Posted on February 9, 2015 by laureng Joe B. Mauldin, bassist for Buddy Holly & The Crickets, has died Joe B. Mauldin, the bassist for Buddy Holly & The Crickets, has passed away from cancer at the age of 74. He joined the Crickets at the age of 16. You can watch the band perform “That’ll Be The Day” on the Ed Sullivan show below. Related posts: Watch Fall Out Boy perform Immortals on Jimmy Kimmel Live Beheading The Traitor premieres Eyes of Mara music video for “Don’t Get Close” City and Colour stream new song “Wasted Love” Owenstone releases new single “Island”