Charmed Life: Buddy Holly’s Post-Crickets Guitarist Tommy Allsup

Charmed Life: Buddy Holly’s Post-Crickets Guitarist Tommy Allsup

Tommy Allsup may not be a household name. But for those in the know, the guitarist is revered for his work with Buddy Holly, after the 1950s rock‘n’roll hero split with the original Crickets. Allsup was born on November 24, 1931 in Owasso, Oklahoma. He also worked with Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, from whom he drew his western swing influences, as well as Willie Nelson and Roy Orbison. He played on such classic Holly singles as “It’s So Eas…