Don't Forget Me
The Eddie Cochran Story
Published on 15. March 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-84018-449-5 (ISBN)
Description
Eddie Cochran started his recording career playing lead guitar and singing harmony in a hilbilly duo. By the time he was 17, he had moved away from country music and, inspired by rock'n'roll, wrote and recorded some of the greatest songs of all time, including "Summertime Blues", "C'mon Everybody" and "Three Steps to Heaven". In 1960, he was a teen idol around the world and was on a tour of Britain. The tour ended in tragedy, though, when he died in a car accident aged only 21. This book features contributions from Cochrane's family, friends and fellow musicians, along with rare photographs.
Reviews / Votes
"'Eddie Cochran had the whole package. He was a songwriter, he was a guitar player - boy, was he one of the first guitar players - and he had a natural voice that just rocked, plus he was good-looking but cool too. When I first heard "Somethin' Else" it blew my socks off? It was the hardest rockin' song that I still think I have ever heard. And hard rock doesn't just have to be your guitar turned up to eleven, it's the attitude.' Brian Setzer 'Unless you were lucky enough to know him and be able to sit backstage in his dressing-room when he would pick up his guitar and play what he felt, you never got to hear Eddie Cochran really play the guitar. People are so amazed by what they've heard on record. If you could have heard him, it was a million times better than anything they ever got on record. He was phenomenally talented. It was mind-boggling how a boy that young could play like he did.' Sharon Sheely"More details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
3 x 8pp b&w photographs
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
432 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84018-449-5 (9781840184495)
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Persons
Author of the official Elvis Presley Fan Club Commemorative Album, Julie Mundy has written many articles for specialist music and rock'n'roll publications as well as for foreign, national and regional newspapers. In addition to making guest appearances regularly on radio and television, she is a full-time writer. An accomplished producer and musician, Darrel Higham toured the United States in 1992 with Cochran's original backing group, the Kelly Four. He has played the part of Eddie Cochran in Elvis: The Musical, the Buddy Holly at Christmas tour and The Eddie Cochran Show. He works extensively throughout the world both as a solo artist and alongside an outstanding list of prominent contemporary musicians.