore, Bill Black, Cliff Gallup, Rudy Pompilli, Franny Beecher, Jerry Allison, Joe B Mauldin... and many more. You also need to credit the vital roles played by people like Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller, and Sam Philips.
I once worked as a stagehand in Okc I worked a run (one week) showcall props ( proptart, propsitute) I could go on I wont Anywho one day backstage after the day show I was playing my guitar and the actors /musicians were walking around with their instruments well we had an informal jam sessions WOW! best memory when we finished there was a big crowd. Good times
When you sit in that seat in the theatre and they play like this....MAN! You really feel the impact rock n' roll music had on people back in the '50s. The hairs stood up on the back of my neck when I saw this, and the same for the Elvis story when they played That's All Right
Descubri a Buddy Holly gracias a The Beatles y ahora entiendo por que era su idolo,nadie compuso tantas canciones tan bonitas en tan corto pedido de tiempo
I remember the announcement of the plane crash coming over WMGM in New York. I've followed Buddy Holly since before then. His music was just so damn good! I find his following today is in part because we wish, try to wish, that plane crash away. That four young boys might come walking back into the present day, warm, alive, and productive. Something indefinable was lost on February 03, 1959. It was a future of powerfully written rock and roll unparalleled by any other writer performer. So much similar for Ritchie and J.P. We lost the future of music, yet to be experienced.
I’ve noticed Bob Dylan shakin his leg like that when he’s rockin’ out. A Buddy Holly concert he attended as a young man, made a huge impression on him.
I don't deny anything you wrote but your implication is that Dylan got the move from Holly and I doubt that. To shake your leg with the beat of the music, especially a strong beat, is natural and universal for guitarists.
Published on Nov 29, 2010 The Buddy Holly Story - That'll Be The Day - A clip from the West end show Buddy - recorded Live at The Strand Theatre London
Movies and Stage production's always take liberty's of changing the story. Probably ask someone who was there. For the TRUTH! Gary did a great job and this young man did the best he could. They just portray what the producer want them too. Can't blame the actor's. Just let them act and go along with the program. Buddy would love it! R.I.P. Buddy, Richie and The Big Bobber! Shawn.
As much as I liked the 1978 movie The Buddy Holly Story with Gary Busey, most of us know that it was pretty far from the REAL Buddy Holly story. The West end show should be made into a movie for 2018!
i said it before, this guy is dam good, his voice sounds just like buddy hooly, the best in my eyes, great job. woundering if you still play, and where, love this music.
I cant get over how well his voice is just like buddy holly, best in my eyes, even guitar, sounds just like the way he plays and acts, excellent job ! AA +++++ Ive seen other guys try to pull this of, they dont even come close to this guy, this guy kinda looks like buddy holly, well done!
His family are deeply religious southerners and that was something that came straight from his Mother (on a TV show, I saw) & the Crickets have said the same about him. In the 50s, the bible belt was serious about those things... Jim Crow and lynchings aside :s
My brother brought this record a 45 RPM - around 1958 - intended for his girl friend who he later married, and I jacked up his stereo record player - which woke up or dad who was napping.... and he got real angry!
I got this on video vhs, and I wish i could watch it again, since the video player doesn't work no more. Would love to see this version on a dvd, then I could watch it over again!
That's was a great song it feels like the one and only buddy holly was there we sure do miss him he was the king of the 50's and wish that feb-03-1959 didn't happen and where can you get this video on I tunes so keep the 50's music alive rock n roll
I'm of the year 3214 this Buddy Holly is among our very favorites. Music has been outlawed for the most part but there are still quite a few of us that just can't let go of music. It is just too important to us. If we get caught we are fined and then restricted to our domiciles for a period of no less than two months and then we are refered to the dreaded BLVR, "Board of Law Violation Reducation" Many people are physically tortured and many have just disappeared and those that do come back are as if their soul was sucked out of them, they some how lose their personalities is the best that I can explain it. Anyway I've been on here way too long, I pray that people see this in your time and they heed this all, it can all be prevented if people would have just stood Together and fight against anything even remotely resembling socialism, that's how all of this started from what my Grandpa told me. I hope whomevers account I'm using to send this isn't too upset it's the only way I can get it through without severe repercussions. Fight the good fight before it's too late..
I can't believe you all don't realize that it's Gary Bussey in his first big movie. He's from Oklahoma, and he did so well in this movie that it kind of threw him a curve. He's had a lot of ups and downs over the years since this movie. I've followed his career and I really like him, but feel sorry for him. The quick stardom caused him a lot of problems.
Nashville still told him to get lost. Oops. They also told Elvis to get lost. Oops. To be fair, Nashville was not ready for Rock and Roll...but, America was.
Buddy Holly was a musical genius. And this guy plays the best Buddy I have ever seen.
Music would’ve been so much better, only if. All 3 Gone to soo😇😇😇
Gus Macgregor plays Buddy holly here, he is on TH-cam with his own music.
I like Gary Busey!
I agree. I saw this show twice and this was the first one, the second had a different Buddy, not quite as good as Gus.
Would have been better if it really looked like he was really playing the guitar
I had the privelidge to see this show at the Strand Theatre with this cast. It was, quite frankly the best live show I have ever seen. Actors who were all musicians of quality, playing Buddy's song. It was humbling to be in the audience.
I saw this show in Brisbane. Best I have ever seen only wish I could see again.❤❤
It’s fantastic isn’t it. My parents near enough dragged me when I was 15 years old. I thought I didn’t know any Buddy Holly songs but I realised I did and loved it. I’m now 49 and have seen it 5 times. I actually saw these actors too in Manchester.
Great performance..I met a man who was at Buddy Holly's last performance Clear Lake Iowa Feb 3rd 1959.
Buddy left us too soon. I listened carefully as a kid. I'm now 52. Please listen folks. Buddy was precious.
Wish bring back classic hits songs of 1950s and 1960s and 1970s and 1980s in Roller Skate. Fans enjoy listen to back then: not all junk music can’t understand words. Thank You. Love this video clip. Keep on Rocking N Rolling though years.
Best Buddy Holly and the Crickets cover band ever! Excellent. Bravo!
Never commented on YT before, but feel that fans old & new might like to know that I saw Buddy and the Crickets perform in Ipswich, UK on their British tour in March 1958..... Blew my 16 year old mind! I can still remember how devastated I was on arriving at school the following year to be told by classmates of the crash.
Was lucky enough to get the autographs of all three at the 58 concert, Buddy, Joe and Jerry, and it is only recently, after some 70 odd years that I have auctioned them off to pay for a great-grandson's education.... would you believe, they finished up in the hands of a fan from Lubbock, Texas!! I remain a 79 year old rocker, with some great memories.
Wow wonderful story. Thank you for sharing. I appreciate music from the 50’s Though the 80’s. It’s not what it’s used to be. My kids are not allowed to listen to anything with bad words and if it talks about sex. Basically everything today. They have a great love and appreciation for the classics. This era of music will never die.
I had the pleasure of seeing Angus (Gus) MacGregor play Buddy Holly twice at the Strand Theater in London. What an incredible show and Gus really nailed the role as Buddy.
History repeats itself , and we are in the presence of genius. Many thanks.
Great music that will never die.
i can't even turn on the radio now unless I can find a oldies channel.
Best imitation of Buddy's speaking voice and accent that I've heard
Gus Macgregor as Buddy
This is good! But Gary Busey got an academy award nomination for the movie! They both sound good!
From Lubbock Texas.. uh NO.
This sounds like someone who has never been in the South ever, attempting to make a cornpone accent that they heard in a movie. It's atrocious. Buddy Holly sounded nothing like this, nor did any other human being that ever lived. Are the Brits really that out of touch?
I thought it was Horrible! The guy sounded like a gay chipmunk!!! Looks are great! singing is "OK" but his speaking voice and acting needs work.
These guys do Buddy's music justice, excellent rendition fellas, and keep up the good work.
i think the accent is a little much but it is really good
Saw this film in 1979 One of the years best is an UNDERSTATEMENT.
Amazing musical. This guy who played buddy is ace! What talent.
I think so too.
I think it was Brett Ambler. www.backstage.com/u/brettambler/
Gus Macgregor he is amazing as Buddy. He is on TH-cam with his own music.
It was Gary Busey. Who also played in Under Sieze As the deranged naval office4
Michael N. No,It wasn't Gary Busey. He was in the First film," The Buddy Holly story" with Charles Martin Smith and Don Stroud! A good film!
One of the best contemporary musicals I have ever seen in London: three times with different groups of people and every time with a larger group of people who had seen the show at least once before. Well before the end of the show people were 'hoppin 'n boppin' in the rows, aisles, basically anywhere where there was space to dance - all delirious in happiness irrespective of age....
What is it with British people being obsessed with Buddy Holly even though Buddy Holly belongs to Lubbock Texans
He wanted to play Rock and Roll so bad, my first few songs I learned on guitar were Buddy`s Songs, I still play them and now I have amassed over 20 of his songs and people still love him
Loved this musical , enjoyed every minute of it
"Well, that'll be the day, when you say goodbye
Yes, that'll be the day, when you make me cry
You say you're gonna leave, you know it's a lie
'Cause that'll be the day when I die"
God bless you!
ฉันรักคุณ
Love his music! What a tribute to a hard working, sincerely musical icon that he was.
That'll be The Day - the first 45 I bought and it changed music at Alleyne's!. He taught us how to play in A. Crikey, we owe him so much and he did it in such a short time.
I grew up with Buddy Holly in Lubbock, TX. Iam in the process of doing a tribute to Buddy Peggy Sue Gerron & his last car a 1958 Impala !!!!! I,m friends with Peggy Sue !!!!!!!!!!!!
That’s awesome!!!! I’m very jealous! I would have loved to meet him!
Sure thing, buddy. You're so full of shit that it's disgusting.
How dare you make such a preposterous claim, you fucking tool.
It ain't hard if you're in the right place at the right time. I used to play softball with Kenny Rogers.
@@oldgeezer7484 lmao
Ok, old man. Whatever you say.
@@ChromeCobra420 shut up you fucking hater and jealous pos you have done nothing with your life
No musicians on the planet today compare to Buddy Holly. Along with Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Elvis they are the 4 corners of Rock and Roll.
Tony Jablonski the Everly brothers where better;) just saying
@@silastengler6750 Everly brother where better singer technically but buddy holly is in my mind like Bob Dylan not a great technical singing voice but nevertheless musically talented
Then the Beatles came next
Eddie Cochran was great as well
Carl Perkins, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Bill Haley, and Jerry Lee Lewis all deserve to be up there in the very top tier with the 4 you've named - as do the backing musicians who were vital to the sound, although less well known to the general public: Scotty Moore, Bill Black, Cliff Gallup, Rudy Pompilli, Franny Beecher, Jerry Allison, Joe B Mauldin... and many more. You also need to credit the vital roles played by people like Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller, and Sam Philips.
Wow, now that is music!!! Love Buddy's music.
buddy was the real king of rock & roll !
Buddy & the Crickets really rocked. Rock N' Roll owes Buddy & the Band allot.
what a talented man and group, it's a shame you're life's were cut short,may you rest in peace Buddy Holly, and guys!
I. Like. You. Muck
I saw this show with my older brother. Best show I ever saw.
You Change your profile picture to Buddy Holly
I'm sure the real Buddy Holly was like that because that's how we do it in Texas our way
Elvis. Was. The. Mostes. Greateses sinnger. Of. All DA world. And. Don't. You forget it hi
Buddy holly is right rock n roll music is where it is!
I once worked as a stagehand in Okc
I worked a run (one week) showcall props
( proptart, propsitute)
I could go on I wont
Anywho one day backstage after the day show I was playing my guitar and the actors /musicians were walking around with their instruments well we had an informal jam sessions WOW! best memory when we finished there was a big crowd. Good times
i love this guy, so glad i went with my dad on all them road trips or i would never have heard him :D
When you sit in that seat in the theatre and they play like this....MAN! You really feel the impact rock n' roll music had on people back in the '50s. The hairs stood up on the back of my neck when I saw this, and the same for the Elvis story when they played That's All Right
The backup guitarist was great! Love him!
Amazing, wow this song will be famous forever!
Descubri a Buddy Holly gracias a The Beatles y ahora entiendo por que era su idolo,nadie compuso tantas canciones tan bonitas en tan corto pedido de tiempo
60 years today the King of Rock & Roll died........RIP Buddy Holly.
I wasn't aware they did a musical. Very cool, thanks for posting.
The stage show ran for over 13 years in London Wesr End.
I like Buddy Holley because he is my cousin and he can sing!❤️❤️❤️
THE MUSIC MASTER BUDDY HOLY HOLLY.
I remember the announcement of the plane crash coming over WMGM in New York. I've followed Buddy Holly since before then. His music was just so damn good! I find his following today is in part because we wish, try to wish, that plane crash away. That four young boys might come walking back into the present day, warm, alive, and productive. Something indefinable was lost on February 03, 1959. It was a future of powerfully written rock and roll unparalleled by any other writer performer. So much similar for Ritchie and J.P. We lost the future of music, yet to be experienced.
This guy really did channel Mr buddy hollys spirit
Bro Gee yea I agree 👓👻🎸🎙
Yes Gus Macgregor you can see him on TH-cam with his own music
Please keep this video as is because I care about the family . Thank you
This is one of the best version of this song
I’ve noticed Bob Dylan shakin his leg like that when he’s rockin’ out.
A Buddy Holly concert he attended as a young man,
made a huge impression on him.
Geoff Strum
Bob Dylan can’t sing anymore he needs to pack it up fast !!
@@martinhanley9524 What happened?
I noticed that too at a concert in 1999 at Canterbury Downs in Minnesota!
@@bluecollarlit I never noticed nothing
I don't deny anything you wrote but your implication is that Dylan got the move from Holly and I doubt that. To shake your leg with the beat of the music, especially a strong beat, is natural and universal for guitarists.
Rock and roll at its ifantacy and that is what will keep these guy immortal forever
Wow!! Buddy defined Rock and Roll.... So young to leave us.. what if ....
I saw this show in Nottingham, it was brilliant !
Published on Nov 29, 2010
The Buddy Holly Story - That'll Be The Day - A clip from the West end show Buddy - recorded Live at The Strand Theatre London
Gary Bussey played the best Buddy Holly ever in the USA 1978 movie,he was nominated for an Academy award that year.
Movies and Stage production's always take liberty's of changing the story. Probably ask someone who was there. For the TRUTH! Gary did a great job and this young man did the best he could. They just portray what the producer want them too. Can't blame the actor's. Just let them act and go along with the program. Buddy would love it! R.I.P. Buddy, Richie and The Big Bobber! Shawn.
Seen this when it was on to tour at Manchester would love this on DVD
Excellently performed.
As much as I liked the 1978 movie The Buddy Holly Story with Gary Busey, most of us know that it was pretty far from the REAL Buddy Holly story. The West end show should be made into a movie for 2018!
I'd love to see this musical.
The real true king of rock and roll
100% Wrote, Produced, Arragned his own material. Trailbalzer. Legend. Icon.
We danced our asses off to this music! Doesn't get better than this!
Im glad buddy chose to sing his way or other wise we wouldn't be able to the great piece of singing he did .congrats
my favorite song by Buddy Holly reaching to the stars
My family to me to this musical in Boston, know that Buddy Holly is the real boss.
I was born 1968 love music from 50s to 1989 after that music went down hill I think anyway. Skinhead till I drop lol 😂
i said it before, this guy is dam good, his voice sounds just like buddy hooly, the best in my eyes, great job. woundering if you still play, and where, love this music.
Yes he still sings, look him up on TH-cam, Gus Macgregor
After seeing movie The Searchers with John Wayne using the phrase TBTD in the film he went straight home and wrote the song.
I cant get over how well his voice is just like buddy holly, best in my eyes, even guitar, sounds just like the way he plays and acts, excellent job ! AA +++++ Ive seen other guys try to pull this of, they dont even come close to this guy, this guy kinda looks like buddy holly, well done!
Actors name Gus Macgregor
Nice!! Really nice! He did a great job as Buddy Holly!
When Cupid shot his dart he shot it at your heart. What a great lyric.
That guy sings like Angels....Cheers!!
Saw it abt 10 years ago... not sure who played Buddy
Gus Macgregor
The
THIS IS GREAT !!!!!!
22 when he died and inspired MANY & his wife was pregnant but had a miscarriage 6 months of being married. i’m 22 now 😶
damn, that was good!
Great version of that'll be the day
Buddy would never have talked back that way, he was a very polite polite person
His family are deeply religious southerners and that was something that came straight from his Mother (on a TV show, I saw) & the Crickets have said the same about him.
In the 50s, the bible belt was serious about those things... Jim Crow and lynchings aside :s
Yeah. I just seen this scene a thought to myself "What the heck? Buddy would NEVER curse like that to anyone". =(
@@princesspeachfan100 Yeah! But once BOTH cheeks are turned, "All Bets Are Off" !!!
If only music was this good again
This performer played a good role of Buddy Holly and good performance by the way.
My brother brought this record a 45 RPM - around 1958 - intended
for his girl friend who he later married, and I jacked up his stereo record player - which woke up or dad who was napping.... and he got real angry!
This is Gus MacGregor as Buddy. Great!
+ekimklaw Thanks! I saw this show in London and have completely forgotten Gus MacGregor's name. That was a great show!
I didn't know who this guy was until now. Did Gary Busey Sing anything in the movie? Thank you for posting on here.
@@Daniel_Antonio_Arellano782 Gary Busey sang in his movie, that was all him.
Gus Macgregor outstanding performance as Buddy
@@thxman1968 i like him for his acting and singing on this movie excellent acting and singing
Love this!!!
That’s a great imitation of Gary busie doing buddy holly.
I wonder how much of the guitar playing was real and not dubbed? This is excellent. Would love to see this version of Buddy Holly story.
Gus Macgregor played the guitar himself, he is a musician, very talented.
I got this on video vhs, and I wish i could watch it again, since the video player doesn't work no more. Would love to see this version on a dvd, then I could watch it over again!
Its on TH-cam the full Musical
Hi 👋
Greetings
That's was a great song it feels like the one
and only buddy holly was there we sure do
miss him he was the king of the 50's and wish that feb-03-1959 didn't happen and where can you get this video on I tunes
so keep the 50's music alive rock n roll
🔥🔥🔥
are you still listening in march
This performance is fabulous
1:41 🔥💜💝
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Excellent cover.
Buddy holly best with one guitar and vocals ONLY.. EVER. God help us.
The bass sounded amazing
Very Nice! It's Awesome How Buddy And The Crickets Really Show Those Decca Bastards What Real Music Is!!!!!
Never happened that way. And the Decca guys were real pros. Buddy just wanted total control They just didn't capture his style at that point.
great video
Buddy Holly nice awesome can sing anything
I WAS A TEEN BACK THEN AND USTO LISTEN TO BUDDY
Great song !! Im from 2019 and you???
I'm of the year 3214 this Buddy Holly is among our very favorites. Music has been outlawed for the most part but there are still quite a few of us that just can't let go of music. It is just too important to us. If we get caught we are fined and then restricted to our domiciles for a period of no less than two months and then we are refered to the dreaded BLVR, "Board of Law Violation Reducation" Many people are physically tortured and many have just disappeared and those that do come back are as if their soul was sucked out of them, they some how lose their personalities is the best that I can explain it. Anyway I've been on here way too long, I pray that people see this in your time and they heed this all, it can all be prevented if people would have just stood Together and fight against anything even remotely resembling socialism, that's how all of this started from what my Grandpa told me. I hope whomevers account I'm using to send this isn't too upset it's the only way I can get it through without severe repercussions. Fight the good fight before it's too late..
Damn, I love it!!! Rock it boyz!!!
i really like the way he got the idea of the song thatl be the day from John Wayne,s film the searchers
I can't believe you all don't realize that it's Gary Bussey in his first big movie. He's from Oklahoma, and he did so well in this movie that it kind of threw him a curve. He's had a lot of ups and downs over the years since this movie. I've followed his career and I really like him, but feel sorry for him. The quick stardom caused him a lot of problems.
10 out of 10 from me!
Nashville still told him to get lost. Oops. They also told Elvis to get lost. Oops. To be fair, Nashville was not ready for Rock and Roll...but, America was.
This is super wish I was there
do you no how this made me free im 76 now but this made me me
Amazing!!!
Great job... I think buddy's music. And story needs a revamp. This guy would do buddy proud to play him
Gus Macgregor was Buddy holly
buddy knew what he wanted
My name is HOLLY IF I would have married Buddy Holly I would be called Holly Holly. Lol I agree great music great acting in this movie too.
I seen Gary Busey play Buddy Holly and did a awesome acting performance love Anthony ❤️💕 lol