Joe B Mauldin of (Buddy Holly &) the Crickets Dead at 74
http://lubbockonline.com/local-news/2015-02-07/crickets-bassist-joe-b-mauldin-remembered-gentle-soul#.VNijWfnF-So
Buddy Holly and The Crickets (top to bottom: Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly and Joe B Mauldin), 1957
By Sarah Rafique
Crickets drummer Jerry J.I. Allison glanced over at bassist Joe B. Mauldin as they stood on top of Brooklyns Paramount Theater and watched 1957 turn into 1958 during a New Years Eve performance.
Joe B. and I were really having fun in New York, said Allison, who is now the last original Cricket who is still alive. We had a lot of Im sort of at a loss, but that was a great time and Joe B. and I said, Wow, look at this. That was something special that I will remember forever.
The Crickets continued touring up until about two years ago, when traveling just wasnt fun anymore, Allison said. But, the duo remained friends, even in Mauldins final days.
Allison received a call from Mauldins wife about 8:20 a.m. Saturday letting him know about his former bandmates death in Nashville. Mauldin was 74. He was born July 8, 1940, in Lubbock.
Allison visited Mauldin two days before he died and said he had been suffering from cancer.
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Cross gently, Joe.