Summertime Blues Eddie Cochran Cover Acoustic

(c)1958 Cochran wrote this with Jerry Capehart, a songwriter who was good friends with Cochran and helped him get a record deal. Capehart explained the inspiration for this song in Rolling Stone magazine's Top 500 songs issue: "There had been a lot of songs about summer, but none about the hardships of summer." With that idea and a guitar lick from Cochran, they wrote the song in 45 minutes.
Cochran was 19 when he recorded this. It was a big hit with his teenage fans, who could relate to the lyrics about being held back by society (and parents). Cochran got an image as a rebel with a guitar, and his legend was secured when he died 2 years later while riding in the back of a taxi. He was often compared to James Dean, who was 24 when he died in a car accident.
I recorded this song in 2001 with an old Gibson J-45 (built in the early forties) with a banner on the peghead: "Only a Gibson Is Good Enough" that´s TRUE!! Unfortunately I sold it..

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• Summertime
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[skellie1992]

Cool interpretation!!

[crazycharleydALA]

Not too shabby for someone who ain't from the South.

[eyc2]

you sing and play the guitar really well



[blondegretsch]

J'aime le coté live et cool de ta version.autant la version d'Eddie Cochran est très

percutante et rentre dedans alors que ton approche est vraiment à l'opposer de l'original.Et pourtant elle est excellente.Vraiment j'adore.

[fejag58]

nice job !!! sounded great.

[Sunambra]

You're the real deal buddy.

[sherrillwallace]

Very nice. Thanks for sharring. Sherrill

[bmgeri]

Nice vid :)