Eddie Cochran
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| (October 3, 1938 – April 17, 1960) |
Soon after, Liberty Records signed him to a recording contract...
NOTE:That bitchin' guitar sound from Eddie’s originalSummertime Blues? They did it in the studio by recording it real slow, then speeding it up. The chords sound so vibrant and full because of all the noise packed into the grooves when played at normal speed…
Eddie Cochran was one of the first rock and roll artists to write his own songs and overdub tracks. He’s credited also with being one of the first to use an unwound third string in order to "bend" notes up a whole tone – an innovation which has since become an essential part of the standard rock guitar vocabulary...
Artists such as The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Van Halen, Tom Petty, Rod Stewart, Motörhead, Humble Pie, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Lemmy Kilmister, The Head Cat, The Damned, UFO, T. Rex, Stray Cats, Brian Setzer, Cliff Richard, The Who, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Blue Cheer...
Led Zeppelin, The White Stripes, The Sex Pistols, Rush, Buck Owens, Tiger Army, Dion, Simple Minds, Guitar Wolf, Paul McCartney, Alan Jackson, Keith Richards & The X-Pensive Winos, and Jimi Hendrix have covered his songs...
Eddie was extremely popular in The UK in the late 50s and into 1960.
In fact, he was more popular there, than in his native US. In early 1960, Eddie went on a five week tour of England which due to its success was extended to fifteen weeks. Despite the fame and adulation accorded to him in The UK, Eddie was feeling homesick and decided to return home for Easter...
In fact, he was more popular there, than in his native US. In early 1960, Eddie went on a five week tour of England which due to its success was extended to fifteen weeks. Despite the fame and adulation accorded to him in The UK, Eddie was feeling homesick and decided to return home for Easter...
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| Eddie Cochran & Gene Vincent |
On 16th April 1960, he did what was supposed to be the last gig of the tour at The Hippodrome Theatre, Bristol. It was in fact, the last one of his short life.
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| Eddie Cochran & Gene Vincent Show |
After the show,
Eddie, his girlfriend, Sharon Sheeley
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| Eddie & Sharon |
and Gene Vincent all jumped in a limo and headed off to London from where they were due to fly back to The US. This being pre-freeway days, traveling by car from Bristol to London involved driving through many towns and villages. It was one of these small towns, Chippenham, that Eddie met his fate. In the early hours of the morning of April 17th the car blew a tire at Rowden Hill.
The speeding limo (a UK Ford Consul MkII which is a 4-cylinder Zephyr) blew a tire, lost control, and crashed into a lamp post on Rowden Hill, where a plaque now marks the spot (the Zephyr should have been an excellent handler, even on the bias-ply tires, and is as solid as a tank, yet the car was completely destroyed--no other car was involved…)
All four people in the car were injured. Gene Vincent broke a few ribs, his collarbone and suffered a leg injury. Sharon broke her pelvis
Cochran, who was seated in the centre of the back seat, threw himself over his girlfriend to shield her and was thrown out of the car when the door flew open--He suffered severe head injuries and was rushed to St. Martin's Hospital, Bath, where he died at 4.10 p.m. the following day.
The limo driver, George Martin (NOT “The 5th Beatle” who merely shares the name), was convicted of dangerous driving, fined £50, disqualified from driving for 15 years, and sentenced to prison for six months…
Cochran, who was seated in the centre of the back seat, threw himself over his girlfriend to shield her and was thrown out of the car when the door flew open--He suffered severe head injuries and was rushed to St. Martin's Hospital, Bath, where he died at 4.10 p.m. the following day.
The limo driver, George Martin (NOT “The 5th Beatle” who merely shares the name), was convicted of dangerous driving, fined £50, disqualified from driving for 15 years, and sentenced to prison for six months…
R.I.P.
Eddie Cochran
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THANK YOU!!!
Eddie Cochran
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THANK YOU!!!
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