I had the distinct honor of growing up with that music. I saw Buddy Holly in Milwaukee just before his plane crash. Three friends all taken before their time, Gene, Buddy & Eddie Cochran.
Totally agree. This was thought to be pretty far 'out there', but in reality it was harmless, even virtuous by todays standards. It was an innocent, fun time! I miss these times--I was just a kid but still remember it fondly.
Jerry Lee Merritt was the lead guitarist, I think Gene's last. When Gene left Japan a day early Jerry took his place and played as Gene and no one knew. He always laughed about that. I met and worked with Jerry in his Ghost Town Recording Studio in Yakima, Wa a few years back. If you do a search for him you can see him in later years doing a show in England. He passed away a few years back. He wrot 'SheShe Little Sheila' for Gene and I think he has it here on youtube.
Just want to point out something that you might not have noticed: On a Fender Jazzmaster, the guitar has 2 circuits, a rhythm and lead. On the lead one, you can switch between the neck and bridge pickup but you can’t do this on the rhythm circuit. During the first solo, the guitar is pretty low and muted. This is because he didn’t switch to the lead circuit. Gene leans in at 0:48, trying to switch Jerry to the bridge pickup but this doesn’t work since he is on the rhythm circuit. During the second solo, he switches and that is why the sound is a lot louder and clearer. This is all assumption of course, but I’ve made the mistake of not switching. Still, Jerry does a great job on guitar!
my grandma is the one in the pretty dress in the back ground she, my dad and my grandpa were close friends w/ Gene she was a REALLY tallented singer to
Man I can`t get enough of this vid, I must have watched it a million times already, it`s just incredible... there`s no other way to describe it. The band setup is so simple yet they get this amazing groove going. It`s true rock and roll in every sense of the word played as good as it can get. Maybe the Rock and Roll hall of fame should study this and good before they elect one more idiot who has absolutely nothing to do with R&R like Madonna.
Johnny Meeks on guitar? The "Town Hall Party", CA's largest country barndance, held at the Town Hall in Compton. It drew over 2,800 paid admissions Fri/Sats--room for 1,200 dancers. On 8:30-9:30pm on NBC network. Gene was on Oct. 25, '58, July 25 & Nov. 7, '59. Played: Be-Bop-A-Lula, High Blood Pressure, Rip It Up, Dance To The Bop, You Win Again, For Your Precious Love, Rocky Road Blues, Pretty Pearly, High School Confidential, Over The Rainbow, Roll Over Beethoven & She She Little Sheila.
Gene is great singer like all the other great siger like eddie cochran,marty wilde,jeff fury,joe brown,elvis presley,duane eddy,and eddy cochran, Vince Taylor and so many others great singers .Thank you for posting gene vincents music and video,s
favourited! loving his expressions throughout the vid. He loved this song and he really loves that guitar/ist. This is the second or third time I've watched a video of him turning to watch the guitarist when he's not busy singing. So lovely
WOW! "She, She Little Sheila" is a damn great song. Wish I had a uncle who played w/Vincent or any else of the great originators. The real cool thing about Merrit is that he doesn't look like a flashy rockn'roller BUT he IS!
hey yeah. i am twenty... and found this kind of music this year again. I really love it more then every other music i listen to. As Snickers said... it is on a far higher level than today's music! Twist on everybody!
Yeah that's a real sad story. I say Gone but not forgotten. I kinda grew up with this music too, my father just couldn't listen to anything else when I was young. So I got infected with the rock 'n roll virus at young age.
genial tanto la música como el temazo del brujo negro. super5 points. great both music and picutes of the black sorcerer.. 5 super ponts. best regards from Eddie Catman and the Howlin' Boppers
You can see at this point he is still really enjoying his shift. talent to in spades that got finnished to early by the two bad fuels that both have lifted and done in great musicians
Totally unique both in music and style. If Putin had found this genius maybe he might have thought "Hey! This rocknroll business is better than me being an asshole"" To late pal,good music and guys with style will always blow away creeps. RIP Mr Vincent.
.62 oui c'est l'année ,ou j'ai vu Gégène à Nantes , j'avais 15,piges...là j'ai compris ce que "enter en transe" signifiait , on ne snifait pas en ce milieu du xxème siècle ...lol
Jimmy Preston,Big Joe Turner,Cochran,E.V.Craddock,Holley,Presley,Berry,J.L.Lewis,Richard it was all fantastic and will never die! The Beatles heard this and wanted to be just like all the other rockers. Yeah they took it to another level but that was also the technolgy and the drugs got better! My all time fav was always Ray Charles. But even if you listen to the earliest Hank Williams or the Delta blues. It's all just 12bar rythm&blues. I read once Lennon kissed J.L.Lewis foot when they met?R&R
Hmm...Merrit the last. Looking at my sources it says last Blue Caps # 6 was Johnny Meeks at gtr, Cliff Simmons pno, Grady Owen bs, Clyde Pennington dms and Jackie Kelso sax. Sometime in mid November '58 Gene did a bunk (owing 3 weeks of pay to the group), leaving them stranded in L.A. without transport, instruments or money. The MU withdrew Gene's card and membership and he allegedly fled to Alaska. Meeks later played with the Champs. In '72, bs w/Michael Nesmith and later w/Merle Haggard.
Lead guitarist was my friend Jerry Lee Merritt. I think he was Gene's last lead guitarist. Punch up Jerry Lee Merrit and he has a show he performed in England in later years on youtube. He wrote 'She She little Sheila' for Gene and I think you can find Gene singing it here somewhere with Jerry playing lead guitar. Jerry lived in Yakima, Wa. for several years and had Ghost Town Recording studio's outside of Yakima for several years where I met and worked with him. He passed away a few years ago.
Gêne était un grand pionniers du rock'n'roll et son meilleur ami qui ai mort dans l accident de taxi Eddy cochran son meilleur pote était un rockeur de génie il aurait été loin car il avait une belle voi et était une belle gueule qui comme elvis plaisait aux filles et aux mecs. Gêne fut peiné de la mort de son ami car en tournée ils étaient à l affiche Eddy ou Gène avant ou après pas de rivalité entre eux.
its good cause they sounded the same live as they did on record. unlike the shit of today that enhance there music so much they cant do live shows for shiiiit
Chuck Berry wrote this song but in the USA of the time it was not clean to mention that a black rock artist wrote This killer Rock song and many other. John Lennon Said You could call rock and roll Chuck Berry, I agree.
Any emerging art shows its intrinsic form worth it first appears --later developments will amplify and distort the original -- Chuck Berry / Gene Vincent sprove that in this iconic performance. YT has done some good and some harm to the culture---bringing clip to this "public" is on the good side of the their ledger.
AT 1:23 WHEN GENE VINCENT RAISES HIS RIGHT ARM UP - - HE WAS WAVING UP AT THE HEAVENS - -
J'adore le rock n' roll des années 60
Hell yeah this music lives forever.
I'm am only twenty three years old but I think this music is way better than today's music.
I had the distinct honor of growing up with that music. I saw Buddy Holly in Milwaukee just before his plane crash. Three friends all taken before their time, Gene, Buddy & Eddie Cochran.
Ritchie valens
You must cherish that memory so much of seeing Buddy. I guess a bittersweet experience. Thanks for sharing friend.
Gene Vincent : You are simply superb as a Rock and Roll singer. We will always remember you Gene !
A true classic from another vastly underated artist
God bless him in rock n' roll heaven ,,,,, !!!! our dear Gene !!!
There's nothing that swings more than real rock 'n roll
Totally agree. This was thought to be pretty far 'out there', but in reality it was harmless, even virtuous by todays standards. It was an innocent, fun time!
I miss these times--I was just a kid but still remember it fondly.
Jerry Lee Merritt was the lead guitarist, I think Gene's last. When Gene left Japan a day early Jerry took his place and played as Gene and no one knew. He always laughed about that. I met and worked with Jerry in his Ghost Town Recording Studio in Yakima, Wa a few years back. If you do a search for him you can see him in later years doing a show in England. He passed away a few years back. He wrot 'SheShe Little Sheila' for Gene and I think he has it here on youtube.
I can appreciate their unique take on that Berry classic . Really cool solos .
This is truly ROCK N ROCK.... what talent Gene Vincent.
Just want to point out something that you might not have noticed:
On a Fender Jazzmaster, the guitar has 2 circuits, a rhythm and lead. On the lead one, you can switch between the neck and bridge pickup but you can’t do this on the rhythm circuit.
During the first solo, the guitar is pretty low and muted. This is because he didn’t switch to the lead circuit. Gene leans in at 0:48, trying to switch Jerry to the bridge pickup but this doesn’t work since he is on the rhythm circuit. During the second solo, he switches and that is why the sound is a lot louder and clearer. This is all assumption of course, but I’ve made the mistake of not switching. Still, Jerry does a great job on guitar!
That makes perfect sense. The tonal differences on the first and second solo are distinct.
Jazzmaster !!!
my grandma is the one in the pretty dress in the back ground she, my dad and my grandpa were close friends w/ Gene she was a REALLY tallented singer to
Country s style. Very nice version. Gene put effort into the arrang elements. Great guitar too
Gene Vincent is KING!! No one beats his R.O.B.
His music lives forever.
Man I can`t get enough of this vid, I must have watched it a million times already, it`s just incredible... there`s no other way to describe it. The band setup is so simple yet they get this amazing groove going. It`s true rock and roll in every sense of the word played as good as it can get. Maybe the Rock and Roll hall of fame should study this and good before they elect one more idiot who has absolutely nothing to do with R&R like Madonna.
Damn right my friend. Quality always shines through the years.
God Bless this legend and underrated singer and musician!
cracking performer, too young to see him, too old to see anyone like him again! Lets dance
Il nostro Little Tony l'italiano che conquistò Londra lo ha conosciuto il 1958
Great clip from a timeless performance.
This Jungle Music is a Menace to today's youth! Still! Cool, daddyoh!
got to hear it again today!
There must be around a hundred bands who have covered this rocker. Great rendition
That`s the best version I ever heard of that song, it`s like a jet at cruising altitude.
Gene Vincent was something never heard before ;)
God bless you gene Vincent I just love this man singing and his good friend Eddie Cochran thankyou for your great music 🎵
Well, it brought memories of my Dad singing it in the late 50s through the 60s. It certainly helped me to learn new licks on the guitar.
Never really liked this song too much before but I'd never heard Gene singing until now! Wow, what a great feel. He made it his own there....
indeed!
It's fantastic the way Gene and the band simply enjoy performing They make it look effortless as they ride the crest of the wave of the new music.
Johnny Meeks on guitar?
The "Town Hall Party", CA's largest country barndance, held at the Town Hall in Compton. It drew over 2,800 paid admissions Fri/Sats--room for 1,200 dancers. On 8:30-9:30pm on NBC network. Gene was on Oct. 25, '58, July 25 & Nov. 7, '59. Played: Be-Bop-A-Lula, High Blood Pressure, Rip It Up, Dance To The Bop, You Win Again, For Your Precious Love, Rocky Road Blues, Pretty Pearly, High School Confidential, Over The Rainbow, Roll Over Beethoven & She She Little Sheila.
I dig how Gene always looks up toward heaven.
Gene is great singer like all the other great siger like eddie cochran,marty wilde,jeff fury,joe brown,elvis presley,duane eddy,and eddy cochran, Vince Taylor and so many others great singers .Thank you for posting gene vincents music and video,s
Duane Eddy sang?
i wanna edit this song so that middle part of the song can play twice in a row it would go soo good with it
Un grand aussi 🎉🎉🎉
favourited! loving his expressions throughout the vid. He loved this song and he really loves that guitar/ist. This is the second or third time I've watched a video of him turning to watch the guitarist when he's not busy singing. So lovely
Quanto mais simples ,fica melhor☮️☮️👍👍👍 praia grande sp 👏
Sou deste tempo saudades
Had an awesome road band at this time.
Is it true what they say--us old guys have no idea what RnR is about? I bet you have some good memories of the era--it was a time unique in history.
great great great music! one of the best rock and roll
WOW! "She, She Little Sheila" is a damn great song. Wish I had a uncle who played w/Vincent or any else of the great originators. The real cool thing about Merrit is that he doesn't look like a flashy rockn'roller BUT he IS!
one great singer rock n roll style of his own
Theys Stars yeh !!!
Excellent live recording
GREAT
My belief is as you say he felt comfortable standing with his leg in that postion. he was great to watch live wonderful memories.
wow this is cool my best friends dad was in that band tommy facenda GIGGA GAINES WE USE TO PRACTICE IN THERE GARAGE
hey yeah. i am twenty... and found this kind of music this year again. I really love it more then every other music i listen to. As Snickers said... it is on a far higher level than today's music!
Twist on everybody!
WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From a mad keen 74yo Aussie fan.
Vous voulez faire un reportage sur vince Taylor merci beaucoup pour le souvenir Gene Vincent
the grove on this is great and love the vocals amazing!
A alma do bom e velho rock´nroll esta aí! THE BEST
Yeah that's a real sad story.
I say Gone but not forgotten.
I kinda grew up with this music too, my father just couldn't listen to anything else when I was young. So I got infected with the rock 'n roll virus at young age.
Presley, Cochran, Vincent, Berry ont révolutionné la musique
Happy birthday Gene Vincent (February 11, 1935) !
2 45t sortis en France dans les années 60 nous montrent Gene Vincent avec ce pull(Baby blue et j'm going home)
This is great music! The foot is really tapping! Thanks for great clip!
genial tanto la música como el temazo del brujo negro. super5 points.
great both music and picutes of the black sorcerer.. 5 super ponts.
best regards from
Eddie Catman and the Howlin' Boppers
IT'S THE DEVIL'S MUSIC
You can see at this point he is still really enjoying his shift. talent to in spades that got finnished to early by the two bad fuels that both have lifted and done in great musicians
Totally unique both in music and style. If Putin had found this genius maybe he might have thought "Hey! This rocknroll business is better than me being an asshole"" To late pal,good music and guys with style will always blow away creeps. RIP Mr Vincent.
GRANDE GENE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
.62 oui c'est l'année ,ou j'ai vu Gégène à Nantes , j'avais 15,piges...là j'ai compris ce que "enter en transe" signifiait , on ne snifait pas en ce milieu du xxème siècle ...lol
Jimmy Preston,Big Joe Turner,Cochran,E.V.Craddock,Holley,Presley,Berry,J.L.Lewis,Richard it was all fantastic and will never die! The Beatles heard this and wanted to be just like all the other rockers. Yeah they took it to another level but that was also the technolgy and the drugs got better! My all time fav was always Ray Charles. But even if you listen to the earliest Hank Williams or the Delta blues. It's all just 12bar rythm&blues. I read once Lennon kissed J.L.Lewis foot when they met?R&R
Gene was THE man!
🎼🎼😘😘👍👍🎸🎸
seriously... i like them all: jerry lee lewis, eddie cochran, elvis,... but gene is my favourite!
LONG LIVE R & R
Gene Vincents is awesome!!
Awesome
GENE Vincet o verdadeiro Rei do Rock
Hmm...Merrit the last. Looking at my sources it says last Blue Caps # 6 was Johnny Meeks at gtr, Cliff Simmons pno, Grady Owen bs, Clyde Pennington dms and Jackie Kelso sax. Sometime in mid November '58 Gene did a bunk (owing 3 weeks of pay to the group), leaving them stranded in L.A. without transport, instruments or money. The MU withdrew Gene's card and membership and he allegedly fled to Alaska. Meeks later played with the Champs. In '72, bs w/Michael Nesmith and later w/Merle Haggard.
Lead guitarist was my friend Jerry Lee Merritt. I think he was Gene's last lead guitarist. Punch up Jerry Lee Merrit and he has a show he performed in England in later years on youtube. He wrote 'She She little Sheila' for Gene and I think you can find Gene singing it here somewhere with Jerry playing lead guitar. Jerry lived in Yakima, Wa. for several years and had Ghost Town Recording studio's outside of Yakima for several years where I met and worked with him. He passed away a few years ago.
I want to dance so muuuuch when I hear that !!
Que buena canción, muy rítmica. Gracias Unfairplay. PERÚ.
there is only one Gene - Gene Vincent
Gêne était un grand pionniers du rock'n'roll et son meilleur ami qui ai mort dans l accident de taxi Eddy cochran son meilleur pote était un rockeur de génie il aurait été loin car il avait une belle voi et était une belle gueule qui comme elvis plaisait aux filles et aux mecs. Gêne fut peiné de la mort de son ami car en tournée ils étaient à l affiche Eddy ou Gène avant ou après pas de rivalité entre eux.
I met this guy he was good stop all the piss talkhe died too young plus we met the stones when played for 15 dollars in UK drumsmudge
il fait la couverture de 2 45t avec ce pull over(baby blue et j'm going home)
After Elvis this was my favorite.
Smooth and cool
Sweet Gene Vincent
great version.
this is very cool
HELL YEA!!!
Good stuff. At about 0:43 it looks like he's quite interested in learning the guitar solo off his guitarist....... :-)
@dmdsmc73 Looks he flipped the pickup selector switch to "treble!" cool!
j'aime bien son Roll Over Beethoven
So viel Langeweile möchte ich auch haben, Ricky D. Geniessen
live show was recorded in 1958...
greetz from germany
A clue to this is that he is wearing his cardigan and not leathers, which he adopted in UK
dsuper
wow....
its good cause they sounded the same live as they did on record. unlike the shit of today that enhance there music so much they cant do live shows for shiiiit
HYVÄ GENE, PERKELE!!!
Suck it up ya old sod! Haha. Kids will always be rebellious--esp. against earlier rebels. Like it or lump it. Rock on, pal!
Chuck Berry wrote this song but in the USA of the time it was not clean to mention that a black rock artist wrote This killer Rock song and many other. John Lennon Said You could call rock and roll Chuck Berry, I agree.
🎸🎶🎤🤠👍🏴
no elvis was king;gene vincent was the god of rock n roll
best regards to you
Any emerging art shows its intrinsic form worth it first appears --later developments will amplify and distort the original -- Chuck Berry / Gene Vincent sprove that in this iconic performance. YT has done some good and some harm to the culture---bringing clip to this "public" is on the good side
of the their ledger.