Name: Legacy (Buddy Holly in a Time Machine)
Duration: P00H02M25S
Description: I have often wondered (as so many of us have:)) what Buddy Holly would have thought about the Beatles, had he lived long enough to hear their music. So I wrote a song about it. If you find yourself getting bored or distracted, try counting the number of references to Buddy Holly and Beatle songs embedded in the lyrics. Extra credit for whomever finds the Paul Anka song amidst the others!

Legacy (Buddy Holly in a Time Machine)

from Keeper Of The Light by peter zeldow

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I have often wondered (as so many of us have:)) what Buddy Holly would have thought about the Beatles, had he lived long enough to hear their music. So I wrote a song about it. If you find yourself getting bored or distracted, try counting the number of references to Buddy Holly and Beatle songs embedded in the lyrics. Extra credit for whomever finds the Paul Anka song amidst the others!

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Lubbock Texas in a dream, Buddy Holly in a time machine
Imagine if he heard the Beatles play
What would he think, what would he have to say

I think it's great, it's got my beat, But does this make me obsolete?
She Loves You is a song I understand
I'm not so sure about Sgt Pepper's Band

Taxman, Girl, and Yesterday, they just might make me Fade Away
Amazing what a few more years can do
When I Get Home I'm telling Peggy Sue

The Guitars Weep, the crazy chord from Hard Day's Night
to My Sweet Lord, I need to know my legacy is secure
I worry I won't Matter Anymore

Now it's 1999 and I've been gone for quite some time
So many unfamiliar, magic sounds
It's strange that no one let's me hang around

But somehow at the end of day when crickets chirp and Oh Boy plays
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree
I'll be returning home triumphantly

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from Keeper Of The Light, released June 10, 2019
My electric guitar parts were recorded by Steve Dawson in 2007/2008 when I first recorded this song. The rest was recorded in 2019 by Rob Arendt who also played bass and drums/percussion.

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peter zeldow Chicago, Illinois

Songs that hover around folk, rock & country genres with a mostly gentle, acoustic guitar-based mid-60s sound. The themes are universal: love (Jerome, You Are True), loss (Go), desire (Hunger), memory (It All Comes Back), aging (Golden Years), empathy (Kindness), & gratitude (Grateful). The delivery is understated, but the storytelling packs an emotional wallop that rewards careful listening. ... more

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