Meanwhile, Buddy Holly was at the height of his powers as a musician, though record sales began to slip as a result: Holly's final 45 during his lifetime, "Heartbeat" b/w "Well . . . All Right" peaked at #82 on the Billboard singles charts. Of the "B" side, Bruce Eder notes: "[Buddy Holly] might even have advanced farther than a big chunk of the group's audience was prepared to accept in late 1958. 'Well . . . All Right', for example, was years ahead of its time as a song and a recording." "Well All Right" is one of the tracks on the excellent Blind Faith album that was released in 1969.
(June 2013/1)
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There was a great deal of buzz associated with the Blind Faith album (mainly due to its Cream connections, at least in the U.S.), but there is every indication that it was rushed to the market. There are only six songs on the album, one of them a Buddy Holly song, "Well All Right"; one of the tracks, "Do What You Like" is a 15-minute jam. Still, the quartet created a great album by any measure: "Sea of Joy" and "Presence of the Lord" are classic rock songs without question, and the two opening tracks, "Had to Cry Today" and "Can't Find My Way Home" are every bit as good. Eventually I will have to pick up the 2001 deluxe edition, which includes 9 bonus tracks.
(May 2014)
