Phoenix, Arizona: The Ghost of Buddy Holly Melting in the Valley of the Sun

Sound of Our Town

Music, like water, is the lifeblood of civilization. In this episode, host Will Dailey guides you on a trip through space and time, taking you behind the scenes of the city’s most vibrant venues — all while tracing the stories of iconic rockers like Meat Puppets and Jimmy Eat World back through desert wanderers like Waylon Jennings and Lee Hazelwood, on back to the Hohokam, original settlers of the Valley of the Sun.

To hear the artists mentioned in this episode, check Will’s playlist at soundofourtownpod.com

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Sound of Our Town is a production of Double Elvis and iHeartRadio.

Executive Produced by Jake Brennan, Brady Sadler, and Carly Carioli for Double Elvis. Production assistance by Matt Beaudoin. Created, written, hosted and scored by Will Dailey.

Additional writing on this episode by Patrick Coman.

Music for this episode composed and performed by Will Dailey. Check out Will’s music:

• Spotify

• Apple Music

• Bandcamp

SOURCES for this episode include:

All Excess Occupation, by Danny Zalisko

Stuck Outside of Phoenix, by Art Edwards

Waylon: An Autobiography, by Waylon Jennings

Arizona Music Hall of Fame

Arizona Natural History Museum

Legendary Tempe Venues Now & Then (Phoenix New Times)

Best of 2021: Our Favorite Music Venues (Phoenix New Times)

Requiem for an Outlaw (Phoenix New Times)

Downtown Phoenix Journal

Remembering the Mill Avenue music scene of the '90s (AZCentral)

10 Greatest Record Stores in America (SPIN)

SOME PLACES YOU'LL WANT TO VISIT AFTER LISTENING TO THIS EPISODE:

Crescent Ballroom + Cocina 10

The Trunk Space

The Lost Leaf

The Van Buren

Rebel Lounge

Gold Rush Music Festival

M3F Fest

Musical Instrument Museum

Grand Avenue Records

Yucca Tap Room

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