One of the most influential Rock and Roll artists of all time, the singer and guitarist Buddy Holly had a short career, which lasted from 1952 until 1959 when he tragically died at the age of 22 alongside the other famous artists Richie Valens and The Big Bopper. So not many people had the chance to have seen him live during those years but the legendary Bob Dylan had. The musician saw Buddy Holly playing only a few days before that tragic accident. What Bob Dylan said about seeing Buddy Holly play live Dylan really loved Buddy Holly's music and in an interview with Rolling Stone in 1984, the musician said that Holly was great playing live. Dylan attended Holly's show in Duluth, Minnesota (Bob's hometown) at the National Guard Armory. "I saw Buddy Holly two or three nights before he died. I saw him in Duluth, at the armory. He played there with Link Wray. I don’t remember the Big Bopper. Maybe he’d gone off by the time I came in. But I saw Ritchie Valens." He continued: "And Buddy Holly, yeah. He was great. He was incredible. I mean, I’ll never forget the image of seeing Buddy Holly up on the bandstand. And he died –it must have been a week after that. It was unbelievable. Late at night, I used to listen to Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Reed and Howlin’ Wolf blastin’ in from Shreveport. It was a radio show that lasted all night. I used to stay up till two, three o’clock in the morning. Listened to all those songs, then tried to figure them out. I started playing myself," Bob Dylan said. During his Nobel Lecture in June 2017, Dylan also mentioned Buddy's influence. He said that the musician played the music that he loved since he grew up on country western, rock and rhythm and blues. "Buddy wrote songs, songs that had beautiful melodies and imaginative verses. And he sang great, sang in more than a few voices. He was the archetype, everything I wasn’t and wanted to be.” According to Dylan, he was really close to the stage and at one moment, Holly looked him straight in the eye. “He looked me right straight dead in the eye, and he transmitted something. Something I didn’t know what. And it gave me the chills,” Bob Dylan said. Dylan already covered Buddy Holly a few times live, playing songs like "Not Fade Away". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wI0zf-puHg&pp=ygUXbm90IGZhZGUgYXdheSBib2IgZHlsYW4%3DThe post What Bob Dylan said about seeing Buddy Holly play live appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.