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     by Bruce Clarke 

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Date: 16 May 2001 13:25:27 -0700
From: Bruce Clarke 
Subject: Buddy Holly Symposium cfp

CALL FOR PAPERS

Not Fade Away: The Life and Times of Buddy Holly
Lubbock, Texas September 6-7, 2001
An Academic and Community Meeting jointly sponsored by the Buddy Holly
Center, Texas Tech University, Texas Monthly magazine, and the Texas
Music Office, Office of the Governor

Keynote Address: Peter Guralnick, ?�The Importance of Place: Elvis
Presley, Buddy Holly, and the Rise of Rock and Roll?�

     Author of The Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love: The
     Unmaking of Elvis Presley
     Lost Highway: Journeys & Arrivals of American Musicians
     Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of
     Freedom
     Feel Like Going Home: Portraits in Blues & Rock 'N' Roll

Not Fade Away: The Life and Times of Buddy Holly is a new annual
academic symposium. Each year the symposium will explore the emergence
of rock and roll in the mid 1950s, giving special attention to the
musical and cultural environments of early rock and roll musicians, as
exemplified by Buddy Holly, and their influences on subsequent music and
culture. We will explore these musicians?? histories and legends and
what
new musical and cultural trends developed from their contributions. The
conference seeks to clarify and strengthen the relationships in the
latter half of the twentieth century between regional histories, popular
culture, folklore, literature, and popular music, and to strengthen the
ties between the artistic and academic communities.  The symposium aims
to heighten the academic significance of the study of early rock and
roll musicians.

Events will include panel discussions, plenary lectures, paper readings,
audio-visual presentations, and concerts by contemporaries and
inheritors of Buddy Holly's influence

Submission Guidelines:
Abstracts or brief descriptions of proposed papers (20 minutes) or
panels (60-90 minutes) for discussion should be submitted by June 15,
2001. Proposals should include a brief description of the proposed
topic, the contents of the presentation, and any audiovisual equipment
required. In addition, each person submitting an abstract should also
present a one or two paragraph biographical statement.

We invite paper, panel or presentation proposals on subjects including
but not limited to:

     Texas Songwriters
     Source Influences of Rockabilly and Buddy Holly
     Worldwide Influence of Buddy Holly
     Border Radio in the 1950s
     Legal Statutes and Copyright Law
     The Guitar in Rock 'n' Roll
     ?�The Buddy Holly Story?� and other rock 'n' roll films
     The Generations of Texas Music
     The Role of Black and Hispanic Music in Rock 'n' Roll

For more information, visit the Symposium website at
http://www.buddyhollycenter.org/htm/symposium.htm

Please distribute this call to other lists/or and persons who may be
interested in the event.

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Bruce Clarke
bruce.clarke@ttu.edu 
Director, Center for the Interaction of the Arts and Sciences
qcias@ttu.edu 
Department of English, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-3091
vox: 806 742-1358 (Center)  fax: 806 742-0989 (Department)

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