Buddy Holly, Pat Dinizio - Pat Dinizio & Buddy Holly
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Artist: Buddy Holly, Pat DinizioEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2009-01-27
Music Label: Koch Records
Soundtracks:
- Words of Love
- It Doesn't Matter Anymore
- Heartbeat
- Well Alright
- True Love Ways
- Listen to Me
- Raining in My Heart
- Learning the Game
- Everyday
- Peggy Sue
- That'll Be the Day
Free Music Notes for Pat Dinizio & Buddy Holly
Free Music Review: Deck The Halls With Bows For Holly!
Hit: 5 Stars
Despite a short musical career that was nipped in the bud by his untimely death on February 3, 1959, Buddy Holly's music still managed to influence many musicians over the years. Pat DiNizio of the Smithereens was one such writer/musician whose life was changed forever that day in 1979 when he bought a vinyl copy of Buddy Holly's second album. Reportedly, he was so moved by what he heard in those grooves that he was inspired to write his own songs with a similar "no-nonsense" Buddy Holly pop writing approach. Pat even went so far as to wear horn-rimmed glasses like Buddy, play a Buddy Holly Model Reissue Fender Stratocaster, write the song "Maria Elena" as an homage, and to buy Buddy's Ampex reel-to-reel tape recorder and microphone at a Sotheby's auction in 1991.
So who better to record a heartfelt tribute to one of his musical idols than Pat DiNizio for this 50th anniversary year of Buddy Holly's death? The first indication that this isn't going to be just some rote collection of Buddy Holly cover tunes becomes obvious immediately when the beautiful lilting strings begin to waft from the intro to the CD's opening track "Words of Love". The album's stunning new orchestrations by famed string arranger Charles Calello perfectly complement the unbridled emotion in Pat's vocals. The arrangements accompanying "Well Alright" manage to swing and rock while "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" builds to a rollicking crescendo. Calello's totally original orchestral arrangements and Pat DiNizio's vocals allow us to hear these familiar songs anew but without straying too far from their classic origins.
Pat does not try to emulate Buddy's singing style or his trademark hiccup vocals on this album. However, the songs still seem like a perfect match when seamlessly meshed with DiNizio's passionate vocals, the authentic Buddy Holly-era guitar playing and the lush orchestrations. One need only listen to Pat's rendition of "Raining in My Heart" (with its Beatles/Jeff Lynne influenced production) or the majestic "True Love Ways" as irrefutable proof that he has lived with these songs in his head and in his heart for most of his life. Listeners will inevitably become swept-up (and perhaps even choked-up) by the raw emotion in his voice as he sings these and other Holly classics that still hit you with a wallop after all of these years. Bobby Vee (who filled-in on the ill-fated tour after Holly's death) lends vocal support on "Listen To Me" and contributes a moving essay to the accompanying CD booklet. Although a string quartet is used throughout most of this album, "Heartbeat" is one notable guitar-driven exception. The brilliantly performed acapella doo-wop arrangement of "That'll Be The Day" with Pat and four other seasoned vocalists is another.
This is one of those rare albums that is genuinely worthy of being called a tribute in every sense of the word. Pat DiNizio and producer Kurt Reil have crafted a remarkable CD that is a tribute not only to Buddy's talent but to their own skills as well. As long as there are true "keepers of the flame" like Pat DiNizio around to pay proper homage to this musical genius, Buddy Holly's music will continue to rave on and not fade away.
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