The Crickets - T Shirt (1988) PLUS 1989 Crickets Interview

The Crickets – T Shirt (1988 Single & Video) Plus 1989 Crickets Interview.
From my Sunday Night Hall of Fame Show tapes and my VHS Buddy Holly collection:
This video begins with a portion of my May 27, 1989 interview of The Crickets, when they appeared at the “Mayfair Festival” in Allentown, PA. At that time Cricket members included Buddy Holly’s original drummer Jerry Ivan Allison, AKA: “J.I.”, and bass player Joe B. Mauldin. Gordon Payne was the lead singer/guitarist and by 1989 had been a member of The Crickets for approximately (5) years.

During the interview all three members talked about working with Paul McCartney and their 1988 release called “T Shirt”. The Crickets had been performing in Great Britain when they met McCartney and that led to him singing harmony with Gordon Payne and producing the song for the album of the same name.

After the brief interview segment, I have included portions of two music videos of the song:
#1/ Official music video by CBS/Epic records and
#2/ Rare live performance of the group singing “T Shirt”.

Buddy Holly and the Crickets became one of my favorites in 1957 when I first heard “That’ll Be The Day” on my radio. I started writing, producing and hosting tributes to Buddy, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper as early as 1969 on WEEX - AM 1230 in Easton, Pa. That was the tenth anniversary of the plane crash and coincided with the Coral album release “Buddy Holly - Giant”. At first I called the special tribute show “Three Star Special”, as influenced by a 1959 hit song “The Three Stars” by Tommy Dee. After Don McLean’s dedication of “American Pie” to Buddy, I started calling the show “The Day the Music Died”. My tribute shows continued throughout my broadcast radio career in the Lehigh Valley, PA and Northwest New Jersey area. The last time my five-hour special aired was February 3, 1999 on WODE – Oldies 99.9.

To Recap: This video features a small portion of my 1989 interview with The Crickets and a mix of the original music video and a Crickets live performance of their single “T Shirt”. The video and audio tracks have been restored from my VHS tape collection that I recorded off the air in 1988.

The Sunday Night Hall of Fame Show was broadcast from 1980 to 1992 on WAEB - AM 790 and WKAP – AM 1320. My show returned between 1999 and August 2001 on WODE “ Oldies 99.9”. All stations were located in the Allentown – Bethlehem – Easton, PA area, AKA: The Lehigh Valley.