Interview With Dale Lowery

Municipal Auditorium, Topeka, Kansas

On Tour "The Biggest Show Of Stars 1957"

Recorded For KTOP Radio, Topeka, Kansas.

Tuesday November 5, 1957

Dale Lowery: And we have here, right now, as guests at The KTOP Microphone, members of The Crickets. The Crickets, a quartet, and we have first, on my left, Buddy Holly. How are you this evening, Buddy?

Buddy Holly: Just fine, Dale, how are you?

Dale Lowery: Well, we're fine, and we hope you are too. Would you care to introduce for our listening audience the rest of The Crickets that we have here?

Buddy Holly: Well, here's Joe Mauldin, he plays bass, and Jerry Allison plays drums and the other one, Niki Sullivan, is not here right at the moment, he's out on the stage trying, doing something. And that's us.

Dale Lowery: Why don't you tell us a little about some of the recordings that you do have out right now?

Buddy Holly: Well, we have three records going right now and, of course, the first one was, "That'll Be the Day"…

Dale Lowery: Yeah, we all know that one.

Buddy Holly: …Our first release. And then we have a new one out by The Crickets, called "Oh, Boy!" and "Not Fade Away", and then there's one out, it's the same group but it's under my name - I don't know why they did it that way - but they put one out under my name called "Peggy Sue" and "Everyday".

Dale Lowery: How did you fellas happen to get the name Crickets? That's always intrigued me.

Buddy Holly: We had to think of some name that hadn't been used yet and Jerry came up with it. [Laughs] So sure enough, it had already been used, but it was a good while back so it didn't matter too much.

Dale Lowery: I guess that about winds up. That's all the time we have for this interview with The Crickets, and we want to thank The Crickets for taking time out of tonight's busy schedule for talking with us for just a few moments on The KTOP Microphone.

Buddy Holly: Well, we'd like to thank everyone that listens and everyone that requests and likes our records, and would like to thank you boys for playing them.

Dale Lowery: Thank you a whole lot… The Crickets.

Buddy Holly: Thank you very much, Dale.

End Of Interview.

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