Ivan, it turns out, was the middle name of Jerry Allison, the drummer of the original Crickets, Buddy Holly’s backing band. The result of that search started me on a new journey, down a new rabbit hole as I pursued the story behind Real Wild Child by Ivan. The artist was called Ivan, someone I’d never heard of, and if I remembered right, Buddy Holly played on the song.Īnd with that, curiosity got the better of me and before I knew it I was googling ‘Ivan’ and ‘Buddy Holly’ to see what it I could find. The phrasing sounded an awful lot like Marc Bolan, but this was a song from 1958. That being said, the story of Buddy Holly has always appealed to me and I remember reading biographies about him and going to see the West End musical Buddy many years ago.Īround the anniversary of his fatal plane crash - the so-called day the music died - I was listening to as many podcasts as I could find about Buddy and his songs, when I heard a snippet of one that whilst unfamiliar to me, reminded me of something else. However, there’s little that hasn’t already been written about them.

Having just marked the anniversary of Buddy Holly’s death, by posting my art remix of a remarkable and rarely seen photo of him, I thought about looking at one of his songs. It was time to do another one, but I couldn’t find something that piqued my interest. What I really like is going down the rabbit hole of a song and exploring the story behind it and the people involved in creating it: the writers, the musicians and the producers. Previously, I’ve written about These Foolish Things which was covered by Bryan Ferry, Ghost Town by The Specials, All The Young Dudes by Mott the Hoople and most recently, Still Of The Night by Whitesnake. Over the years I’ve enjoyed doing some deep dives into songs that for one reason or another I find interesting.

Real wild child performed by everlife