This performance is 'based on a true story', happening in Greenwich Village, New York, in the late months of 1958. The audience is present during Buddy's band rehearsal as he prepares for the mid-western cavalcade of performers known as The Winter Dance Party of 1959. The stage vibe is intimate as Buddy's dialogue is totally directed at the audience; the tone is conversational and responsive to questions raised during the pre-show warm-up.

As the story goes, Buddy and his young wife are expecting their first child but living on borrowed funds due to bad business dealings with his Texas-based management handlers. Although he has had eighteen months of nation-wide recording exposure and fame, and a very successful musical tour in England, Buddy wants to expand his inspirational efforts to include big band arrangements and movie sound tracks. But the bills must be paid by contracting for the extended Dance Party tour. Buddy's musical combo, The Crickets, opted to stay in Texas; therefore Buddy needs to rehearse his touring band.

That is the show's premise which provides context for an evening of Holly favorites and those of the Everly Brothers and Little Richard. Are we joking? No, these artists were friends of Buddy and he pays tribute to these influences in the show. This unique format for a stage play is certain to give an inside look at a life which has been described as “eighteen months of fame and generations of influence”.