Niki Sullivan

But for a chance meeting with Buddy Holly at an informal jam session in 1957, Niki Sullivan might well have had a relatively anonymous career in country music in the area around Lubbock, TX. Instead, he has the distinction of having been the "other" guitarist in Buddy Holly's band the Crickets, playing rhythm guitar and providing backup vocals where they were useful in the four-man lineup of the group. Sullivan played a bit of guitar, though at age 19 he'd never aspired to a real "career" in music until Holly asked him to join his band in 1957. Sullivan was present on the vers...