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Lubbock: Monterey High School

2902 Joliet Ave, Lubbock, TX 79415

Joe Ely was expelled from Monterey High School in Lubbock after singing 'Cherry Pie' at a school assembly — the rebel act that launched a legendary career.

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Buddy Holly, Waylon Jennings, and Joe Ely all grew up within 50 miles of each other. So did Bobby Keys,…
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The Boy Who Led Blind Lemon Through Deep Ellum

In the early 1920s, a teenage T-Bone Walker guided Blind Lemon Jefferson from bar to bar through Deep Ellum.
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Bob Wills Built It. Jack Ruby Ran It. Then the Sex Pistols Showed Up.
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The Night Tina Turner Crossed the Freeway
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Don McLean performing in 1976, around the time he wrote and recorded "The Legend of Andrew McCrew"
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