The band was received so well that Sullivan was forced to invite them back for a third appearance. For the instrumental break he cut loose with a dramatic solo, making clear to the audience that the technical fault wasn't his. Holly tried to compensate by singing as loudly as he could, and repeatedly trying to turn up the volume on his guitar. He cut the Crickets' act from two songs to one, and when introducing them mispronounced Holly's name, so it came out vaguely as 'Hollered' or "Holland." In addition, Sullivan saw to it that the line feed for Holly's electric guitar was turned off. No telling." Sullivan then turned to Holly and said "I guess The Crickets are not too excited to be on The Ed Sullivan Show" to which Holly caustically replied, "I hope they're damn more excited than I am." Sullivan, already bothered by the choice of songs, was now even angrier. When asked where the others were, Holly replied, "I don't know. During the afternoon the Crickets were summoned to rehearsal at short notice, but only Holly was in their dressing room. Holly had already told his hometown friends in Texas that he would be singing "Oh, Boy!" for them, and told Sullivan as much. Sullivan wanted the band to substitute a different song for their record hit " Oh, Boy! ", which he felt was too raucous. On January 26, 1958, for their second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, Buddy Holly and the Crickets were scheduled to perform two songs. Buddy Holly became intimately familiar with Sullivan's negative side. This could unfortunately be seen as a part of his TV personality. There was another side to Sullivan: he could be very quick to take offense if he felt he had been crossed, and could hold a grudge for a long time. Are you familiar with this particular incident?
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