GENE VINCENT 1956 WHO SLAPPED JOHN?

[ffairlane57]

Wild, man, wild!

[Dahliaman1]

Of late I have taken an interest in 1960s stuff realising that groups such as The Supremes, Martha and The Vandellas, Chiffons, were true talents. My fav British 0s girl singers are Lulu, Dusty Springfield, Sandy Shaw (Lulu being favourite cos shes dead cute!). Oops in my original comment I forgot two of the greats being Buddy Holly and Mr Rock n Roll aka Chuck Berry.

[Dahliaman1]

I was born in Dec57 always loved Rock n Roll/Rockabilly. My fav of all time is and always will be Elvis, and my fav British is Billy Fury. I have loads music by such greats as Roy Orbison,Gene Vincent,Eddie Cochran,Platters,Cliff Richard,Shadows etc etc. My wife and I have seen Shakin Stevens and I think he could stand alongside the original greats. I remember as a kid of 6 declaring I was a 'mod' with my fab four guitar, but my first love always been Rock n Roll.

[kathycantrellbrown]

Gene is great with this song love the video

[willpn100]

The best supporting bands of the fifties were Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps; Bill Haley & His Comets; and Little Richard & The Upsetters.

[TheJavierm7]

Gene Vincent, 11 de febrero de 1935. Fallece en 1971.

[djsundancekid]

In my personal opinion mr Vincent was the real king of Rock'n'Roll and noone else!

[perbarsch]

gene er død -:) musikken lever som det største minde fra dengang,er selv 70 idag har været med fra dengang han var pioner. tak for alle indlæg B

[Johnnyluck38]

Gène, le plus grand et le plus sauvage !!

[harvey1954]

Who slapped John? The same one that shot Sam. Sleepy la Beef is the human jukebox that's been playing rockabilly for decades. Met him once at the Grand Opera House. Nice guy.

[ikilledawhale]

That was probably the finest 2 minutes I'll ever have on youtube...

[FairDealDan]

This songs sounds like some high school kids went to a liquor store and stole 2 twelve packs and then sped away in their 56 Ford Falcon

[ralphcraddock]

@FairDealDan they did !!

[robiinettefr]

I think than he don't has a very good voice, Elvis Presley was the best

[GoggleFreak234]

@eugenecradddock fuk u he was an amaziing man he was strite and he changed the world u son of a bich

[ffairlane57]

@eugenecradddock, how do you know this to be true?

I read the Gene Vincent biography and it didn't say anything about that.

[gamster68]

Sleepy La Beef is a great artist love him,also Gene Vincents 56 sessions were top class Cliff Gallop say no more.

[GoggleFreak234]

did vinnie slap john or a stranger we have to find john and ask him

[TheStrainers]

the Blue Caps Freaking Rocked! maybe the best band at that time...

[kingbee39]

I don't know who you are Annee but thanx for posting all this great Rockabilly...posted 4 of your Gene Vincents to my favorites to day....Now for 10,000 points...WHO IS SLEEPY LA BEEF!

[anneesvinyl]

@kingbee39 anneesvinyl is Lee-Loo - Gene Vincent fan club "Lonely Street"

[rockdream59]

great!

[Obeijin]

Now that's what I call REAL music...

[jazzbass0321]

Ty Dear drummercrazycaps

[ginger1959able]

Great montage of the black leather rebel and of course the blue caps

[au05232003]

what an awesome tune....and super underrated as most of his songs were as well as his good buddy Eddie Cochran's was too!!!!!

[djsundancekid]

That's really on fire! Great gene and great pics too...lovely tune!

[titi661966]

souvenir cool cat's !

[DJShieldz]

i no wot album do you? swopped my first pair of creppers for it.still quality

[DJShieldz]

gene is a legend and the blue caps to cliff never to be emulated truley majesetic

[jazzbass0321]

Ｉｔ'ｓ Stratocaster Tone???

[backthisway]

@jazzbass0321 no .. Gretsch Duo jet

[drummercrazycaps]

@jazzbass0321

No to what I read and from the pictures available, apparently a 1955 Gretsch Duo Jet (with fidelatone/dynasonic pickups) and a stationary Bigsby B3. Not too sure about the amp: some say Standel 25l15 (Grady Martin's) some say Fender. I think the tone may also be due to the guitar setup, flat wound strings, the type of bridge (melita?), metal finger plecs but of course this unique way of playing that Cliff had.

[bumblebeemoi]

@drummercrazycaps I'm always amused at you guys who identify all the instruments and equipment, sometimes without commenting on the music itself - and the music is the whole point. I'm not putting it down, only observing. It's like car shows, guys talk all about a 300 this or a four that.. think who gives a blank? The cars are like beautiful women. The joy comes in looking at them and not analyzing what's inside them!

[drummercrazycaps]

@bumblebeemoi In this instance the comment was from a musician perspective...incidently Cliff Gallup had this unique talent and also the best sound out of this guitar hence this interest of most guitarist. I personally have known this song since around 1978 and still listen to it along with the rest of the Blue Jean Bop album...People forget this was 1956 and no one came close to this to date...

[TheSunRecords]

Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps, my favorite band when I was 14-15 years old boy.And they still sounds great!ROCK IT!GO!

[dolientes]

The Beatnicks from Mexico played this song in 1961.

[Debosciato73]

From Italy: Go Cat Go!!!!!!!

[DikkSteini]

Who gives a flying fuck about the so-called rock and roll hall of fame?!!! I've never needed anyone to make it official.

[FairDealDan]

This song makes me feel like me and my friends just stole a case of beer from a liquor store, hopped into my 57 Chevy and gunned it

[titi661966]

la classe a l'etat pure.go cat go!

[anthony1962]

Gene Vinent was inducted into the Rock and Roll HOF in 1998.

[SpeedTriple59]

thank you for the post ,some cool photos i have not seen before..Thanks...Gene was a Legend...

[toonage56]

Gene vincent a true rocknroller and will never be forgotten.

[louienye]

Died too young. Is he in the R & R Hall of Fame? If not, it's a crime. Keep on rockin'.

[TezzDowermyr]

Absolutley agree!

[sucisimo33]

esto es puro rockabilly salvaje y felino ,auuuuu,yeahhhhhh.

[jsilence418]

Just hearing him really now .Beatles, Jeff Beck etc big fans. McCartneys brother tells interesting story of him being tough, and scary when he met him in the early days. it's in his book 'remember' thanks for the posts!

[ffairlane57]

Gene Vincent drove a White '55 white T-Bird with a black top. the car slung so low that when he drove it the floor pan would hit the pavement when he hit a bump.

[anneesvinyl]

white? not white

[barnfresh60]

i dont know if he ever did, just read his book, THE DAY THE WORLD TURNED BLUE,and no mention, i do know the beatles loved him from the start, and were stoked to meet him,especially Lennon he idolised Gene and his music..cheers mate,

[motorvating]

They backed Gene many times, and nearly became his backing group.

If you research the Beatles you will find Gene was one of their main influences in music.

[thejokersfavour]

gene vincent to rockabilly is like what black sabbath is to metal or what the damned are to punk or johnny cash to country/rock n roll. Hes one of those people if you want to start an interest in the music Gene is the starting point

[bellgardens53]

Vincent the starting point in rabilly? But you have some more. Early Eddie Cochran, Elvis on SUN, Carl Perkins. Dale Hawkins etc. But Vincent is a very good choice.

[50sRockabilly1]

50s ROCK FOREVER!

[coupe662]

Very good music

[FERTJEANMICHEL]

KING GENE VINCENT GREAT MUSIC

[bellgardens53]

At 0:37, table tennis photo at right must be Ken Nelson from Capitol Records

[djsundancekid]

Wild and cool that's why i like it.

[theonlytruepunk]

52 years ago...it still sounds fresh and rockin'

[bellgardens53]

theonlytrue...It's like good vine. Sound better every years that pass. Vintage RockN'Roll. Very nice photos from '56.

[wineinabox]

I love this song.

The best part about Gene & the early Blue Caps stuff is that they sound like they're about to spin completely out of control at any second, and you can really tell on this one.

Thanks for posting this!

[tntcaliente]

GO CAT GO !!!  Thanx"

[romannosejob]

anyone think this would have originally been Who stabbed john, but they had to change it for 50s wimpiness?

[urbanmonkey997]

Cliff Gallup  Genius!!!!!!!!!

[krunchie63]

I was listening to this stuff to learn guitar 35 yrds ago....I read an interview with one of the Blue caps and the volume control they used when recroding was to open or close the door a bit !! the band were so liud they played in the next room to gene Vincent..that's ho the recording has that great spacey airey live sound.

[wildcatfalling]

Too Cool !

[clean3]

Whenever I see old film of The Bluecaps they come across as a gang, unfettered, exuberant, lost in what they're creating..as a teenager you'd wanna be in that gang and not working in some factory; you certainly wouldn't care whether the f***ing words rhymed or not.

[thefamilycat]

Great rhyming technique:

"lights went on then went off

John got slapped trying to hold his own"

[Mayqueen1805]

hey Cat

Most rock and pop songs have badly rhyming lyrics, the fact remains though that no modern music comes anywhere near the raw excitement of old classics like this, so we should just enjoy it for what it is instead of looking for perfect poetry

[graystonk]

Nice slide show - well done

[honkeytonker]

This is the real deal here..Rockabilly at its best!!

The drummer ain't no slouch either..

[dia33386]

Hotdayam! I'd forgotten this one,honkeytonker! Thnx, 'anneesvinyl'!

True rockabilly & intro to Rock 'N Roll!

Great song, great drum riffs! Such "bad boys" while still wearing chinos & polo shirts vs leather & tshirts when Brando's "On The Waterfront" hit the media!

[Dickiewdq5b]

I never did know who slapped John and I was there. Ha=Ha.

[anneesvinyl]

hello dickie :))

[Dickiewdq5b]

Hi, Hope you are having a nice weekend. Real Hot here--94 degrees.Thanks for the comment. Really nice to hear from you. Say hello for me.  Dickie

[leoseries]

Flip side of "Bluejean Bop" in the UK. I wore out both sides of this 78 when I was 14.

[BEATNIKCASS]

leoseries, yeah, me too. it was hard to get rock 78s in sth, australia in '55.had to wait until i was 15 in '59.

[closedcircle1]

This is one track which showcases just how good Gene Vincent's music was.

[MGB]

RIP Gene, king of the rockers.