i always like listen to buddy holly and felt a real loss when he be kill at a young age in an airplane crash . he wasn not in the old rock n roll class of and let say and chuck berry or jerry lee lewis and but he wasn not far behind . who know how big his legacy would have be have he sing for decade . almost every single he put out be a hit . so and i be very pleasantly surprised how good a job gary busey do at play him and at imitate his singing voice . he do buddy proud and a be the actor ( don stroud and charles martin smith ) who play holly backup group and the cricket . music wise and there be some of holly good know song in the beginning of the film and it really good with a strong finish at the end a holly and the boy be show in iowa in their last concert ever . busey not only sings like holly and he a dead ringer for him in the looks department . some thing be the actor best performance ever and and you get no argument from me . i be also glad they end the film on an upbeat note with that iowa concert and instead of dwell on his tragic accident . the end could have be a real downer and but they do not let it be .