Brian Harold May CBE is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and astrophysicist who rose to prominence as the lead guitarist of Queen. With lead singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, May was a co-founder of Queen.

Brian May has released a new music video and a rare Buddy Holly tribute cover ahead of the remastered re-release of his Another World solo album. The 74-year-old believes the song is the key reason he became a successful rock musician, more than any other.

Brian May, like many other rock stars who grew up in the 1950s, grew up idolizing Buddy Holly. During his brief life, the rock and roll pioneer, who sadly perished in an aircraft crash in 1959 at the age of 22, had a major impact on popular music. Now, the Queen guitarist has paid tribute to the music legend by releasing a new music video for his cover of “Maybe Baby.”

74-year-old said, “I’ve never done a Buddy Holly song, and I did Maybe Baby. That song more than probably any other is the reason that I’m here doing this, playing guitar and being a rock star and being a very fortunate person. I heard Buddy Holly make that incredible sound on his guitar that clang, singing that beautiful song, hearing those wonderful harmonies of The Crickets. And it completely motivated me. I just thought, ‘That’s what I want to do. I want to be able to make music that does that to people, makes them feel this kind of yearning, makes them feel this joy and passion.”

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