Mark Boland of T Rex speaks with reverence of carring Cochran's guitar case after a concert in England in 1960. Only live performance John Lennon went to see was Eddie Cochran. There was a picture taken in a New York hotel room showing Eddie Cochran shooting the breeze with Buddy Holly and the Everley Brothers. Alan from Grande Prairie, Alberta, CanadaAn early rock god.Matt from Trenton, CanadaThe Blue Cheer version is considered to be one of the first heavy metal songs.Come to think of it, you really compare them, they're to different. Allen from Bethel, AkEddie's and The Who's versions both rock, I belive.Jim from Toledo, Ohrush's version rocks.Of course, for the record, their version went to #14 on the charts. Paul from Cincinnati, OhThe cool thing about the Blue Cheer version is that it's both punky and heavy at the same time.that fuzz guitar is sweet.and it's amusing that the song almost hints at the minimalist music form when it goes into the part of the guitar solo that solely consists of slowly ascending notes.Well I called my congressman" I've always been amused that Eddie found his comgressman in New York City instead of Washington,DC This could have been before or after he went to the United Nations. Larry from Wayne, PaBarry, it doesn't say he saw his congressman in NYC, it says that he called him.Greg from Sacramento, CaI wish this site had more on Blue Cheer.Harvey uses the line "I'm gonna take my problem to the United Nations " in her song "The Word That Maketh Murder" (What if I take my problem to the United Nations? ) Eddie Cochran (1938 - 1960), the Who's drummer Keith Moon (1946 - 1978) and the Who's bassist John Entwistle (1944 - 2002). The Who covered it in 1970 their version peaked at #27 (for 2 weeks) and spent 9 weeks on the Top 100.Īnd Springsteen has performed 26 times in concerts the most recent on July 23rd, 2013 at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. Ten years earlier on July 29th, 1958 Eddie Cochran's original version entered Billboard's Top 100 chart eventually it reached at #8 and stayed on the chart for 16 weeks. Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn February 10th 1968, Blue Cheer performed "Summertime Blues" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'.įifteen days later on February 25th it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #89 and on April 28th it peaked at #14 (for 1 week) and spent 13 weeks on the Top 100.Barry from Sauquoit, Ny"I'm gonna take two weeksĪnd on December 14th 1946, the United Nations General Assembly voted to establish the UN headquarters in New York City.* The festival was produced by Richard O'Barry and Michael Lang and a year later in 1969 they would promote Woodstock. They had one other Top 100 record, "Just A Little Bit" it entered the chart on June 29th, 1968 for a four week stay, peaking at #92. Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1994 and it stayed on the chart for 13 weeks.Like the Beatles' Revolution - third bar 2 beats and a similar concept/effect.
This springboards us into the next section with the second half of the title ("Blues") falling on the first beat. Julian from TorontoCool structural thing that nobody ever mentions - the bar with the word "Summertime" is only 2 beats long.
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