John Fogerty - Buddy Holly Tribute Medley 1988 PBS

John Fogerty – Buddy Holly Tribute Medley (1988 PBS). From my Sunday Night Hall of Fame Show tapes and my VHS Buddy Holly collection: This video features a great performance by Creedence Clearwater frontman John Fogerty that was taped for the 1988 PBS special: “Buddy Holly and The Crickets – A Tribute”. Fogerty was in fine form on this show as he sings a medley of songs including Buddy’s : “It’s So Easy” and “Rave On” sandwiched between Fogerty’s take on the classic Ledbetter song “Cotton Fields“. Buddy Holly and the Crickets became one of my favorites in 1957 when I first heard “That’ll Be The Day” on my radio. I started writing, producing and hosting tributes to Buddy, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper as early as 1969 on WEEX - AM 1230 in Easton, Pa. That was the tenth anniversary of the plane crash and coincided with the Coral album release “Buddy Holly - Giant”. At first I called the special tribute show “Three Star Special”, as influenced by a 1959 hit song “The Three Star