Bill Haley Jr.-Musician, Author & Son of Rock & Roll Legend-Bill Haley

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Son of Bill Haley who was a Rock & Roll legend. Author of
Crazy Man, Crazy: The Bill Haley Story. He is a businessman,
musician, performer, and publisher. 



Bill and I discuss:



His memory of playing in the garage with his father with a pair
of drumsticks and a cardboard box. The instruments he plays and
taught himself. 



Book- “Crazy Man, Crazy: The Bill Haley Story”- the research he
has completed to write the biography, and the story behind how
the book was put together. 



Is it fair to consider Bill Haley who popularized Rock & Roll
as a one hit wonder?



Bill’s early passing, his struggles with alcohol addiction,
fleeing to Mexico in 1962 and the hurt he left behind with Bill
Jr.’s family. Bill speaks about the conversations he had with his
father later in his life. 



His father started to write his own biography and where that
manuscript is today. 



Acquiring the name- The Comets.



Playing in January 2015 at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, IA
with Tommy Allsup who played with Buddy Holly on his last
performance at The Surf before tragically dying in a plane crash
that evening. 



Bill Jr.’s feelings of deciding to keep his father’s music alive
and those feeling today. What is his favorite song of his
father’s to play? 



 



Bill Haley Jr. Links:


Official Website:
http://www.billhaleyjrandthecomets.com/blog.html



Buy the Book-Crazy Man, Crazy here:
https://www.amazon.com/Crazy-Man-Bill-Haley-Story/dp/1617137111





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