Lubbock on Everything: The Best Little Neo-Country Town in Texas?
Richard Gehr, unpublished, 1996
In 1996, Richard Gehr went down to Texas to explore the history and mythology of Buddy Hollys home town. This was his unpublished report for Spin.
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