 Later Bobby joined The Crickets, onetime backing band for Buddy Holly; He would spend the next five years touring with them.After his tenure with the Crickets, Durham began working in Las Vegas in 1972 and performed there for 11 years off and on with his brother Wayne as The Durham Brothers, He also operated a nightclub in Colorado Springs from 1975-78.In 1983 he returned to Bakersfield, California to take care of his family.