“Summer’s almost gone, and winter’s coming on”

Bob Dylan, Buddy Holly, Link Wray and the Dance Parties of 1958 and 1959

Deejay Alan Freed, the godfather of rock ’n’ roll, is also credited with the invention of rock ‘n roll “package” tours. Those shows, which toured state-to-state, city-to-city, featured a rotating cast of musical stars of the moment who could be shuffled in-and-out…