Hi -

The more I hear of this devil's music called Rockabilly, the more I see how easy it is to draw a line from the likes of Eddie Cochrane, Johnny Burnette, and all the others to the Beatles. Most obviously by George's adoration of Carl Perkins, and the guys liking Eddie Cochrane and Gene Vincent so much. It's got so much energy, the same kind the Beatles had on stage in the early 60s.

I just found out that AOL members have access to a billion internet radio stations for free. There's a rockabilly station on there that I found today - it's pretty happening! I'm alternating between beatles-a-rama.com and that one.

Gives me a case of the just can't help its and my feet won't keep still!

(I'd love to find a way to "run a tape recorder" of this Aol station, to have for times I'm not connected, and also to practice/play along with.

Oh, and what about the teacher: Tony Sheridan. Some discussion here: http://www.dmbeatles.com/forums/b-cc/m-1149666572/s-15/#num22

And listen to Tony playing I Like Love on my podcast (I hope it's still there!). This is a recording from 1959. Now, tell me you hear the Beatles! http://bobbr.podomatic.com

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Oh, and what about the teacher: Tony Sheridan. Some discussion here: http://www.dmbeatles.com/forums/b-cc/m-1149666572/s-15/#num22

And listen to Tony playing I Like Love on my podcast (I hope it's still there!). This is a recording from 1959. Now, tell me you hear the Beatles! http://bobbr.podomatic.com

Blimey, you do, don't you! Did they know of Tony Sheridan before they played with him in Germany?

That's quite possible. Tony had been on the tv series Oh Boy since 1959.

He seems to have been around a bit, without having any real mainstream success. I doubt I'd ever have heard of him had it not been for The Beatles.

i hope you don't take this wrong alex but DUH!!! no that that is out of my system
the musicians of rockabilly back then could only usually manage to put of a 45 rpm on occasion...there must be a million that had only 45s out but no album...there were many bands like that...a few of my rockabilly faves are the collins kids,gene vincent,eddie cochran,link wray,charlie feathers and carl perkins...even george jones did rockabilly b4 he settled in to country permy like...america was trying to keep their kids from the boogie woogie and rab(rockabilly) was full of it so it was kind of squashed here...i would think the 45 in flux to england did alot for the scene there and i would bet my last dollar that rab influenced tony sheridan directly...as it did with joe brown,paddy whatshisface,roy young,faron and a few others b4 the beatles were kids...joe also had joe brown for a hero back then,george always turned his heros into good friends,like he did with carl perkins and dave edmunds,joe brown and so many others....country was the building block for rab,the basic one anyways.....damn gotta go to werk...this is probally boring any ways...if you wanna learn about their roots check out the star club song list and find out who preformed them first...did you know that hey hey hey was a gene vincent tune as well...?????ok i'll gut you later...

oh and ask alex if he minds you move this to the fifths...it'll get over looked here...and hey bobber...slap the a** on the wife 4 me....be movie guys...

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He seems to have been around a bit, without having any real mainstream success. I doubt I'd ever have heard of him had it not been for The Beatles.

and vice versa more paul you would of never heard of the beatles had there been no tony sheridan.....i firmly believe this to be true...and if you don't you are fooling yourself....lol

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oh and ask alex if he minds you move this to the fifths...it'll get over looked here...and hey bobber...slap the a** on the wife 4 me....be movie guys...

I will. I will.

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and vice versa more paul you would of never heard of the beatles had there been no tony sheridan.....i firmly believe this to be true...and if you don't you are fooling yourself....lol

I wouldn't disagree after seeing that vid.

^ ditto.Good to see he's getting some recognition. Well done PC - you have played a part in that.

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I will. I will.

OK by me to move.

Thinking about what I hear in Tony Sheridan's music, I hear a combination of Buddy Holly (Oh, Boy), Elvis (he has a song where the vocal pattern is just about the same, one of the phrases is " ... that evil Jezebel"), and if I had to stretch it, a little bit of Jerry Lee Lewis (no piano, but stage presence). Though I see the standup bass, but to my inexeperienced ears this one doesn't SOUND a lot like rockabilly.

I definitely hear where John may have learned his rhythm guitar style, and even a lot of George in the solo!

Hey that rhythm guitarist ... his last name wouldn't be Sutcliffe would it? He's got his back to the audience, and on the few closeups it looks like he isn't quite sure what chords he should be playing!

Was this filmed after 1963?

I Like Love was filmed in 1959. No, it's not what I'd call rockabilly. But I do regard it as a strong, if not major, influence on the Beatles' music.

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I Like Love was filmed in 1959. No, it's not what I'd call rockabilly. But I do regard it as a strong, if not major, influence on the Beatles' music.

In my opinion, then, it was YEARS ahead of it's time. Clearly a huge influence on John, George, and I guess Paul. Incredible!

tony was ahead of his time...he was the first on the bbc allowed to played an electric guitar......he rocked but remember rocks roots are seated in country music.......lonnie donegan can be consider a rockabilly artist couldn't he???some blue grass and sound country and speed it up...add some drums and what do you got???