with jay allison, jerry allison, who played drums with joe mauldin, who played the standup bass.n they were starting out and getting these gigs at different places, they were also able to open for different musical acts that would come through town. elvis presley being one of them. and for other performers that came through town, like early husky and johnny cash and bill haley and the comets. it was during one of those appearances that he was seen by a nashville talent scout, who happens to also be marty robbins' manager, a man by the name of eddie crandall. and after that performance, mr. crandall spoke with buddy's manager, a gentleman by the name of "high pockets" duncan. he told mr. duncan that he thought he would be able to get buddy a recording contract in nashville. so it was through those channels that buddy was able to receive his first recording contract out of nashville. he and his band went up to nashville with the idea that they would record songs as they wanted them recorded, however, when he got to nashville, they sort of -- the executives there wanted him to play

with jay allison, jerry allison, who played drums with joe mauldin, who played the standup bass.n they were starting out and getting these gigs at different places, they were also able to open for different musical acts that would come through town. elvis presley being one of them. and for other performers that came through town, like early husky and johnny cash and bill haley and the comets. it was during one of those appearances that he was seen by a nashville talent scout, who happens to also be marty robbins' manager, a man by the name of eddie crandall. and after that performance, mr. crandall spoke with buddies manager -- buddy's manager, a gentleman by the name of "high .ockets" duncan he told mr. duncan that he thought he would be able to get buddy a recording contract in nashville. channels through those that buddy was able to receive his first recording contract out of nashville. went up toband nashville with the idea that they would record songs as they wanted them recorded, however, when he got to nashville, they sort of -- the executives there wanted him to play coun

inn he came back to lubbock 1957, he had written that some with jerry allison in the allison house, whichs here at the center and visitors can visit the house. he took that song over to recording studio -- a recording studio in mexico owned by petty, and they rerecorded that song. in thecket bandmates, fashion that he always imagined it would be produced. and it was that song that rose to the billboards top 100 chart in fact. it charted number one in october of 1957. that was the start of this very short-lived career that he had. success onceuddy's he included the song, and once it reached number one on the billboard chart, it came fast and furious. we sort of indicate that his career was 18 months long. his professional career. that, aside from getting the music out there in the radio, making a few appearances on tv, he was able to make -- appear twice on the sullivan show late 1957, december of 1957. and then, at the very end of december he made an appearance on the american bandstand he and then he- toured extensively throughout the country. meet a wideto variety of musicians who playe

health issues for more this we're joined by jerry reed he's on the executive committee of the national action alliance for suicide prevention. and we have allison mamma she is the founder and executive director of active minds a nonprofit organization focusing on mental health awareness and education for students clay rutledge is an author and psychological scientist whose work focuses on the need for meaning and life he's in fargo north dakota a miami we have deseret state she is a suicide prevention activist and the founder of live through this. an organization that encourages people to tell their stories of hope recovery off to a suicide attempt hello everybody it's good to have you here trying to be as practical as we can with this conversation deseret i'm starting with the tweets about the new through this faces people stories tell me what does this banner represent this is actually a representation of courtship i made for the live through this project lived through this is a series of portraits and true stories of suicides some survivors across the united states. over the past years and years they've interviewed one hundred eighty five pe