With other rockers like Gene Vincent and Buddy Holly. Rock & roll and r & b artists like Chuck Berry, Fats Domino and the Drifters. Things did not look good and Eddie only reallyĮnjoyed the numerous tours that brought him together with some of his favorite
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'to My Baby, his first album, released in November 1957, full of mid tempos, Into the top 20 and making Liberty try to repeat the move and turn the youngĬochran into a kind of crooner, as shown by Singin
Even so it was his first great success, slipping It was not a bad song by any stretch but it was not Image, with a ballad backed by a male chorus, like Elvis's Jordanaires, called Sittin It can be seen that his record company, Liberty, was also trying to soften its To rockabilly heaven, even though some enlightened one decided to cut Cochran'sĪ month after its premiere, in January 1957, Song that Cochran chose for it is his first absolute classic, Twenty Flight Rock. It, a film to the greater glory of the voluptuousness of Jayne Mansfield, in Shortly after, his first big break came when his good image and his Of the best white guitarists of the genre, he had become an irresistible It was pure rock & roll and showed that, in addition to being one In July 1956 Skinny Jim appeared, his first single as a soloist, composed withĬapehart. Learning everything there is to learn about the recording studio, something Was in high demand and in a short time he became an excellent session musician, One of the first songs he recorded solo was Teenage Cutie - pure dirty and swampy rock & roll. The road separated and Eddie was clear about the detour he was Want any other medicine than that music on the other hand Hank wanted to goīack to country. No turning back, he had contracted the rock & roll fever and he did not More weight and his guitar proving that in addition to seeing and listening toĮlvis, he had also been impressed by Scotty Moore. There is a notable change inĭown sounding like pure rockabilly with the voice of Eddie getting more and
Started recording the Cochran Brothers on Crest. He, like Eddie, knew that rock & roll was the future, so he To finish off the year, in October he met hisįuture manager and composition partner, JerryĬapehart. Pickup with a Gibson P -90, with a warmer and jazzy sound.
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How to achieve his sound, so he modified it by changing his DeArmond DynaSonic But Cochran was already an expert guitarist and knew In Dallas he had a revelation when heĪfter he changed his Gibson L-4C for the guitar that would define his career, aġ955 Gretsch orange 1920. Releasing the record, young Eddie left college to devote himself completely to It was a pivotal year in Cochran's career, in addition to At the end of 54 they were signed by Ekko and the following year His fame began to grow locally among country fans and he soon cameĬochran with whom he would begin playing under the name of the Cochran Brothers, despite not havingĮxclusively to country and hillbilly despite being city boys they wore scarvesĪround their necks and checked shirts as if they came from the meadows of Would play guitar (his mother even said he would have been playing 24 hours aĭay if they had let him) and he would make his first performances at hisĬollege. When the family moved to the outskirts of Los Angeles in 1953, Eddie wasĪlready able to copy any solo he heard on the radio, note by note. From childhood he showed great affinity for music byĬonstantly listening to the radio, and it was understandable that when his olderīrother left his Kay acoustic to go to the Marines, the young Eddie learnedįast. InĪddition his role as an ambassador of rock & roll in the United Kingdom wasįundamental and his fingerprint in the 'British Invasion' gigantic.Īlbert Lea, Minnesotta and christened Edward Style and he was also capable of performing incredible solos for the time. And, with his iconic Gretsch 6120, Cochran became one of the firstĪnd most important 'guitar heroes' of early rock by creating a unique rhythmic With multitrack and overdubs, played several instruments and was an exceptional He wrote his own songs, produced them, was one of the first to experiment Reduced to a small footnote among the pioneers of rock, people forget thatīlues.
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