George Harrison, on seeing Eddie Cochran live in Liverpool, March 1960, a month before Cochran was killed:
Eddie blew me away. He had his unwound 3rd string, looked good and sang good and he was really getting to be a good guitarist…One moment will always represent Eddie to me. He finished a tune, the crowd stopped screaming and clapping, and he stepped up to the mike and before he said something he put both his hands back, pushed his hair back, and some girl, a single voice in the audience, she went “Eddie!” and he said, “Hi, honey!”… I thought, “Yes! That’s it–rock ‘n’ roll!
Me Dad was there at that monday concert in Liverpool Empire, and always wondered if the Beatles watched it too. Dad said as Eddie Cochran entered the stage to sing 3 Steps To Heaven he had a sequined suit and the lights made him shine like a diamond as he climbed the stage…what a awesome memory.
Wow!! What an amazing memory! Thank you for sharing it, David!