Buddy Holly: The Definitive Collection

The guy the Apollo Theater thought was black around the same time Chuck Berry was getting giggs where people thought he was white. When people talk about rock stars dying young and wondering what might have been, Buddy Holly is still the one that shoots to the top of the list for me. Unlike many other tragic heroes who died while still famous and before their time, Holly was still at the peak of his powers when that plane crashed. Take a close listen to the sarcastic sneer of a song like That'll Be The day and realize he's more than the awkward geek in glasses history sometimes makes him out to be.

Parker's noise origins are perceptible in his music, but you could boil down the story to "Lapsed harsh noise guy goes soft; produces best work of his career."...Carve Out the Face of My God is overwhelming, but not disorienting, thanks to core melodies that work like signposts pointing our way through the distortion. It's a rare meeting of raw force and listener-friendly order.

I wonder what might have been with him too, but I suspect he would have gone into production and/or writing more than recording and performing.

John Phillips - John, The Wolf King of L.A.

This another album that I think is one of the better examples of country-rock. Phillips was simply a fantastic songwriter.

The Dillards - Pickin' & Fiddlin'/Wheatstraw Suite/Copperfields

I was listening to a cover of "Rave On" by Ted Leo yesterday, and realized it has been too long since I have broke out a Buddy Holly album or collection. How is this collection? Is it too much, or is the entire thing great?

I wonder what might have been with him too, but I suspect he would have gone into production and/or writing more than recording and performing.

Edit: Nevermind my question. I see that this is only 26 songs. I thought it was bigger than that.