Joe Mauldin, Bass Player for Buddy Holly & The Crickets, Dies at 74

AP via Billboard ^ | Feb 9, 2015 | no byline

[a fool in paradise]

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Joe B. Mauldin, a bass player for Buddy Holly and The Crickets, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 74...

Mauldin began playing bass in his early teens and was a member of The Four Teens before joining Holly's band, The Crickets, in 1957.

After Holly's death about two years later, The Crickets continued to record and perform, backing the Everly Brothers on an international tour and, in 1960, releasing their first of several post-Holly albums, "In Style with the Crickets."

..Mauldin and fellow Crickets Allison, Sonny Curtis and the late Niki Sullivan were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. Holly was inducted in 1986...

[a fool in paradise]

"Our dad was not only the bass player of The Crickets, he was the bass player of our family. He kept our family's steady rhythm by 'locking-in' with our mother just as a good bass player locks in with his drummer. It's that foundation that comforts us all." - daughter, Jennifer Mauldin.

[Carriage Hill]

I thought they all went down in the plane in that Iowa snowstorm. RIP.

[nascarnation]

Here’s the background:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Music_Died

[vetvetdoug]

Sonny Curtis and the Crickets had a hit with I Fought The Law. The Crickets were great musicians individually.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Oh man I can’t believe it, I’m a Buddy Holly fanatic. I was just talking the other day with some people how I been listening to the guy since I was a kid, since the 1960s and 1970s and to this day I still find songs of his I never heard before, the bands output was nothing short of phenomenal and Hollys pro recording career only last a year and a half!!!!!

Here’s one song I discovered a few weeks ago I never heard before, it’s amazing and of course right away I loved it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pUv-yWUY8E

[a fool in paradise]

I found this 4 CD set of Buddy Holly & The Crickets. It has a number of albums (with Buddy and afterwards) as well as rare singles (like Buddy playing with Waylon Jennings).

I found it at a discount bookstore for $10. Good stuff. No liner notes though.

http://www.ebreggae.com/Reggae/CD/149843/Buddy-Holly-And-The-Crickets-6-Classic-Albums-Plus-Bonus-Singles-And-Session-Tracks-4-CD.html

1. Oh Boy
2. Not Fade Away
3. You’ve Got Love
4. Maybe Baby
5. It’s Too Late
6. Tell Me How
7. That’ll Be The Day
8. I’m Looking For Someone To Love
9. An Empty Cup And A Broken Date
10. Send Me Some Lovin’
11. Last Night
12. Rock Me, My Baby
13. I’m Gonna Love You Too
14. Peggy Sue
15. Look At Me
16. Listen To Me
17. Valley Of Tears
18. Reddy Teddy
19. Everyday
20. Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues
21. Words Of Love
22. (You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care
23. Rave On
24. Little Baby
25. You Are My One Desire
26. Blue Days, Black Nights
27. Modern Don Juan
28. Rock Around With Ollie Vee
29. Ting A Ling
30. Girl On My Mind
31. Love Me
32. I’m Changin’ All Those Changes
33. Didn’t Come Back Knockin’
34. Midnight Shift
35. More Than I Can Say
36. Rockin’ Pneumonia & The Boogie Woogie Flu
37. Great Balls Of Fire
38. Ting A Ling
39. Just This Once
40. Deborah
41. Baby My Heart
42. When You Ask About Love
43. Time Will Tell
44. A Sweet Love
45. I Fought The Law
46. Love’s Made A Fool Of You
47. Raining In My Heart
48. Early In The Morning
49. Heartbeat
50. Think It’s Over
51. It’s So Easy
52. It Doesn’t Matter Anymore
53. Peggy Sue Got Married
54. Well All Right
55. What To Do
56. That Makes It Tough
57. Now We’re One
58. Take Your Time
59. Crying, Waiting, Hoping
60. True Love Ways
61. Learning The Game
62. Moondreams
63. That’s What They Say
64. Fool’s Paradise
65. Lonesome Tears
66. Real Wild Child
67. Oh’ You Beautiful Doll
68. Peggy Sue Got Married
69. Don’t Cha Know
70. I’m Feeling Better
71. He’s Old Enough To Know Better
72. Gary Dale - Go Boy Go
73. Gary Dale - Gone
74. Gary Dale - The Golden Rocket
75. Gary Dale - I Overlooked An Orchid
76. Jim Robinson - A Whole Lot Of Lovin’ (Take 2)
77. Jim Robinson - It’s A Wonderful Feeling
78. Jack Huddle - Starlight
79. Jack Huddle - Believe Me
80. Fred Crawford - By The Mission Wall
81. Jim Robinson - A Man From Texas
82. Sherry Davis - Broken Promises
83. Sherry Davis - Humble Heart
84. Gary Dale - Look To The Future
85. Gary Dale - Honey Honey
86. Charlie Phillips - Sugartime (Version 2)
87. Billy Walker & The Crickets - On My Mind Again
88. Billy Walker & The Crickets - Viva La Matador
89. Rick Tucker - Don’t Do Me This Way
90. Rick Tucker - Patty Baby
91. Jerry Engler - What A You Gonna Do
92. Carolyn Hester - Wreck Of The Old
93. Waylon Jennings - Jole Blon
94. Waylon Jennings - When Sin Stops (Vocal Take 6)
95. Lou Giordino - Stay Close To Me
96. Lou Giordino - Don’t Cha Know
97. Waylon Jennings - My Best Friend

[a fool in paradise]

And Bobby Fuller recorded in West Texas and covered several songs by the Crickets (I Fought The Law, Love’s Made A Fool Of You).

A lengthy biography has been written recently with his brother (who was also in the band).
http://www.amazon.com/Fought-Law-Strange-Death-Fuller/dp/1940157951

Bobby Fuller’s recording of I Fought The Law just went into the Grammy Hall of Fame
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/bobby_fullers_original_demo_of_i_fought_the_law

Love’s Made A Fool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMG3HpHqDmM

[I cannot think of a name]

I always thought Waylon Jennings played bass during this time. I know he was the bass player at the time of the crash. Maybe I’m confused.

[blam]

True Love Ways

[FlingWingFlyer]

No. You’re right. Waylon did play bass toward the end.

[blam]

Buddy Holly And Waylon Jennings

"In late 1958, Holly’s band, the Crickets, needed a temporary bass player for their tour and they turned to Jennings. Besides Holly, the tour also included Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper (J. P. Richardson)."

(snip

"After a show in Clear Lake, Iowa, Holly decided to charter a small plane for his band (consisting of himself, Tommy Allsup (guitar) and Jennings.Ritchie Valens and Tommy Allsup flipped a coin for the last seat, Valens won and took Allsup’s seat. Since the Big Bopper was sick, he asked Jennings if he could take his seat on the plane. Jennings said that as long as Holly was okay with it, he was too. When Holly found out Jennings was not going to be on the plane, he jokingly told him, “I hope your ol’ bus freezes up!” Jennings responded back, “I hope your plane crashes!” Those words would haunt Jennings for decades."

[a fool in paradise]

The original Crickets left at a point (it’s even covered in the Gary Busey film) but there were plans to get back together.

[Carriage Hill]

Thank you; that article connects a lot of dots.