Joe B. Mauldin, Bassist for Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Dead at 74

Joe B. Mauldin, whose bass playing for the Crickets helped set the pulse of rock & roll, died Saturday, February 7th. He was 74 years old. 

Raised in West Texas, Joseph Benson Mauldin, Jr. was barely 17 years old when he began playing with Buddy Holly, a local hotshot whose music…

Source: RollingStone
Link: Joe B. Mauldin, Bassist for Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Dead at 74