Brian Setzer - Buddy Holly Medley (1988 PBS) "Rock Around With Ollie Vee" & "Oh Boy"

Brian Setzer - Buddy Holly Tribute Medley "Rock Around With Ollie Vee" & "Oh Boy" (1988 PBS). From my Sunday Night Hall of Fame Show tapes and my VHS Buddy Holly collection:
This video features a performance by Brian Setzer of The Stray Cats that was taped for the 1988 PBS special: “Buddy Holly and The Crickets - A Tribute”
As always, Setzer was in fine form on this show as he sings a couple of Buddy Holly songs: “Rock Around With Ollie Vee” and “Oh Boy”.
‘Nuff Said!.
Buddy Holly and the Crickets became one of my favorites in 1957 when I first heard “That’ll Be The Day” on my radio. I started writing, producing and hosting tributes to Buddy, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper as early as 1969 on WEEX - AM 1230 in Easton, Pa. That was the tenth anniversary of the plane crash and coincided with the Coral album release “Buddy Holly - Giant”. At first I called the special tribute show “Three Star Special”, as influenced by a 1959 hit song “The Three Stars” by Tommy Dee. After Don McLean’s dedication of “American Pie” to Buddy, I started calling the show “The Day the Music Died”. My tribute shows continued throughout my broadcast radio career in the Lehigh Valley, PA and Northwest New Jersey area. The last time my five-hour special aired was February 3, 1999 on WODE - Oldies 99.9.
To Recap: This video features a segment from the 1988 PBS special: “Buddy Holly and The Crickets - A Tribute”. The video and audio track have been restored from a VHS tape that I recorded off the air in 1988 as broadcast by WLVT-TV, PBS Channel 39 of the Lehigh Valley, PA.
The Sunday Night Hall of Fame Show was broadcast from 1980 to 1992 on WAEB - AM 790 and WKAP - AM 1320. My show returned between 1999 and August 2001 on WODE “ Oldies 99.9”. All stations were located in the Allentown - Bethlehem - Easton, PA area, AKA: The Lehigh Valley.

[@joegongora2200]

Brian Setzer did a splendid job with his tribute to Buddy Holly. After all Buddy Holly was one of his main influences in becoming a Rockstar.

[@rhythmrivertrio]

Stray cat pop but love them, they got me into the real rockabilly

[@AnitaVickers-ey2nw]

Always been a stray cats fan since 1980. Brian Setzer is a legend. Buddy Holly would be smiling down at him. Go go Brian. ❤

[@hmackie6823]

weheard all the same music growing up,Brian plays everything I like

[@hmackie6823]

never heard this but as a Buddy and Brian Freak,I know I'll love it...Ollie V

[@hmackie6823]

Brian was born for this as was I...we love this music.

[@hmackie6823]

I've seen the best heard thebest yet turns out a kid one year older than me from Long Iland New York is my Musical Hero!

[@hmackie6823]

Brian and Ihave similar musical interests because we heard the same songs as children,where we r mostly influenced.

[@pennywise8182]

This was during Brian's "Live Nude Guitars" era......That album is a classic.👏👏👏

[@hmackie6823]

I have no doubt I heard tyhe music when my mom listened as I was in the Uterus.I popped out asking where the radio was!!

[@bobcarter6869]

What an excellent tribute to the great Buddy Holly

[@rodwolfeoldiesradiodj6545]

Thanks for listening

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Love Buddy Holly and the Stray Cats, deluxe here xxx ❤ Sing! it Brian!! Play that 🎸, Whew !! He’s so dang hot !!! 💃

[@hmackie6823]

Read something recently about the tour Buddy and the Rest of the acts were on.Later to be named the tour from Hell,had them traveling in Wisconsin Michiigan Iowa,in dead of Winter.Was noted that their bus drove past the venue they played more than once,forcing them to travel 100's of miles out of their way.

[@hmackie6823]

is 1st Buddy Holly song I learned oH Boy

[@petewills2390]

Absolutely love this!

[@チンカス·インティライミ知恵遅れ]

やっぱりブライアン・セッツァーはカッコいい！

[@kurtb8474]

Going to see Brian live later this month.

[@hmackie6823]

Chris wrote many songs including Me and Bobby MaGee

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Merci. From Lubbock to Allentown...rock on.

[@hmackie6823]

Buddy died at the young age of 22 February 3rd,1959...he had recorded OVER 50 songs.

[@wademarchand4441]

First time seeing this was a lot of fun. Well done!!

[@rodwolfeoldiesradiodj6545]

Thanks so much!

[@hmackie6823]

Imagine what he could have done,in a Full life?1

[@stefanruppert1842]

Brian setzer spielt in seiner eigenen klasse -> weltklasse!!!😊😊

[@jeremiahrose4681]

Love the Stray Cats, love Buddy Holly. Shows how much influence Buddy had/has on music artists.

[@davidg.9932]

Friday March 11, 1983 CU Events Center, Boulder, Colorado. C.U. Homecoming Dance. I still have my ticket. They played Oh Boy on the second encore. No seating on, "The Big Dance Floor". We danced through the whole show. Thanks for posting this video.

[@rodwolfeoldiesradiodj6545]

You're welcome and thanks for sharing such great memories!

[@AthelstanEngland]

[cough] Mr Kristofferson... The Stray Cats started a rockabilly revival in the UK took years for their own USA to recognise them.

[@tonyrubush288]

We had Robert Gordon way before them.

[@MarkkuKoljonenwTinja]

Thanks! 😎😎😎Tinja&Markku 🌹

[@josephlemko3027]

Setzer is outstanding! 😎🎵🎶✌️

[@Kahuna54]

Brian is a very talented player and singer! Just try covering some of his music!

[@officialclairegmusician]

Really moanin that voice 🤘👍

[@Menyhard]

Wow nice

[@redline296]

Probably should’ve done a biography/movie with Setzer in it back then

[@davidmoellenberndt6887]

Awesome!!

[@jimlutz8092]

There are no two people I would rather hear doing Buddy Holly songs than Brian Setzer and John Fogerty. They both captured his songs and his voice perfectly. Fogerty was like listening to Buddy himself, but with an even more powerful voice, and Setzer was too vocally, but with even better guitar playing than most people in electric guitar history can match. Both great tributes to the Man, with flawless performances.

[@Mncrr]

With one exception. Marshall Crenshaw. Possibly the finest interpreter of buddy Holly.

[@davidrice3337]

neither one can hold a candle to Joe Ely - check out his live version of "Oh Boy" John and Brian aren't even close

[@arvantis]

I LOVE BH too, but I have to throw in a vote for Marshall Crenshaw. His cover of "Crying, Waiting, Hoping", is A+.

[@NMagChiTown]

True but I hate 80s versions of early rock tunes lol Setzer at least played it old-school, which is why the Stray Cats were successful. They sound old school. Didn't really like Fogerty's versions on this particular show.

[@wecu2751]

Wow!!!😃 Thanx!!!💜👍

[@Moe-lq6kf]

I like hearing Gary Busey do Buddy Holly music he actually done all the singing in the movie. None of that was lip-synching he actually played the guitar.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Tulsas Gary Busey “made” the Buddy Holly Story movie, phenomenal movie/actor.

[@SteveK77536]

This is great. Like Hendrix doing Chuck Berry.

[@geraldking4080]

Thanks!!! Totally bitchin' rockabilly.

[@Jimmy-toothless]

Well done MR

[@MasterSly10]

rock n roll best music ever

[@martinleicht5911]

😎 👍 🔥🔥🔥

[@GgM-bs1fu]

Hi, would you be able to post the entire PBS special, including the funding credits?

[@rodwolfeoldiesradiodj6545]

Hello, I've tried in the past to upload the whole tape, but always had content blocked. I do plan to try again in the future. If there are any funding credits on my VHS it would be WLEV FM 96 radio in the Lehigh Valley. Anytime I recorded something this special to me, I rarely would just let tape roll, I would rather watch live to make sure I was getting it all with no disruption. I would also hit the "pause" button during breaks, so much of the in between segment chatter was not recorded.

[@kristopherguilbault5428]

If Ollie vee married buddy holly she would have been Ollie Holly

[@marcdelente2456]

Non pas ok Brian peut tout chanté blues country rockabilly et aussi des ballades des mélodies ce mec que je suis depuis 55 ans de ma vie je l ai vu démarrer avec les Stray Cats et après ces autres j'ai fait plusieurs pays du de vegas a Berlin de Austin a Tokyo a Paris Brian est le plus grand guitariste du monde et Eddy qui est au ciel le et est fière de lui. Que dieu protège Brian et ces musiciens. La dernière grande légende et en plus bien vivante.

[@kristopherguilbault5428]

R.I.P Kris Kristofferson

[@carllawler2837]

John Lennon did well with Holly covers ....

[@peteraustin370]

Could never play guitar like Brian Setzer though...!!!!!!!