Bob Dylan live “Not Fade Away“-Song by Buddy Holly-Bob Dylan’s first musical hero

Bob Dylan & His Band live in Regensburg May 25, 2000: “Not Fade Away“ (Buddy Holly Cover) - More to the story of this song and Buddy Holly’s influence on Bob Dylan in description. “Not Fade Away” was written by Buddy Holly, under his Christian names of Charles Hardin, and by Norman Petty, the producer (although some have doubted how much input Petty had). The song, recorded in May 1957, was originally released as the B side of “Oh Boy!” The song was played by the band at Holly’s final concert before his death in a plane crash in 1959 – although not, as is often stated, as the very last song of the gig. What Dylan said about Buddy Holly in his Nobel Prize lecture:. “If I was to go back to the dawning of it all, I guess I’d have to start with Buddy Holly. Buddy died when I was about eighteen and he was twenty-two. From the moment I first heard him, I felt akin. I felt related, like he was an older brother. I even thought I resembled him. Buddy played the music that I loved – t