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Tag Archives: Gene Vincent
“That cat was royalty, man.” — Mick Jagger on Eddie Cochran
It’s his birthday today. Eddie Cochran’s songs still get play everywhere, all the time, on the radio no less! 1950s hits still in rotation. Elvis’ 1950s hits aren’t still in rotation. The only ones you hear on the radio for … Continue reading
Posted in Music, On This Day
Tagged Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent
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“Listen, I never meant to make money. I never wanted it. I’m a singer, man.” — Gene Vincent
The problem with Elvis is like the problem of, say, the sun. The sun blots out stars. The sun creates heat waves. The sun is a good thing but there’s a hell of a lot else going on besides the … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Perkins, Eddie Cochran, Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent, The Beatles
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Music Shuffle for a New Era
If you follow me elsewhere, you know there have been huge changes in my life in the last 4 or 5 months. Changes tragic and changes new. I have moved. I now live by the ocean in a house surrounded … Continue reading
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Tagged Alanis Morissette, Bleu, Bo Diddley, Brendan Benson, Britney Spears, Carl Perkins, ELO, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, Eminem, Everclear, Gene Vincent, Glee, Green Day, Indigo Girls, Jackie Wilson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Liz Phair, Madonna, Mike Viola, Pat McCurdy, Pink, Prince, shuffle, Waylon Jennings
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Dynamic Duo #11
Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent I have too much to say about this photo, all of which is vaguely salacious, I will say that the devotion of this generation of men to their hair, their looks, their clothes, their personae … Continue reading
Where Troubles Melt Like Lemon Drops, 1959
Gene Vincent, performing “Over the Rainbow” on the Town Hall Party, 1959. That’s the great James Burton on guitar. When Charley and I went to see James Burton last year, he played a completely instrumental version of the song, and … Continue reading