Published in the Lubbock Avalanche Journal on March 13, 2015:
Bobby Jack Neal LUBBOCK-Jack was born to Frank M. and Loreta (Jones) Neal on March 3, 1934, in Ft. Worth, Texas. He was the youngest of four children and the only boy. The family moved to Lubbock in 1942. Jack was an electrician by trade, but he always had a passion for playing and writing music. At the age of 19, he met Budy Holly and the two became the best of friends. Jack and Buddy performed together on their own weekly radio show called The Sunday Party on KDAV, and they co-wrote the popular song Modern Don Juan. Jack remained an active member of the local music scene until his health began to fail in 2014. Jack was quoted in a newspaper interview as saying Honestly, all I really want to be remembered by is my contribution to local music and not just Buddy Holly's friend. Jack is survived by a son, Jackie Ray Neal of Lubbock; two daughters, Lisa Purcell of Lubbock and Carol LaSalle; six grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by a sister, Lois Owen of Lubbock, and his children's mother, Dorothy Neal of Lubbock. He is preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Marge DeSherlia of Lubbock and Jo Ann Eval of Las Vegas, NV. Visitation will be Friday evening, March 13, from 5 to 7 at Wilson Funeral Home of Wolfforth. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 14, at 11 a.m. at the Chapel at Wilsons Funeral Home of Wolfforth. He will be missed by many but remembered through his music by more. Burial is in Wolfforth Cemetery, Lubbock County, Wolfforth, Texas.
Published in the Lubbock Avalanche Journal on Thursday, March 12, 2015:
Yet another participant in Lubbock’s music history, Jack Neal, died Wednesday afternoon at a local hospice.
Neal was born on an undisclosed date in 1934, making him 80 or 81. He had stated online that he was two years older than Buddy Holly when the two began playing guitar together.
Vassandra Okoruwa, with the Buddy Holly Center, pointed out that Lubbock’s KDAV Radio began broadcasting the nation’s first all-country-format in September 1953.
Holly teamed with Neal to form the duo Buddy and Jack on a show broadcast live on KDAV by deejay and talent scout Highpockets Duncan.
The program was called the Sunday Party.
Okoruwa reported that, in November 1953, “At KDAV, Buddy and Jack recorded an acetate of ‘I Hear the Lord Callin’ for Me’ and ‘I Saw the Moon Cry Last Night.’ ”
In 1954, Neal would marry and Holly would team up with Bob Montgomery. The Buddy and Jack duo was replaced by Buddy and Bob.
Austin-based music writer and author Joe Nick Patoski told A-J Media on Tuesday, “I remember the first times I came to Lubbock to chase Buddy’s ghost, and being taken to meet Jack. He was the real deal, one of those stalwarts you always expected would be there when you went looking for him.
“More than anyone I ever met, he humanized his friend Buddy for me.”
Former Lubbock deejay Larry Byers, also informed when Neal was moved to hospice, said, “I really like Jack as a person and have the utmost respect for him as a songwriter and musician. I listened to Buddy and Jack on KDAV’s Sunday Party before Jack was replaced by Bob Montgomery in 1954.
“Tinker (Carlen) and The Cats was the first house band at the roller rink/youth center in 1956. I remember Buddy asked Tinker if he could preview his new release on stage, which was ‘Modern Don Juan,’ written in part by Jack Neal.
“Buddy sang the song and then paused before breaking out with ‘Bo Diddley.’ The crowd went wild. ... But Jack’s composition was the first song Buddy performed at the roller rink.”
Younger Lubbock guitarist Dustin Garrett mentioned on my Facebook page, “I remember being 17 and played guitar with Wayne Burrell and CR1200 with Jack Neal at the Hub City Brewery on Sunday nights for the open jam. ... Jack was always a nice person and I loved playing with him.”
Neal stated in one online interview, “I met Buddy after I went to work for his dad as a carpenter’s helper. I was 15 and Buddy was 13. I got my guitar one day and was playing, and Mr. Holley said his son played a little guitar too.
“So Buddy and I got together and started playing music together.”
Neal spent most of his life working as an electrician, but never stopped playing guitar.
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Published in the Lubbock Avalanche Journal, March 12, 2015:
Jack Neal's sister wondering why he's not on Walk of Fame (PlayBill blog)
Submitted by William Kerns on March 12, 2015 - 3:21pm
Jack Neal, born on March 3, 1934, was 81 when he died in the afternoon on Wednesday March 11 in a local hospice. Colon cancer took his life.
But Jack's sister, Mrs. Lois Own, visited with me on Thursday. And the first question that she expressed was wondering why Jack never had been inducted onto the West Texas Walk of Fame.
She said that she had nominated Jack many times througha Civic Lubbock Inc. representative.
Before there was Buddy Holly and the Crickets, there had been Buddy and Bob, the latter name a reference to Bob Montgomery.
And before there was a Buddy and Bob, there first was Buddy and Jack, two teenaged guitar pickers who sounded good when picking and singing together. So good that when KDAV-AM opened as a country format radio station, deejay and talent scout Highpockets Duncan hired Buddy and Jack to play on the radio every Sunday.
Check out the AJ Media both online and in print in the Friday Lubbock Avalanche-Journal for the full story about Jack's life and family -- and an open invitation to pay one's respects at his funeral this weekend.
TAGS: FILED ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT
Bobby Jack Neal LUBBOCK-Jack was born to Frank M. and Loreta (Jones) Neal on March 3, 1934, in Ft. Worth, Texas. He was the youngest of four children and the only boy. The family moved to Lubbock in 1942. Jack was an electrician by trade, but he always had a passion for playing and writing music. At the age of 19, he met Budy Holly and the two became the best of friends. Jack and Buddy performed together on their own weekly radio show called The Sunday Party on KDAV, and they co-wrote the popular song Modern Don Juan. Jack remained an active member of the local music scene until his health began to fail in 2014. Jack was quoted in a newspaper interview as saying Honestly, all I really want to be remembered by is my contribution to local music and not just Buddy Holly's friend. Jack is survived by a son, Jackie Ray Neal of Lubbock; two daughters, Lisa Purcell of Lubbock and Carol LaSalle; six grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by a sister, Lois Owen of Lubbock, and his children's mother, Dorothy Neal of Lubbock. He is preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Marge DeSherlia of Lubbock and Jo Ann Eval of Las Vegas, NV. Visitation will be Friday evening, March 13, from 5 to 7 at Wilson Funeral Home of Wolfforth. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 14, at 11 a.m. at the Chapel at Wilsons Funeral Home of Wolfforth. He will be missed by many but remembered through his music by more. Burial is in Wolfforth Cemetery, Lubbock County, Wolfforth, Texas.
Published in the Lubbock Avalanche Journal on Thursday, March 12, 2015:
Yet another participant in Lubbock’s music history, Jack Neal, died Wednesday afternoon at a local hospice.
Neal was born on an undisclosed date in 1934, making him 80 or 81. He had stated online that he was two years older than Buddy Holly when the two began playing guitar together.
Vassandra Okoruwa, with the Buddy Holly Center, pointed out that Lubbock’s KDAV Radio began broadcasting the nation’s first all-country-format in September 1953.
Holly teamed with Neal to form the duo Buddy and Jack on a show broadcast live on KDAV by deejay and talent scout Highpockets Duncan.
The program was called the Sunday Party.
Okoruwa reported that, in November 1953, “At KDAV, Buddy and Jack recorded an acetate of ‘I Hear the Lord Callin’ for Me’ and ‘I Saw the Moon Cry Last Night.’ ”
In 1954, Neal would marry and Holly would team up with Bob Montgomery. The Buddy and Jack duo was replaced by Buddy and Bob.
Austin-based music writer and author Joe Nick Patoski told A-J Media on Tuesday, “I remember the first times I came to Lubbock to chase Buddy’s ghost, and being taken to meet Jack. He was the real deal, one of those stalwarts you always expected would be there when you went looking for him.
“More than anyone I ever met, he humanized his friend Buddy for me.”
Former Lubbock deejay Larry Byers, also informed when Neal was moved to hospice, said, “I really like Jack as a person and have the utmost respect for him as a songwriter and musician. I listened to Buddy and Jack on KDAV’s Sunday Party before Jack was replaced by Bob Montgomery in 1954.
“Tinker (Carlen) and The Cats was the first house band at the roller rink/youth center in 1956. I remember Buddy asked Tinker if he could preview his new release on stage, which was ‘Modern Don Juan,’ written in part by Jack Neal.
“Buddy sang the song and then paused before breaking out with ‘Bo Diddley.’ The crowd went wild. ... But Jack’s composition was the first song Buddy performed at the roller rink.”
Younger Lubbock guitarist Dustin Garrett mentioned on my Facebook page, “I remember being 17 and played guitar with Wayne Burrell and CR1200 with Jack Neal at the Hub City Brewery on Sunday nights for the open jam. ... Jack was always a nice person and I loved playing with him.”
Neal stated in one online interview, “I met Buddy after I went to work for his dad as a carpenter’s helper. I was 15 and Buddy was 13. I got my guitar one day and was playing, and Mr. Holley said his son played a little guitar too.
“So Buddy and I got together and started playing music together.”
Neal spent most of his life working as an electrician, but never stopped playing guitar.
[email protected]
● 766-8712
Follow William on Twitter
@AJ_WilliamKerns
Published in the Lubbock Avalanche Journal, March 12, 2015:
Jack Neal's sister wondering why he's not on Walk of Fame (PlayBill blog)
Submitted by William Kerns on March 12, 2015 - 3:21pm
Jack Neal, born on March 3, 1934, was 81 when he died in the afternoon on Wednesday March 11 in a local hospice. Colon cancer took his life.
But Jack's sister, Mrs. Lois Own, visited with me on Thursday. And the first question that she expressed was wondering why Jack never had been inducted onto the West Texas Walk of Fame.
She said that she had nominated Jack many times througha Civic Lubbock Inc. representative.
Before there was Buddy Holly and the Crickets, there had been Buddy and Bob, the latter name a reference to Bob Montgomery.
And before there was a Buddy and Bob, there first was Buddy and Jack, two teenaged guitar pickers who sounded good when picking and singing together. So good that when KDAV-AM opened as a country format radio station, deejay and talent scout Highpockets Duncan hired Buddy and Jack to play on the radio every Sunday.
Check out the AJ Media both online and in print in the Friday Lubbock Avalanche-Journal for the full story about Jack's life and family -- and an open invitation to pay one's respects at his funeral this weekend.
TAGS: FILED ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT
Published in the Lubbock Avalanche Journal on March 13, 2015:
Bobby Jack Neal LUBBOCK-Jack was born to Frank M. and Loreta (Jones) Neal on March 3, 1934, in Ft. Worth, Texas. He was the youngest of four children and the only boy. The family moved to Lubbock in 1942. Jack was an electrician by trade, but he always had a passion for playing and writing music. At the age of 19, he met Budy Holly and the two became the best of friends. Jack and Buddy performed together on their own weekly radio show called The Sunday Party on KDAV, and they co-wrote the popular song Modern Don Juan. Jack remained an active member of the local music scene until his health began to fail in 2014. Jack was quoted in a newspaper interview as saying Honestly, all I really want to be remembered by is my contribution to local music and not just Buddy Holly's friend. Jack is survived by a son, Jackie Ray Neal of Lubbock; two daughters, Lisa Purcell of Lubbock and Carol LaSalle; six grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by a sister, Lois Owen of Lubbock, and his children's mother, Dorothy Neal of Lubbock. He is preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Marge DeSherlia of Lubbock and Jo Ann Eval of Las Vegas, NV. Visitation will be Friday evening, March 13, from 5 to 7 at Wilson Funeral Home of Wolfforth. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 14, at 11 a.m. at the Chapel at Wilsons Funeral Home of Wolfforth. He will be missed by many but remembered through his music by more. Burial is in Wolfforth Cemetery, Lubbock County, Wolfforth, Texas.
Published in the Lubbock Avalanche Journal on Thursday, March 12, 2015:
Yet another participant in Lubbock’s music history, Jack Neal, died Wednesday afternoon at a local hospice.
Neal was born on an undisclosed date in 1934, making him 80 or 81. He had stated online that he was two years older than Buddy Holly when the two began playing guitar together.
Vassandra Okoruwa, with the Buddy Holly Center, pointed out that Lubbock’s KDAV Radio began broadcasting the nation’s first all-country-format in September 1953.
Holly teamed with Neal to form the duo Buddy and Jack on a show broadcast live on KDAV by deejay and talent scout Highpockets Duncan.
The program was called the Sunday Party.
Okoruwa reported that, in November 1953, “At KDAV, Buddy and Jack recorded an acetate of ‘I Hear the Lord Callin’ for Me’ and ‘I Saw the Moon Cry Last Night.’ ”
In 1954, Neal would marry and Holly would team up with Bob Montgomery. The Buddy and Jack duo was replaced by Buddy and Bob.
Austin-based music writer and author Joe Nick Patoski told A-J Media on Tuesday, “I remember the first times I came to Lubbock to chase Buddy’s ghost, and being taken to meet Jack. He was the real deal, one of those stalwarts you always expected would be there when you went looking for him.
“More than anyone I ever met, he humanized his friend Buddy for me.”
Former Lubbock deejay Larry Byers, also informed when Neal was moved to hospice, said, “I really like Jack as a person and have the utmost respect for him as a songwriter and musician. I listened to Buddy and Jack on KDAV’s Sunday Party before Jack was replaced by Bob Montgomery in 1954.
“Tinker (Carlen) and The Cats was the first house band at the roller rink/youth center in 1956. I remember Buddy asked Tinker if he could preview his new release on stage, which was ‘Modern Don Juan,’ written in part by Jack Neal.
“Buddy sang the song and then paused before breaking out with ‘Bo Diddley.’ The crowd went wild. ... But Jack’s composition was the first song Buddy performed at the roller rink.”
Younger Lubbock guitarist Dustin Garrett mentioned on my Facebook page, “I remember being 17 and played guitar with Wayne Burrell and CR1200 with Jack Neal at the Hub City Brewery on Sunday nights for the open jam. ... Jack was always a nice person and I loved playing with him.”
Neal stated in one online interview, “I met Buddy after I went to work for his dad as a carpenter’s helper. I was 15 and Buddy was 13. I got my guitar one day and was playing, and Mr. Holley said his son played a little guitar too.
“So Buddy and I got together and started playing music together.”
Neal spent most of his life working as an electrician, but never stopped playing guitar.
[email protected]
● 766-8712
Follow William on Twitter
@AJ_WilliamKerns
Published in the Lubbock Avalanche Journal, March 12, 2015:
Jack Neal's sister wondering why he's not on Walk of Fame (PlayBill blog)
Submitted by William Kerns on March 12, 2015 - 3:21pm
Jack Neal, born on March 3, 1934, was 81 when he died in the afternoon on Wednesday March 11 in a local hospice. Colon cancer took his life.
But Jack's sister, Mrs. Lois Own, visited with me on Thursday. And the first question that she expressed was wondering why Jack never had been inducted onto the West Texas Walk of Fame.
She said that she had nominated Jack many times througha Civic Lubbock Inc. representative.
Before there was Buddy Holly and the Crickets, there had been Buddy and Bob, the latter name a reference to Bob Montgomery.
And before there was a Buddy and Bob, there first was Buddy and Jack, two teenaged guitar pickers who sounded good when picking and singing together. So good that when KDAV-AM opened as a country format radio station, deejay and talent scout Highpockets Duncan hired Buddy and Jack to play on the radio every Sunday.
Check out the AJ Media both online and in print in the Friday Lubbock Avalanche-Journal for the full story about Jack's life and family -- and an open invitation to pay one's respects at his funeral this weekend.
TAGS: FILED ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT
Bobby Jack Neal LUBBOCK-Jack was born to Frank M. and Loreta (Jones) Neal on March 3, 1934, in Ft. Worth, Texas. He was the youngest of four children and the only boy. The family moved to Lubbock in 1942. Jack was an electrician by trade, but he always had a passion for playing and writing music. At the age of 19, he met Budy Holly and the two became the best of friends. Jack and Buddy performed together on their own weekly radio show called The Sunday Party on KDAV, and they co-wrote the popular song Modern Don Juan. Jack remained an active member of the local music scene until his health began to fail in 2014. Jack was quoted in a newspaper interview as saying Honestly, all I really want to be remembered by is my contribution to local music and not just Buddy Holly's friend. Jack is survived by a son, Jackie Ray Neal of Lubbock; two daughters, Lisa Purcell of Lubbock and Carol LaSalle; six grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by a sister, Lois Owen of Lubbock, and his children's mother, Dorothy Neal of Lubbock. He is preceded in death by his parents and two sisters, Marge DeSherlia of Lubbock and Jo Ann Eval of Las Vegas, NV. Visitation will be Friday evening, March 13, from 5 to 7 at Wilson Funeral Home of Wolfforth. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 14, at 11 a.m. at the Chapel at Wilsons Funeral Home of Wolfforth. He will be missed by many but remembered through his music by more. Burial is in Wolfforth Cemetery, Lubbock County, Wolfforth, Texas.
Published in the Lubbock Avalanche Journal on Thursday, March 12, 2015:
Yet another participant in Lubbock’s music history, Jack Neal, died Wednesday afternoon at a local hospice.
Neal was born on an undisclosed date in 1934, making him 80 or 81. He had stated online that he was two years older than Buddy Holly when the two began playing guitar together.
Vassandra Okoruwa, with the Buddy Holly Center, pointed out that Lubbock’s KDAV Radio began broadcasting the nation’s first all-country-format in September 1953.
Holly teamed with Neal to form the duo Buddy and Jack on a show broadcast live on KDAV by deejay and talent scout Highpockets Duncan.
The program was called the Sunday Party.
Okoruwa reported that, in November 1953, “At KDAV, Buddy and Jack recorded an acetate of ‘I Hear the Lord Callin’ for Me’ and ‘I Saw the Moon Cry Last Night.’ ”
In 1954, Neal would marry and Holly would team up with Bob Montgomery. The Buddy and Jack duo was replaced by Buddy and Bob.
Austin-based music writer and author Joe Nick Patoski told A-J Media on Tuesday, “I remember the first times I came to Lubbock to chase Buddy’s ghost, and being taken to meet Jack. He was the real deal, one of those stalwarts you always expected would be there when you went looking for him.
“More than anyone I ever met, he humanized his friend Buddy for me.”
Former Lubbock deejay Larry Byers, also informed when Neal was moved to hospice, said, “I really like Jack as a person and have the utmost respect for him as a songwriter and musician. I listened to Buddy and Jack on KDAV’s Sunday Party before Jack was replaced by Bob Montgomery in 1954.
“Tinker (Carlen) and The Cats was the first house band at the roller rink/youth center in 1956. I remember Buddy asked Tinker if he could preview his new release on stage, which was ‘Modern Don Juan,’ written in part by Jack Neal.
“Buddy sang the song and then paused before breaking out with ‘Bo Diddley.’ The crowd went wild. ... But Jack’s composition was the first song Buddy performed at the roller rink.”
Younger Lubbock guitarist Dustin Garrett mentioned on my Facebook page, “I remember being 17 and played guitar with Wayne Burrell and CR1200 with Jack Neal at the Hub City Brewery on Sunday nights for the open jam. ... Jack was always a nice person and I loved playing with him.”
Neal stated in one online interview, “I met Buddy after I went to work for his dad as a carpenter’s helper. I was 15 and Buddy was 13. I got my guitar one day and was playing, and Mr. Holley said his son played a little guitar too.
“So Buddy and I got together and started playing music together.”
Neal spent most of his life working as an electrician, but never stopped playing guitar.
[email protected]
● 766-8712
Follow William on Twitter
@AJ_WilliamKerns
Published in the Lubbock Avalanche Journal, March 12, 2015:
Jack Neal's sister wondering why he's not on Walk of Fame (PlayBill blog)
Submitted by William Kerns on March 12, 2015 - 3:21pm
Jack Neal, born on March 3, 1934, was 81 when he died in the afternoon on Wednesday March 11 in a local hospice. Colon cancer took his life.
But Jack's sister, Mrs. Lois Own, visited with me on Thursday. And the first question that she expressed was wondering why Jack never had been inducted onto the West Texas Walk of Fame.
She said that she had nominated Jack many times througha Civic Lubbock Inc. representative.
Before there was Buddy Holly and the Crickets, there had been Buddy and Bob, the latter name a reference to Bob Montgomery.
And before there was a Buddy and Bob, there first was Buddy and Jack, two teenaged guitar pickers who sounded good when picking and singing together. So good that when KDAV-AM opened as a country format radio station, deejay and talent scout Highpockets Duncan hired Buddy and Jack to play on the radio every Sunday.
Check out the AJ Media both online and in print in the Friday Lubbock Avalanche-Journal for the full story about Jack's life and family -- and an open invitation to pay one's respects at his funeral this weekend.
TAGS: FILED ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT
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