Norman & Vi Petty Rock and Roll Museum (recorded live)

Your World of Creativity

Mark Stinson

Arts, Education, Marketing, Design, Business, Self-improvement

5.0 • 45 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2021

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

This is my first episode recorded LIVE!

With a rich musical heritage, Clovis is home to two remarkable citizens – Norman and Vi Petty, whose legacy is carried forth at the Norman & Vi Petty Rock & Roll Museum.

The museum is located in the Clovis Business Enterprise Center, which is also home to the Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce, at 105 E. Grand Ave. It is designed to give visitors a glimpse into the Norman Petty Studios on Seventh Street, where musicians such as Buddy Holly, Buddy Knox, Roy Orbison, and other early rock and roll greats recorded some of their hits.

Some of the museum’s attractions include the working equipment from the actual studios, including the original mixing board used during Buddy Holly’s recordings. In addition, memorabilia from the Petty’s personal collections are on display, offering a behind-the-scenes look at their lives and careers. Even experts in “Petty-ology” will discover something new, with never-before-seen artifacts and many interesting stories captured on video and audio, and displayed throughout the exhibit.

The construction of the museum also is unique. It encompasses a re-creation of two of the studio’s rooms, as well as diner booths and lots of neon. A central attraction is the oversized 1950s Fender Stratocaster – the guitar that Buddy Holly made popular. It hangs over the entrance.

Since the museum opened in 2008, visitors from around the world have made the music pilgrimage to visit the Seventh Street Studios and the Rock & Roll Museum. (I was the first to put a pin in the map from Boise, ID)

https://www.clovisnm.org/norman-vi-petty-rock-roll-museum/

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0:00.0	Unlocking your world of creativity with Mark Stinson.
0:10.0	Hi friends, it's Mark here with my first live episode of Unlocking Your World of Creativity.
0:18.0	I'm here at the Norman and Vi Petty Rock'n'Wall Museum in beautiful downtown Clovis, New Mexico.
0:29.0	And what an unusual place to find such great rock'n'roll history.
0:35.0	Even for me and I think I know some rock history.
0:39.0	But boy, am I surprised that the stories, the memorabilia, and the real rock'n'roll history that comes out of this place.
0:48.0	And in fact, there's a whole sound called the Clovis sound that was developed here in the mid-50s.
0:55.0	And at this museum, it's quite a collection of what Norm and Vi Petty began their career, both as a recording studio, but also a musical app.
1:08.0	The Norm Petty Trio.
1:11.0	And the Norm Petty Trio was Norm, his wife, Vi, and Jack Vaughn.
1:19.0	And they would play shows all over the Southwest, on up into Oklahoma, and all over Texas.
1:27.0	And the real sound that was developed was captured in Norm studio right here on 7th Street in Clovis, New Mexico.
1:41.0	There's a lot of collection of old equipment from the era.
1:49.0	Now what makes this place famous is that in 1957, Norm had a big hit that he had produced called Paper Dolls.
2:01.0	And that led a young musician who was trying to get a start and a break to come to Clovis to ask Norm to record his demo.
2:11.0	He hadn't had much success in Nashville or Memphis.
2:15.0	And so he said, I've heard about this guy, Norm and Petty, I think I'll go down to Clovis, New Mexico, and see what he can help me with.
2:24.0	And this young teenage artist's name was Buddy Holly.
2:30.0	So Buddy Holly recorded his demo with Norm and Petty, recorded some other songs, and finally had a breakout hit with a song called That'll Be the Day.
2:43.0	So with the success of That'll Be the Day, and of course Peggy Sue, I'm going to try to zoom in on, there's a terrific picture,
2:52.0	of the actual real Peggy Sue.
2:57.0	She was from Lubbock, she came to Clovis a lot, and Buddy Holly wrote the song about her.
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