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Cricket reunion highlights 2016 Winter Dance Party
2 Members offer a tribute to the late Joe B. Mauldin
The Crickets in 1957 (top to bottom): The Surf Ballroom & Museum will host the largest
Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly, and Joe B. Mauldin ever Crickets band member reunion as part of its annual
Winter Dance Party event, Feb. 3-6. The Saturday evening
highlight will feature a tribute to the band’s late bassist, Joe Mauldin penned “Last Night,” “I’m Gonna Love You
B. Mauldin. Many of the past and present Crickets mem-
bers will perform together and make music history at the
legendary venue, including current members J.I. Allison
and Sonny Curtis, along with Glenn D. Hardin, Tommy
Allsup, Tonio K., Gordon Payne, Albert Lee, Keith Allison
and Special Guests The Killer Vees.
Joe B. Mauldin was one of the original Crickets, a
rock ‘n roll band originally formed in Lubbock, Texas, by
Buddy Holly and J.I. Allison. They were one of the first
rock ‘n roll bands to be self-contained; writing, playing,
producing and recording their own material. They were
among the first, too, to utilize overdubbing and multi-track
recording years before it became standard studio practice.
Above all, they were the first rock musicians to make rock
‘n roll truly accessible to their audience; their instrumental
format of guitar, drums and bass spawned thousands of
garage bands worldwide – including one formed by a very
young John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
Mauldin was also ranked among the top rock bass-
ists by the “Book of Lists,” became a recording engineer
at Gold Star Studios, the legendary Los Angeles studio
that became the hit factory for Phil Spector, Brian Wilson
and other major ‘60s rock performers. While at Gold Star,
Mauldin engineered many hit recording sessions includ-
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Open To The Public  Downtown Across From City Park
219 Main Ave., Clear Lake
Winter Dance Party Events
Thursday ~ Feb. 4th Friday ~ Feb. 5th
Taco Night • 5 - 7 p.m. Live Music 6-9 p.m.
Softshell Taco, Walking Taco, Taco Salad, or Nachos Spenser Rahm & Tommy Clark
$3.50 each ($4 To Go)
Saturday ~ Feb. 6th
D.J. Randy Formanek • Starting at 11 a.m. • The Calendar Girls • Performances at 1 and 3 p.m.
OPEN DAILY at 9 a.m.
$3.00 Pint Bloody Marys & Screwdrivers ( 9 a.m.-Noon)
Beverage specials throughout the weekend - Come check us out!
ing those with Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, the Baja
Marimba Band, Phil Spector, Leon Russell and Maureen
McGovern. An accomplished writer as well as performer,
Too” and “Well All Right.” In addition to his work with
the Crickets, he toured with the Everly Brothers, Johnny
Burnette, Nanci Griffith and Waylon Jennings before his
death in February 2015.
In a career that has spanned nearly five decades and
millions of records, The Crickets are unquestionably The
American Rock and Roll Band. Since the group’s found-
ing in 1957, they have influenced virtually every major
rock performer in the United States and abroad – from
Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan to the Rolling Stones
and the Beatles (whose name was even Crickets- in-
spired). Their hits “That’ll Be The day,” Peggy Sue,” “Oh
Boy,” “Not Fade Away,” “Maybe Baby,” “It’s So Easy,”
“I Fought The Law“ and “More Than I Can Say” are bona
fide rock classics and considered by many to be primary
lessons in how rock music should be written, played and
enjoyed. As Paul McCartney once put it, “If it wasn’t for
the Crickets, there wouldn’t be any Beatles.”
With the release of “That’ll Be The Day” in June
of 1957 and their many subsequent hits, The Crickets
became the leading rock and roll band in the world. In late
1958, Buddy Holly decided to move to New York and
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