Allison convinced Holly to change the title to the name of his then-girlfriend and future wife, Peggy Sue Gerron.Īllison approached percussion in innovative ways, such as by using a paradiddle beat on “Peggy Sue,” slapping his hands on his thighs for “Everyday,” and playing only tom-toms on the Everly Brothers’ 1960 hit “(Till) I Kissed You,” which was recorded after Holly’s death. “Buddy said, ‘Let’s write a song,’ and I said, ‘That’ll be the day!’ We worked on it for about half an hour,” Allison recalled.Īlthough legendary country music producer Owen Bradley dismissed the song as “ one of the worst” he had ever heard, Brunswick Records’ Bob Thiele signed Holly and the Crickets after he heard his kids playing the demo recording over and over again.Īllison also helped Holly write “Peggy Sue,” which was originally called “Cindy Lou” after Holly’s niece. Holly and Allison decided to name their band the Crickets after being inspired by a band called the Spiders.Īllison and Holly wrote the breakthrough hit “That’ll Be The Day” after seeing “The Searchers,” a John Wayne Western that features the actor saying the line throughout the film. We traveled 6,000 miles in two weeks,” he told Texas Music Monthly.
“Buddy got us a job backing Hank Thompson and George Jones and others for two weeks. It was the very best live music I had heard up to then.”Īlthough Allison did briefly play in the Texas Tech school band, he dropped out as his music career took off. “Buddy and Bob Montgomery played for a school assembly program during my eighth-grade year, and it affected me like marching band in the fifth grade. But we did not become best friends until some time in high school,” Allison remembered.
Although he joined the school band, his musical career went in a different direction after he met Holly in junior high. “Buddy is often heralded as the original singer-songwriter, but JI, too, wrote and inspired so many of the songs that would go on to be eternal classics.”Īllison was Holly’s good friend and collaborator and co-wrote some of their most enduring songs, including “That’ll Be The Day,” “Not Fade Away,” and “Peggy Sue,” which was named after Allison’s first wife.īorn in 1939, Allison started playing the drums after his family moved to Lubbock, Texas, when he was 10, according to Variety.Īllison told Lubbock Online in 2012 that he was inspired to “whack the drums” after seeing a halftime show at a football game. You can follow Submerge on Facebook or Soundcloud for further updates.“JI was a musician ahead of his time, and undoubtedly his energy, ideas and exceptional skill contributed to both The Crickets, and rock n’ roll itself, becoming such a success. Submerge Music has a few more releases already lined up, by house music producer Browncoat, and Tuhin Mehta. You can listen to a preview of the album below: Submerge also announced the label's first release '11:11' by Manny and Ajmal, which will be available for pre-order on November 16, prior to its official release on November 26. The world truly is our oyster and we're going to explore it to the fullest.” While we encourage Indian artists to push boundaries, we’re also going to actively engage in A&R work, encouraging collaborations between local and international artists. Flow-induced Vibrations of a Horizontal Elastic Band Plate Submerged in Fluid of Finite Depth. However at the label, we’re starting by focusing on underground music before we expand our horizons and our repertoire, both of which will happen in time. “Over the years, we've promoted electronic music, regardless of its sub-genre. “We just felt it was time, not just for us at Submerge but also for the wealth of talent India has begun to produce in the electronic music space,” said Nikhil Chinapa, one of the Submerge founders.
The label aims to promote Indian producers on a global level and to facilitate their outreach to international audiences. Taking its philosophy of supporting local talent and further cultivating dance music in India, Submerge launched its eponymous new label Submerge Music on November 11. As a booking agency, artist management company, and event/festival curator, the Mumbai-based platform has been pivotal to the explosive growth of the dance music scene in India. It's been 15 years since Nikhil Chinapa, Pearl and Hermit Sethi founded Submerge. Submerged is a Brooklyn-based DJ, bassist, founder of Ohm Resistance and co-founder of Obliterati, American avant garde drum and bass and experimental music labels, and a prolific multi-genre electronic music producer, first notable for his work with Grammy Award-winning bassist and producer Bill Laswell in creating drum and bass - jazz fusion projects including their band Method of Defiance, and The Blood of Heroes.
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