Joe B. Mauldin

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Joe Benson Mauldin (born July 8, 1940 in Lubbock , Texas , † February 7, 2015 in Nashville , Tennessee ) was an American musician . He was the bass player for the rock 'n' roll band The Crickets .

Life

Mauldin grew up in Lubbock , Texas in the 1940s and started making music early. In 1956 he founded the band The Crickets with Buddy Holly and Jerry Allison , with whom he was able to achieve many successes, such as That'll Be the Day , Peggy Sue , Oh Boy and Brown Eyed Handsome Man . After Holly's death in 1959, he continued to play with the crickets. He also worked with Brian Wilson and Phil Spector as a producer in Los Angeles .

swell

  • John Goldrosen: The Buddy Holly Story , Heyne Buch Verlag, Munich, 1975
  • Spencer Leigh: Everyday: Getting Closer to Buddy Holly , SAF Verlag, London, 2009

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Buddy Holly bassist Joe Mauldin dies
personal data
SURNAME Mauldin, Joe B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mauldin, Joe Benson (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Lubbock , Texas
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 2015
Place of death Nashville , Tennessee