Eddie Cochran
has always been one of my favorites, but until I'd caught the following
clip on YouTube, I'd never known that he was, in addition to being
great singer & songwriter, one mean rhythm guitarist--essentially inventing rock rhythm guitar. As noted on the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's website (he was inducted its 2nd year):
Eddie was also a virtuoso guitarist, overdubbing parts like Les Paul
even on his earliest singles and playing with an authority that led
music journalist Bruce Eder to pronounce him “rock’s first high-energy
guitar hero". Although born in Minnesota, Eddie Cochran actually grew up in the LA
suburbs. Here he is playing at a Compton show while in the area,
filming 'Go, Johnny, Go' in Hollywood. That commitment forced him to cancel his plans to tour with Buddy Holly, on the tour in which Holly died in a plane crash along with Richie Valens and the Big Bopper. (Richie Valens also was was in 'Go, Johnny, Go', but he filmed his scenes earlier.) Cochran's
absence on that tour only postponed his own tragic, early death; a year
after these clips, he died at the age of 21, in an auto accident. Like
Princess Di, he had a bad driver -- in his case, a taxi driver; in
hers, a limo driver. Sadly, he wasn't around to see how the Punk
movement of the late 70's embraced his songs, like 'Somethin' Else', a
fav of Sid Vicious. Here he is, performing 'C'mon Everybody' and 'Summertime Blues":
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Eddie Cochran
has always been one of my favorites, but until I'd caught the following
clip on YouTube, I'd never known that he was, in addition to being
great singer & songwriter, one mean rhythm guitarist--essentially inventing rock rhythm guitar. As noted on the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's website (he was inducted its 2nd year):on his earliest singles and playing with an authority that led music journalist Bruce Eder to pronounce him “rock’s first high-energy guitar hero". Although born in Minnesota, Eddie Cochran actually grew up in the LA suburbs. Here he is playing at a Compton show while in the area, filming 'Go, Johnny, Go' in Hollywood. That commitment forced him to cancel his plans to tour with Buddy Holly, on the tour in which Holly died in a plane crash along with Richie Valens and the Big Bopper. (Richie Valens also was was in 'Go, Johnny, Go', but he filmed his scenes earlier.) Cochran's absence on that tour only postponed his own tragic, early death; a year after these clips, he died at the age of 21, in an auto accident. Like Princess Di, he had a bad driver -- in his case, a taxi driver; in hers, a limo driver. Sadly, he wasn't around to see how the Punk movement of the late 70's embraced his songs, like 'Somethin' Else', a fav of Sid Vicious. Here he is, performing 'C'mon Everybody' and 'Summertime Blues":
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