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This buddy gave Gene the guitar and told him to
keep it, a gesture that baffled Gene, not knowing if the gift was out of
fate or just a friend trying to get rid of the sister's practicing sounds.Vincent played the blues,
gospel and country tunes of the day.Gene dropped out of school to serve in the military.Three years later during a July weekend, while still in the navy, Gene
had an accident while riding his brand new Triumph motorcycle.By all accounts Gene's doctors were considering
amputation but he begged his mother not to allow the operation.He was
released from the navy and was to spend the rest of 1955 in and out of
the hospital.The navy may have lost a sailor, but the world gained a rock 'n' roll legend.In September 1955 Gene was well enough to attend and see Hank Snow's
All Star Jamboree in Norfolk, VA, brought into the town by the local country
radio station WCMS, the hottest station in town.Up Nose, But Don't Bring Lulu.The real story still remains in question.Cliff
smoothly rocked his Gretsch Black Duo Jet single cutaway guitar, with studio
added echo, into a frenzy.His guitar work played a big part in Gene Vincent's
early success.Sheriff Tex had met top Capitol producer, Ken Nelson, at a DJ.Nashville and became aware of Capitol's desire to sign their own rival
to Elvis Presley who had now left Sun Records to join RCA.Gene Vincent and his band to Nashville for a May 4th
recording session at Owen Bradley's studio.Upon being summoned to Nashville, Gene quickly gathered the guys together,
only to find themselves fogged in at the Norfolk airport.They were upset
about possibility missing the scheduled recording date, so they turned
their troubles into song.The fog lifted, and when the first available
west bound plane arrived, five passengers give up their seats so the boys
could make it to Nashville in time for the session.Owen Bradley had previously recorded both Buddy Holly and Johnny Carroll.It was Carroll's suggestion to add exaggerated echo.Sugarfoot'
Garland, Buddy Harman and Bob Moore, for the recordings.Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps had certainly arrived!Ken Nelson wanted
Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps back in the studio to record enough material
for an album and another hit single.Because events had occurred so fast, Nelson was unable to come
up with a whole album of new rock 'n' roll songs, so he had to rely on
a selection of old standards to fill in the gaps.Gene and the Blue Caps themselves contributed some pretty wild numbers
for the session.Ken Nelson was
obviously intent on retaining its successful formula.In order to do this,
Cliff Gallup accepted an invitation to return to the recording studio for
the October sessions in Nashville.Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps.Still in a plaster cast from previous hospitalization the leg began
to bleed regularly and cause Gene considerable pain.Before the end of
the year it was clear that Gene needed a long rest.Though 1956 had obviously been a great year for Gene, having seen the
launch of his rock 'n' roll career, it had not been without its problems.Early 1957 saw Gene badly in need of a new manager and a new band as
only Dickie Harrell had remained from the original Blue Caps.It was newcomer
Paul Peek who was instrumental in helping Gene shape the second Blue Cap
group.Gene, still upset over the loss of Cliff
Gallup, was more than impressed with Meeks and quickly signed him up along
with Paul and fellow South Carolinian Bill Mack on bass.Facenda, a neighbor and old pal of
Dickie Harrell's.Facenda was a good looking kid of Italian decent who
quit school to go on the road with Gene.It was about this time that Bill Mack,
after a disagreement with Gene, was replaced by bassist Bobby Lee Jones.Gene Rambo and The Flames is
about as close to the Blue Cap sound as any band was or is likely to get).So Gene Vincent had a new and wilder band and new more efficient management.March of the following year.Gene being unable to keep the same personnel together for more than
a few months at a time.Shortly after the later 1957 sessions Lipscomb,
Peek and Facenda left to pursue solo careers.He enlisted Grady Owen on rhythm guitar
and a 15 year old Juvey Gomez as a replacement for Dickie Harrell who this
time quit for good.Cochran's distinct bass vocals are clearly
audible on some eight numbers.Gene went out
to perform in the US and Australia with Eddie Cochran and Little Richard.It was, in fact, the last Blue Caps recording session.Johnny Meeks, now Gene's longest serving
Blue Cap, remained on lead guitar.Sax session men Jackie Kelso (tenor)
and Plas Johnson (baritone) were brought in to augment the musical backgrounds.Another phase of Gene's
career had ended and the future seemed bleak.In the
summer of 1959 Gene and Jerry took on a three week tour of Japan.Following
their return from Japan, recording dates were arranged at the Capitol Tower
for early August.Gene's most commercial to date, even thought
the great lead guitar sounds that Johnny Meeks used to play were noticeably
absence.Gene chart success in England two years later.Gene Vincent arrived on British soil on
December 6th 1959 to a hero's welcome.TV shows, was less
than impressed upon meeting Gene for the first time.British Top 30 in January, 1960.The accident ended Eddie Cochran's
life and severely reinjured Gene's leg leaving him with a limp the rest
of his life.After the crash, I woke up and carried Eddie
over to the ambulance even though I had a broken arm.Regrettably Eddie's untimely death prevented
the completion of those plans but Gene did return to the UK after Eddie's
US funeral and cut the song at EMI's Abbey Road Studios on May 11, 1960.Gene returned to the US on the strength of a hoax telegram informing
him of the death of his daughter Melody Jean.During this period
Gene was touring with a brand new British band, the celebrated Sounds Incorporated.Gene with his last chart success on either side of the Atlantic.Gene was now nearing the end of his contract with Capitol.Sounds Incorporated for the film and also cut a slightly different
version with the possible intention of a single release.Both sides received a fair amount of UK airplay but Gene's
expired work permit prevented him from getting on the road to promote the
record for a while, despite the fact he had even applied for British citizenship.Consequently another
terrific recording by Gene failed to register.EMI for whom he cut four singles and an album.About that time (early September, 1971) Ron Weiser of Rolling Rock
Records, was curiously asking a local record store owner if she knew anything
about Gene Vincent.Music tracks were added later.Johnny Meeks added
in the guitar.Gene rehearsed about 12 songs for a tour,
and recorded five of them with Richard Cole and the Kansas Hook band on
Friday, October 1, 1971.Gene managed
to get through two shows at the Wookey Hollow Club in Liverpool October
3rd and 4th, 1971 before his health completely gave out and he flew back
to California.This video has been added to your favorites.The video has been added to your playlist.This video will appear on your blog shortly.Thank you for sharing your concerns.Content of this nature is not necessarily prohibited on YouTube, however we will review this video and take action as appropriate.Per our Community Guidelines, hate speech is specifically defined in reference to "protected groups."Thank you for sharing your concerns.In order to process a privacy complaint we need more information from you.Change the value of a comment by clicking on a thumb.Gene Vincent, and I mean no offence but was he Gay?Just like if Elvis realy was Gay(wich he isnt) I woulnd care.Woman Love prominently displayed at the front of all my crates full of records.He just shrugs and says, "sorry man, you shouldn't have put it there" and walks away.Obviously he was right, but what an a**hole.Would you like to comment?GENE VINCENT 1956 WHO SLAPPED JOHN?The video has been added to your playlist.This video will appear on your blog shortly.Thank you for sharing your concerns.Per our Community Guidelines, hate speech is specifically defined in reference to "protected groups."Thank you for sharing your concerns.We can only process copyright complaints submitted by authorized parties in accordance with processes defined in law.There may be significant legal penalties for false notices.In order to process a privacy complaint we need more information from you.Thank you for sharing this video!Change the value of a comment by clicking on a thumb.Compare the vids from 1958 on YouTube (Gene is about 10 years older here)...Secondly I wasn't speaking of the time of the video.You could well be right about that.This is another version of Elvis' Money Honey.After making your selection, copy and paste the embed code above.One of the most engaging, if tragic, figures in rock and roll history,
Gene Vincent personified the wild, lusty, lower class side of the music as a touring
artist.Muden Point, Virginia when he was seven.Vincent began playing the
guitar at an early age.The injury would never heal properly
and he spent the rest of the year in a brace.While in Veteran's Hospital in Portsmouth,
Virginia Vincent wiled away the hours playing the guitar.Back in Norfolk, Gene Vincent as he now called himself tried to catch on as a country
singer.In April, 1956 a recording contract was signed with Capitol
Records.The first single was credited to Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps.President Eisenhower's baby blue golf cap.In December, 1956 Vincent was booked for a month at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas.Dallas which led to a tour of Australia
with Little Richard and Eddie Cochran,
with whom he became good friends.Stories of strange behavior on and off stage began circulating in the spring of 1958.It
seemed he was drinking heavily to keep his energy up and taking two bottles of aspirin for
his assorted aches and pains.In 1958 Vincent lost his home in Dallas to back taxes.In 1959 he began playing the Pacific Northwest with pickup bands.This led to a tour of
Japan.The tour was successful but, he became paranoid and went back to Los Angeles.In December he went to England where he was met as a hero.Good is credited with creating the all black leather image that became
Vincent's trademark.His Capitol Records contract expired in 1963.In 1966 he signed with Challenge records.Chuck Berry
and Jerry Lee Lewis.Valley Hospital in New Hall, California with a bleeding stomach
ulcer.In 1992 a British promotor contacted Johnny Meeks in California about a Blue Caps
reunion tour.Blue Caps played sold out shows in France, England, and Germany.In 1993 Jeff Beck, with the Big Town Playboys, released Crazy Legs, an album
of of just songs done as a tribute to him and his guitarists.Gene Vincent was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.Though he landed his contract with Capitol Records largely because he sounded like Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent quickly established himself as a rockabilly pioneer and the very personification of rock and roll rebellion.Born Vincent Gene Craddock, he grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, and served in the Korean war as an enlisted navyman until a motorcycle accident resulted in a crippling leg injury.He won a spot owing to his uncanny covers of Elvis Presley songs.The original set of Blue Caps of lead guitarist Cliff Gallup, rhythm guitarist Willie Williams, bassist Jack Neal and drummer Dickie Harrell.Their work is revered by discriminating rock and rollers to this day.Capitol released six albums by Vincent and the Blue Caps between 1957 and 1960, all of which rank among the priciest and most collectable LPs of the rock and roll era.Help It (1956), one of the earliest rock and roll films, alongside Little Richard, Fats Domino, Eddie Cochran and others.Vincent embodied the image of rebellion.Vincent was seriously hurt in the same car crash outside London that killed Eddie Cochran in 1960.Even before the accident Vincent walked with a limp as the result of a 1955 motorcycle mishap.There was even talk of amputation at a Veterans Administration hospital in 1966.TIMELINE
February 11, 1935: Eugene Vincent Craddock (a.Gene Vincent) is born in Norfolk, Virginia.Gene Vincent and a changeable cast of Blue Caps crisscross the country on tour.October 12, 1971: Gene Vincent died of a bleeding ulcer in Los Angeles, CA.January 12, 1998: Gene Vincent is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the thirteenth annual induction dinner.The Day the World Turned Blue
Britt Hagarty.Elvis Presley had done the same thing, scored big with one top ten song, and went on to be a popular performer in Great Britain before he died at age 36.Vincent Eugene Craddock was born in 1935 in Norfolk, Virginia.As he grew up in Virginia, he passed a lot of time at the store that was owned by his parents.Navy, but left after injuring his left leg in a motorcycle accident in 1953.The group included Jack Neal on bass, Willie Williams and Cliff Gallup on guitar, and Dickie Harrell on drums; they were known as Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps.The song was recorded again in Nashville and released as the B side to Vincent's Woman Love.It went to number seven on the charts in 1956.In 1957 Lotta Lovin' did well on the US charts.The group released another song that did well, Dance To The Bop, then broke up in 1958.While riding in a taxi in Chippenham, Wiltshire on April 17, 1960 with Cochran and Cochran's girlfriend, Sharon Sheeley, there was an accident that tragically ended Cochran's life, and injured Gene Vincent.British record producer Jack Good provided him with an image as a rebel, and influenced his style of dress that included leather and a somewhat tough demeanor.He also developed a problem with alcohol.He returned to the United States later in the 60's and recorded some country songs.Gene Vincent developed ulcer trouble and died in Los Angeles on October 12, 1971.He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.Derek Henderson has written a book about Gene Vincent and his recordings.Vincent Eugene Craddock, born February 11,
1935, showed his first real interest in music while his family
lived in Munden Point, VA, near the North Carolina line where
they ran an old country store.This buddy gave Gene the guitar and
told him to keep it, a gesture that baffled Gene, not knowing if
the gift was out of fate or just a friend trying to get rid of
the sister's practicing sounds.Vincent played the blues, gospel and country tunes
of the day.In February of 1952 he joined the US Navy, but would never see
any military action.Three years later during a July weekend, while still in the
navy, Gene had an accident while riding his brand new Triumph
motorcycle.The navy may have lost a sailor, but the world gained a
rock 'n' roll legend.The real story still
remains in question.His guitar work played a big part in
Gene Vincent's early success.Sheriff Tex had met top Capitol producer, Ken Nelson, at a DJ.Gene Vincent and his band to Nashville for a May
4th recording session at Owen Bradley's studio.They were upset about possibility missing the scheduled
recording date, so they turned their troubles into song.Owen Bradley had previously recorded both Buddy Holly and
Johnny Carroll.It was Carroll's suggestion to add exaggerated
echo.This resulted in a new modified sound, devised by engineer
Mort Thomasson, that was used to enhance Gene's voice and the
band's sound.On May 4th 1956 Gene and his band, renamed the Blue
Caps, assembled for their historic first session at Bradley's
studio.No improvements could be made on that!June 2nd as Gene's
first single.Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps had certainly
arrived!Ken
Nelson wanted Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps back in the studio
to record enough material for an album and another hit single.This tune is clearly one
of the most underrated pieces of rock 'n' roll genius ever
recorded!The failure was due, in part, to Capitol's
poor judgement, knowing that a devil reference might, and did,
curtail DJ airplay.Russell Wilaford taking over Gallup's lead
guitar role, while the rhythm guitar vacancy had been filled by
an eager Paul Peek.Ken Nelson was obviously intent on retaining its
successful formula.In order to do this, Cliff Gallup accepted an
invitation to return to the recording studio for the October
sessions in Nashville.Gene Vincent
and The Blue Caps.Gene rounded off 1956 with a long stint at the Sands Hotel in
Las Vegas where his unusually wild stage act backfired on the
management as the gamblers left their tables to watch the show
rather than helping to swell the Sands coffers!But the strain on
Gene's damaged leg was beginning to take its toll.Still in a
plaster cast from previous hospitalization the leg began to bleed
regularly and cause Gene considerable pain.Coupled with
this, a third original Blue Cap, bassist Jack Neal, decided to
quit and Sheriff Tex also parted company with Gene at about the
same time.In many ways it was a
Godsend that Gene and The Blue Caps were ordered off the road
until a legal dispute over their management had been resolved.Reluctantly returning to naval hospital at least gave Gene a much
needed rest as well as giving him time to contemplate what 1957
might have in store.Paul had played pedal steel
with a South Carolina outfit, Country Earl and the Circle E Ranch
Gang, and wanted Gene to hear their lead guitarist Johnny Meeks
of Greenville, SC.Facenda, a neighbor and old pal of Dickie
Harrell's.Facenda was a good looking kid of Italian decent who
quit school to go on the road with Gene.It was
about this time that Bill Mack, after a disagreement with Gene,
was replaced by bassist Bobby Lee Jones.Gene Rambo and The Flames is about as close to the
Blue Cap sound as any band was or is likely to get).The latter part of
1957 saw the group back in the studio again recording fresh
material for an album to capitalize on the last two hit records.Gene
had once again completed a recording session which subsequently
would become regarded as one of the most historic in rock 'n'
roll, not because it produced any major hit records, but because
Eddie Cochran had decided to sit in anonymously and provide
backing bass vocals to complement those of Peek and Facenda.The strain of touring with
one of the wildest rock 'n' roll outfits around, while at the
same time enjoying little or no chart success, proved too much
for some members of the Blue Caps.It was, in fact, the
last Blue Caps recording session.The name was never to be used
again.DJs to play a certain recording to help make
it a hit.Another phase of
Gene's career had ended and the future seemed bleak.Despite the final split of the Blue Caps and a lapsed contract
with the McLemore Agency, Gene continued to tour extensively.Gene's decision to tour the UK and appear on British TV was
crucial.Gene Vincent arrived on British soil on
December 6th 1959 to a hero's welcome.Although he had not had a
major UK hit for over three years, a cult following had grown in
Britain based largely on the images conjured up by his many
previous Capitol LP, EP and single releases all superbly packaged
with cover photographs depicting a wild and tortured American
rocker.Jack set
about changing Gene's image, dressing him from head to toe in
black leather and draping a silver chained medallion around his
neck.TV image
that, for those who witnessed it, has failed to diminish even
thirty years later.British Top 30 in January, 1960.UK placing three years
earlier.With Eddie in the middle, the
only way he could have flown out that door was if he was he tried
to cover Shari.The only way I came out alive was because I had
taken a sleeping pill.After the crash, I woke up and carried
Eddie over to the ambulance even though I had a broken arm.Cochran tour has been well
chronicled over the years.Regrettably Eddie's untimely death
prevented the completion of those plans but Gene did return to
the UK after Eddie's US funeral and cut the song at EMI's Abbey
Road Studios on May 11, 1960.June and went on to
give Gene his biggest UK hit at No.Gene returned to the US on the strength of a hoax telegram
informing him of the death of his daughter Melody Jean.Jimmie Haskell
Orchestra during his last major session at the Hollywood Capitol
Tower in January 1961.During this period Gene was touring with a brand new
British band, the celebrated Sounds Incorporated.Sounds Incorporated
providing a driving sax based backing.Gene with his last chart
success on either side of the Atlantic.Gene was now nearing the end of his contract with Capitol.These failures were not all due to Gene nor his record
company, Capitol.Rock 'n' roll and popular music in
general would never be quite the same again.EMI for whom he cut four singles
and an album.Where Have You Been All My Life.The
Beginning Of The End.By the end of 1965, Gene's health and career had both hit
bottom.About that time (early September, 1971) Ron Weiser of Rolling
Rock Records, was curiously asking a local record store owner if
she knew anything about Gene Vincent.She ironically replied that
she heard he was in an apartment down the street.Music tracks were added later.In 1980 an album, using these four
songs as a base, was released.Johnny Meeks added in the guitar.Gene managed to get
through two shows at the Wookey Hollow Club in Liverpool October
3rd and 4th, 1971 before his health completely gave out and he
flew back to California.Vincent Eugene Craddock died in Newhall,
California, from a bleeding ulcer on October 12, 1971 at the age
of 36.
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