Interview with Bill Haley Jr eldest son of the late Bill Haley. Also gifted with a brilliant voice.
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- His dad was known as 'The Father of Rock and Roll' but he was anything but a father to his own son. BILL HALEY JR, son of the legendary Bill Haley, has a new book out about his dad and tells us that all Bill Haley wanted to do was get kids up and dancing again. Join me to hear Bill recount his dad's passion for and dedication to the music. Despite Bill Haley being way ahead of his time and playing ‘race music’ with a ‘hillbilly touch’, Bill Haley Jr says he enjoyed success for only a few short years before Elvis 'pipped him at the post' and his life was tragically cut short. It's a sad but poignant story and today Haley Jr has finally made peace with it and is intent on keeping his father's music alive for as long as he can with his own band, The Comets. The book is called 'Crazy Man Crazy' and if you watch the interview here you'll see it's been very aptly titled.
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Nothing sugarcoated here.Admirably done,this made me interested in reading Bill Jr's book.
Excellent presentation, thank you !
Bill P.
Very interesting interview. I saw Bill Haley in person on two occasions. I saw him at the Montreal Forum when he headlined a major rock and roll show in 1956. Then I saw him at the Esquire Showbar also in Montreal in the late 60's....and in that performance I believe one of his sons played in his band. Maybe someone can confirm which son that was. I also had many of his earlier records including his two first albums. Thanks for posting this interview.🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Alfred I think the son you saw perform would have been Bill Haley Jr above. He's the only one of Bill Sr's kids who goes out with a band playing Haley's music. Glad you enjoyed the interview! Perhaps check my other interviews through the website www.abreathoffreshair.com.au?
What a great interview. Bill Haley was truly the first artist to form a rock and roll band and record rock and roll songs of few of which became top ten hits along with one of the biggest selling songs in the history of recorded music and that was Rock Around the Clock.......then in mid 1955 Chuck Berry came along with Maybellene, then in early 1956 Carl Perkins hit with Blue Suede Shoes, then Elvis with Heartbreak Hotel and then Little Richard with Tuttie Frutti and the rest is history, but Bill Haley was the first big rock and roll act and that's a fact.......
Great Interview! Bill Haley Jr is a very thoughtful ,intelligent, articulate Man. So grateful for His perspective on His Father's life & His difficult relationship with His Father. I'm left wondering has He made peace with His feelings about His Dad. Please come to Ireland Bill!
What an amazing guy ! Me a Bill Hayley fan in late fifties and sixties, great vid. Thank you. Rod in London
His dad was the founder of rock and roll!
He was a waiter at The Collegeville Inn. in Collegeville Pa. in the 1980's. when I was playing in a wedding band there!
how amazing. reminds us all that these superstars are just average joes really. Thanks for sharing.
With all due respect I would not call him a superstar
Nice to meet you, BH Jr. I Love your daddy and yours song's too
Me too!
Jack Haley was Bill`s eldest son.I really enjoyed the interview you did with Bill Jr.Thank you Sandy-
Yes, I am Bill Haley's eldest son, thank you.
Just bought the book on audible. Listened to 9 chapters so far. Must've glossed over the fact that Haley Jr. Wrote it. Always skip the prologue. No wonder its so interesting and well written
Thanks ever so much for a very weel conducted interview. BH Jr. surely comes across as a very honest and likable gentleman - I wish him and the rest of the Haley family all the best - I gotta get his book. I know a lot of the Haley story from John Swensons biography, and his son's words provide even more interesting things about this fascinating and tragic music legend. He definitely deserves much more credit as a very important initiator of the whole rock era.
Since 1976 I've been a fan of BH and his fabulous Comets (specially sax player Rudy Pompilli and his awesome guitarists Johnny Kay, Frannie Beecher, Bill Turner and Nick Nastos). I saw BH live in concert here in Copenhagen Denmark in November 1979. Although musically average, with Rudy sadly missing and Haley doing a routine job with much younger hired guns, I still recall the overall magic of his music.
A lot of his albums - such as Live at the Bitter End, Live in London 74, Rock around the Country, Just RnR, and his last outing Everyone can RnR, are all highly recommendable even today - and they will stand forever.
Bill Haley, Sr. was one of the few country(or hillbilly, is it was once known)artists to successfully merge that music with other forms.The short list includes Elvis,Ray Charles and Willie Nelson.
great interview, bill is loved here in the uk by us teds & real rockers, his music is so dancable, the real king of rnr!
he's fabulous isn't he! I was so happy to chat with him and I'm so glad you enjoyed hearing the interview
I saw BH Jr and the Comets last night in Marshal, TX and I highly recommend you see them in person if you can. His voice is very close to his father's. The songs are done professionally and the band members are all top musicians. The online videos do not do justice to how well the band looks, performs, and sounds in person. Admittedly the audience to this special event was mostly over 65, but this is an entertaining and clean musical event that any adult could take their parents to, or any grandparents could take their grandchildren too. They put on a first class show. Ringo would do well to have this band open at his All Star shows. They have the original 50's rock and roll magic!
that's fabulous! thanks for letting everyone know how much you enjoyed the evening!
Thank you for the interesting interview.
Very beige room.
mine or his?
You have a beige wall piece, but his room is brightly beige brah.
@@tmac8892 haha!
This book is really about his second wife, Joan Barbara ‘Cuppy’ Cupchak and her family. She is the primary focus of this book. She is the only person is this book who comes out of this story with any credit at all. She is the only personality who is sufficiently mined and examined in deep psychological terms. She is the only person we get to really know in this tome. She is the real tragic heroine on this book. This book needed an independent author/historian/researcher to do the subject justice. More people should have been interviewed, more research was needed and more context and clarifications where required. The core story runs to 279 pages and, at that length, it feels unfinished. This book should have spanned at least 700 pages, in order to fully examine all angles. Fans are not interested in Haley’s Jr’s medical problems anyway, this is supposed to be a Haley Sr biography isn’t it? Haley’s Jr’s medical history should have been kept to his personal website, not plastered all over his father’s biography. His family memoir - yes. His dad’s biography - no. You see? More confusion. ,,,,,Paul Rigby
I’ve been a journalist and editor for many years.
really appreciate your comments and insight
@@sandykayepresents-abreatho9146 thank you so much.By the way , it is not a true biography because Bill Haley’s personality is so retarded in this tome yet for me and for all the world , Bill Haley is a true legend , he was one of the most articulate and influential singers of American music. Bill Haley stands as an iconic pioneering figure in rock’n’roll history. Selling 75 million records, with four Top 40 hits to his credit, Haley is seen by many as the man who lit the blue touch paper to a musical revolution ..A biography should surely provide clear and concrete answers.
I dislike this type of interview, fami!y business is private & very personal. After reading the book I had the impression Bill jnr. had a very large chip on his shoulder.
I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it but I get what you're saying