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- West Yorks
Chris Rea‘s research into the early days of Rock music continues unabated, he recently appeared in Lubbock, Texas, 1952, where he met one Charles Hardin Holley, known to his friends as Buddy, Chris chatted with Buddy and as usual asked if he could play some songs with him, Chris went to get his Fender Stratocaster out of the Turdis, Buddy Holly was immediately taken with the instrument and the sound it made, and Chris thinking quickly said it was an experimental model, as they wouldn’t be available until 1954, Chris advised Buddy to get one but don’t ever modify it, it’ll be worth a fortune when you retire, cos you’re gonna be huge, sadly the Turdis set off prematurely just as Chris was telling Buddy, don’t get on a private plane in February 1959, so Buddy never got to hear this important message