starman Posted August 20, 2009 Posted August 20, 2009 Cliff Gallup was god well before Clapton. Quote
WHUFC BASS Posted August 21, 2009 Posted August 21, 2009 [quote name='Low End Bee' post='575730' date='Aug 20 2009, 04:21 PM']Can I make a case for Link Wray? Especially 'Rumble'[/quote] Excellent shout, my favourite track by him is Jack The Ripper... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8wO1EplWww&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8wO1EplWww...feature=related[/url] Quote
spinynorman Posted August 21, 2009 Posted August 21, 2009 According to the landlord of a pub we played at recently, rock & roll is dead. The 80s is the new 50s, or something (he was drunk and I was tired and wanted to get off home.) Quote
mrcrow Posted August 22, 2009 Posted August 22, 2009 (edited) 50\'s is rock and roll bill haley and the comets did it around the clock url] Edited August 22, 2009 by mrcrow Quote
mrcrow Posted August 22, 2009 Posted August 22, 2009 (edited) WHAYYYYYAYYYYY did it!! Edited August 22, 2009 by mrcrow Quote
bassmansky Posted August 23, 2009 Posted August 23, 2009 [quote name='Low End Bee' post='575938' date='Aug 20 2009, 06:54 PM']Who slapped John? How did I forget Gene Vincent?[/quote] he made some of the best songs of the 50's imo,bluejean bop,pretty baby,well i knocked etc.Ahead of his time and as we all know influenced the beatles. Quote
ezbass Posted August 23, 2009 Posted August 23, 2009 It may not be 50s, but that's where their hearts are. Who am I talking about? The Stray Cats of course. Brian Setzer, one of my favourite guitarists with a keen eye for mega slap players, Lee Rocker and Mark Winchester in particular. Quote
mrcrow Posted August 23, 2009 Posted August 23, 2009 sort of getting on for rock and roll if you watched the films of the 50's i was 13 when frankie took off with this i was at grade school in new jersey usa Quote
iamthewalrus Posted August 25, 2009 Posted August 25, 2009 Eddie Cochran's probably one of the most underrated of the 50's Rockers. One of my first heroes! I remember hearing him for the first time on one of those Ronco compilations in the mid 70s - was gutted when I found out he'd been dead for 15 years. Excellent songwriter & a great guitar player (probably one of the first players of that era who could really play the Blues). IMO if he had survived that car crash in Wiltshire, he could have given Elvis a run for his money - either that, or he would have been a fantastic Country player. Cheers, iamthewalrus Quote
bassace Posted August 26, 2009 Posted August 26, 2009 Mid fifties and a school mate came rushing out of his house as I walked by and pulled me in to hear........................My Blue Heaven by Fats Domino. Fantastic, such energy and drive, and that sax solo. Always been a Fats fan. Quote
Marky L Posted August 26, 2009 Posted August 26, 2009 There is some great wild stuff in the vaults there. I like ones with a slightly unhinged element about them.. maybe a precursor to psychobilly. Love Me : The Phantom - somethings gone wrong in that guy's head!! Surfin' Bird : Trashmen - yeah a bit cliched now but when it came out?? Wow! Larry Williams (mentioned above) has some great tunes. I forget the title but something about "Hocus pocus dynamo... makin' voodoo for you.." Quote
mrcrow Posted August 26, 2009 Posted August 26, 2009 dion and the belmonts...they missed the buddy holly flight.. Quote
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