Gary Busey stars in this biopic of Fifties rock *’n’ roller Buddy Holly,* whose career was tragically cut short when he died in the infamous 1959 plane crash. Holly grows up in the redneck Texan community of Lubbock,* and his dreams of making it as a songwriter are discouraged by both his mother *- who wants him to get a proper job *- and girlfriend. However,* by the age of 22,* Holly and his band,* the Crickets,* have embarked on their road to fame with hits such as *’That’ll Be the Day’ and *’Peggy Sue’.
