gene was a major influence to an early john.
i love this mans style of grasping the mike..........
check out some of his stuff and let others know how good he was.......

IN 1962 it is reported that The Beatles once backed up Gene Vincent at the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany. It seems that Gene's backup band at the time (The Sounds Incorporated) couldn't make the gig on time that night.

And who is your (pc31) influence?  the Yeti

the beatles motivate me.i would say music is my main influence.
i love MUSIC.........

that is which I to hear wanted

so are we to co-exsist??

while touring england in 1960 on april 17 gene vincent and eddie cochran were invovled in an auto accident that killed eddie and injured gene.eddies girlfriend sharon sheeley was also involved.the accident was in eddies car in Chippenham in Wiltshire.it happened in the spring.
news story went like this....... Eddie Cochran dies in a hospital in Bath, England, from severe brain injuries sustained in a car crash near Chippenham, Wiltshire. Also injured in the crash are Cochran's girlfriend Sharon Sheeley and rocker Gene Vincent. (1960)

I really love the first two albums of Gene Vincent, pure Rock'n Roll. His guitarist, I think Simon Gallup was his name, inspired Jeff Beck to do an hole album with old Rock'n Roll songs. So it's no wonder, that John was heavily influenced by Gene, he was a rocker too, wasn't he ? Klaus

By the way, I love John's version of Be Bop A Lula on the Rock & Roll album, John had balls......keep on rockin', Klaus

Gene Vincent a fifth Beatle

surely then is Elvis also a fifth Beatle or Bob Dylan etc

no they were too into commericalism..............