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..............

Quoted from pc31, posted December 19, 2004, 2:59pm at here

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

Elvis was but Dylan wasn't.

Quoted from Invisible_Killer, posted December 19, 2004, 12:51pm at here

Gene Vincent a fifth Beatle

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

I don't know why, but when I saw that I thought -- "we are all the fifth Beatles!" but then I kinda went back and corrected myself ... "No, we're not all the fifth Beatles. But we ALL are the Plastic Ono Band!"

Yay for irrelevent-to-the-topic-ness.

Quoted from Mairi, posted December 27, 2004, 6:28pm at here

Elvis was but Dylan wasn't.

yeah but then dylan was too uglee...........

i am discovering other good musicians by researching ginos career.....eddie cochran was one.do you know he was over dubbing guitars on his records back in the 50's.
gene was also a target for the american ethic enforcers.who robbed us us freedom of choice by black balling black music.....alan freed did a radio show called moondog matinee.....he was targeted because he played that music.remember the payola scandal...mccarthyism at its peak.....

i heard be bop a lula on the radio today....that song just rocks brothers and sisters.it moves me....

Hey PC, there is a Gene Vincent  Box set on the "Bear family" lable. It's 8 or 9 cds I think. It covers his entire career. The only drawback is the cost . I have'nt seen one for under $160.00! Like most all of the "Bear" release's its filled with unreleased material.

i am looking into the purchase...thanks for the heads up.....

i recently saw a picture of tony sheridan on stage with gene....

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too bad geese is good...

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