HOME BASE: New Jersey
STYLE: Buddy Holly tribute, transforming everything from ’50s rock ’n’ roll and doowop, to classic rock, to ’90s alternative hits.
LINEUP: Todd Meredith, guitar and vocals; Jeremy Renner, lead guitar; Jacob Callis, bass; Shawn Ryberg, drums.
FUN FACT: Meredith embodied Buddy Holly for the first time in 2007 when he took on the role in the internationally touring musical “Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story.”
TWO’S TAKE: A quainter sort of “rave” culture thrives on LBI.
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