Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Saturday, April 26, 2014
EDDIE COCHRAN : FROM OUR ARCHIVES POST (58) EDDIE COCHRAN : ROCKIN THE SUMMERTIME BLUES
POST (58) from October 26, 2007
EDDIE COCHRAN : ROCKIN THE SUMMERTIME BLUES
I met Eddie Cochran at the Sheridan Hotel in New York City, where I also met Jerry Capheart, a man who would figure big in my future one day when he signed me to be a staff songwriter at American Music in Los Angeles.
Buddy Knox called Eddie Cochran "The Blond Elvis."
In England, the Beatles had followed him and Gene Vincent around. (When it came to Rock and Roll, first the Americans invaded England, then there was a British invasion of America.) Eddie performed at an Alan Freed produced Rock and Roll show for New Years about the time I met him. It was the same show I saw Ritchie Valens perform for the first time on.
The world of early Rock and Roll was tough. Eddie carried a Derringer hand gun in his boot and I hear it came in handy more than once, like when he was threatened by the boyfriends of certain fans...
Eddie Cochran wasn't the only one who packed a gun while on tour or while walking the streets of New York but I decided I could take care of myself with my fists. I grew up rumbling with my brothers, had learned some karate and self defence while in the U.S. Army, and admired the boxers who I tried to meet when they came into the Turf restaurant for meals instead of eating across the way at Dempsey's, which was owned by the boxer Jack Dempsey. We all had security concerns that were not met by our record labels or our management. We didn't have body guards and it was up to us to protect ourselves. It was also legal to take a gun on a plane...
During my tour with Buddy Knox I performed two of Eddie Cochran's hits, "Summertime Blues," and "Come on Everybody." Here's Eddie performing those hits on television - You Tube presentations.
ROCKABILLY HALL OF FAME LINK HERE ROCKABILLY HALL OF FAME EDDIE COCHRAN
EDDIE COCHRAN : ROCKIN THE SUMMERTIME BLUES
I met Eddie Cochran at the Sheridan Hotel in New York City, where I also met Jerry Capheart, a man who would figure big in my future one day when he signed me to be a staff songwriter at American Music in Los Angeles.
Buddy Knox called Eddie Cochran "The Blond Elvis."
In England, the Beatles had followed him and Gene Vincent around. (When it came to Rock and Roll, first the Americans invaded England, then there was a British invasion of America.) Eddie performed at an Alan Freed produced Rock and Roll show for New Years about the time I met him. It was the same show I saw Ritchie Valens perform for the first time on.
The world of early Rock and Roll was tough. Eddie carried a Derringer hand gun in his boot and I hear it came in handy more than once, like when he was threatened by the boyfriends of certain fans...
Eddie Cochran wasn't the only one who packed a gun while on tour or while walking the streets of New York but I decided I could take care of myself with my fists. I grew up rumbling with my brothers, had learned some karate and self defence while in the U.S. Army, and admired the boxers who I tried to meet when they came into the Turf restaurant for meals instead of eating across the way at Dempsey's, which was owned by the boxer Jack Dempsey. We all had security concerns that were not met by our record labels or our management. We didn't have body guards and it was up to us to protect ourselves. It was also legal to take a gun on a plane...
During my tour with Buddy Knox I performed two of Eddie Cochran's hits, "Summertime Blues," and "Come on Everybody." Here's Eddie performing those hits on television - You Tube presentations.
ROCKABILLY HALL OF FAME LINK HERE ROCKABILLY HALL OF FAME EDDIE COCHRAN
History of Rock - Eddie Cochran! HISTORY OF ROCK - EDDIE COCHRAN
Eddie Cochran died at the age of 21, at the height of his fame, in 1960 while touring in England, in a tragic automobile accident on the way to the airport. Gene Vincent was left with a limp in the same accident.
Eddie Cochran died at the age of 21, at the height of his fame, in 1960 while touring in England, in a tragic automobile accident on the way to the airport. Gene Vincent was left with a limp in the same accident.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
C's CHECKED and EDDIE COCHRAN on the TOWN HALL SHOW
We know! It looked like we were at the end of the alphabet. Well, when we started updating the A-B-C list, we ran into all sorts of glitches, so we're back there.
In the C's we found that the Perry Como listings needed an update. Enjoy this Historical Music Video, thanks to a YouTuber!
In the C's we found that the Perry Como listings needed an update. Enjoy this Historical Music Video, thanks to a YouTuber!
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Thursday, April 17, 2014
THOMAS JEFFERSON Quotation of PEACE and FRIENDSHIP
"Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it." Thomas Jefferson
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Sunday, April 13, 2014
FROM WES BRYAN - MY LIFE IN MUSIC ARCHIVES : (18) New York, NEW YORK, It's A Wonderful Town! & NEIL SEDAKA
FROM OUR ARCHIVES SEPTEMBER 5th 2007 POST #
(18) New York, NEW YORK, It's A Wonderful Town! and NEIL SEDAKA
In New York the Brill Building became the epicenter of my existence. I became part of the vital music scene. I used the rehearsal studios and recording studios in the Brill and I carried tunes in my head to the Turf restaurant, which was the scene to make. I met countless stars from the world of music and the theatre there, all having coffee, talking into the wee hours.
One day when I was in the Brill, Neil Sedaka ran downstairs to bring Bobby Darin up to meet me. Bobby was recording demos for other people then. It was the beginning of my friendship with Bobby.
(18) New York, NEW YORK, It's A Wonderful Town! and NEIL SEDAKA
In New York the Brill Building became the epicenter of my existence. I became part of the vital music scene. I used the rehearsal studios and recording studios in the Brill and I carried tunes in my head to the Turf restaurant, which was the scene to make. I met countless stars from the world of music and the theatre there, all having coffee, talking into the wee hours.
One day when I was in the Brill, Neil Sedaka ran downstairs to bring Bobby Darin up to meet me. Bobby was recording demos for other people then. It was the beginning of my friendship with Bobby.
Saturday, April 12, 2014
S LINKS UPDATED and NEIL SEDAKA - SONGWRITER!
We checked around and we believe something close to a KEELY SMITH - the SINGER - official web site is in the works!
NEIL SEDAKA - One of the singer-songwriters I met in the Brill Building when I first went to New York City about the same time I met Bobby Darin who was recording demos there.
NEIL SEDAKA - One of the singer-songwriters I met in the Brill Building when I first went to New York City about the same time I met Bobby Darin who was recording demos there.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
ROUTE 66 : COVER TUNE CLASSIC : WHICH DO YOU PREFER?
PLANNING ON A ROAD TRIP VACATION?
WHY NOT GET YOUR KICKS ON ROUTE 66? CHICAGO TO LA...
OH WE KNOW THE GAS PRICES ARE SO HIGH YOU MIGHT END UP STAYING IN TOWN WITH ONLY YOUR FANTACIES OF ESCAPE!
BUT HOW ABOUT JUST A SMALL PORTION OF THIS 2000 + MILE HIGHWAY?
HISTORIC ROUTE 66 - THE OLDEST ROUTE 66 WEBSITE! " The Historic Route 66 web site is dedicated to provide free information for those who want to learn more about Route 66. It features a turn-by-turn road description, guiding the visitor from Chicago to Los Angeles. The forum is available for discussions regarding old 66 by the visitors of this site."
BOBBY TROUP ... who wrote the song as "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66", in 1946.
CHUCK BERRY ...
THE MANHATTEN TRANSFER ...
WHY NOT GET YOUR KICKS ON ROUTE 66? CHICAGO TO LA...
OH WE KNOW THE GAS PRICES ARE SO HIGH YOU MIGHT END UP STAYING IN TOWN WITH ONLY YOUR FANTACIES OF ESCAPE!
BUT HOW ABOUT JUST A SMALL PORTION OF THIS 2000 + MILE HIGHWAY?
HISTORIC ROUTE 66 - THE OLDEST ROUTE 66 WEBSITE! " The Historic Route 66 web site is dedicated to provide free information for those who want to learn more about Route 66. It features a turn-by-turn road description, guiding the visitor from Chicago to Los Angeles. The forum is available for discussions regarding old 66 by the visitors of this site."
BOBBY TROUP ... who wrote the song as "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66", in 1946.
CHUCK BERRY ...
THE MANHATTEN TRANSFER ...
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
WES BRYAN MY LIFE IN MUSIC - TECHNOLOGY UPDATE - STATS and CTNWB OUR YOUTUBE STATION!
It's April 2014 and we're slowly updating this Google Blog, which has been written since August 2007 and in that time has gotten a number of expired links, YouTube videos, and so on. Eventually we will replace all expired videos with new ones that have no commercials, as possible and rethink our CTNWB station. (Someone else has a YouTube station called WES BRYAN - MY LIFE IN MUSIC which has no relationship with us.)
We take pride in this project, know that some of you use it for research, and want it to stand as a useful, informative, and beautiful Blog!
In summer 2009 Google installed a simple stat's function on all Bloggers, and since then we give it a look once in a while. As of April 8 2014 Google is reporting that we've enjoyed 63,703 hits.
One of the things that's come up is that from time to time some other stats company shows up or sneaks up and broadcasts its take on our stats as well its take on the selling price of the blog - which isn't for sale! These are commercial enterprises that we have no relationship with.
And we would never agree that the total value of a blog is all about hits anyway! How can you put a price on a teenager reading about Eddie Cochran for the first time or evaluate the treasure of a free paper doll of Elvis Presley from Dover Publications or the connection an old friend has made?
Never once since it's happened that a strange stats company has reported stats to the world have they been equal to the stats Google Blogger reports, which is always many more hits to the blog. Of course, we never did write just to get stats. But we trust Google over these other stat companies.
We've stayed to our subject pretty much with is EARLY ROCK AND ROLL, ROCKABILLY, THE COVER TUNE ERA, THE SINGER SONGWRITER SCENE, THE BRITISH INVASION of AMERICA and the AMERICAN INVASION OF BRITAIN. We've never intended to cover the entire history of Rock and Roll! Just like the title says this is WES BRYAN - MY LIFE IN MUSIC!
We notice hits from a variety of countries and on which posts seem to be the most interesting to our readers and it is fascinating to know that someone on a computer from some lesser known location of the world reads us - thus the THANK YOU to our READERSHIP posts. We never post a country that Google hasn't shown us to be reading. So even as we do this update, we've got about 1500 hits a month... on older posts and newer.
AND WE THANK YOU for READING WES BRYAN - MY LIFE IN MUSIC!
******
Here is a partial list of countries from which readers make it to our site!
First the top 10 as of today...
United States
Russia
Germany
United Kingdom
Canada
France
Netherlands
Ukraine
Spain
Australia
WE NOTE THAT THE READERSHIP FROM SPAIN IS MUCH MORE RECENT!
We are also enjoying hits from:
China
Brazil
India
Sweden
Italy
Malaysia
Finland
Portugal
Algeria
Malta
United Arab Emerits
South Korea
New Zealand
Argentina
Bulgaria
Poland...
and many other countries!
We take pride in this project, know that some of you use it for research, and want it to stand as a useful, informative, and beautiful Blog!
In summer 2009 Google installed a simple stat's function on all Bloggers, and since then we give it a look once in a while. As of April 8 2014 Google is reporting that we've enjoyed 63,703 hits.
One of the things that's come up is that from time to time some other stats company shows up or sneaks up and broadcasts its take on our stats as well its take on the selling price of the blog - which isn't for sale! These are commercial enterprises that we have no relationship with.
And we would never agree that the total value of a blog is all about hits anyway! How can you put a price on a teenager reading about Eddie Cochran for the first time or evaluate the treasure of a free paper doll of Elvis Presley from Dover Publications or the connection an old friend has made?
Never once since it's happened that a strange stats company has reported stats to the world have they been equal to the stats Google Blogger reports, which is always many more hits to the blog. Of course, we never did write just to get stats. But we trust Google over these other stat companies.
We've stayed to our subject pretty much with is EARLY ROCK AND ROLL, ROCKABILLY, THE COVER TUNE ERA, THE SINGER SONGWRITER SCENE, THE BRITISH INVASION of AMERICA and the AMERICAN INVASION OF BRITAIN. We've never intended to cover the entire history of Rock and Roll! Just like the title says this is WES BRYAN - MY LIFE IN MUSIC!
We notice hits from a variety of countries and on which posts seem to be the most interesting to our readers and it is fascinating to know that someone on a computer from some lesser known location of the world reads us - thus the THANK YOU to our READERSHIP posts. We never post a country that Google hasn't shown us to be reading. So even as we do this update, we've got about 1500 hits a month... on older posts and newer.
AND WE THANK YOU for READING WES BRYAN - MY LIFE IN MUSIC!
******
Here is a partial list of countries from which readers make it to our site!
First the top 10 as of today...
United States
Russia
Germany
United Kingdom
Canada
France
Netherlands
Ukraine
Spain
Australia
WE NOTE THAT THE READERSHIP FROM SPAIN IS MUCH MORE RECENT!
We are also enjoying hits from:
China
Brazil
India
Sweden
Italy
Malaysia
Finland
Portugal
Algeria
Malta
United Arab Emerits
South Korea
New Zealand
Argentina
Bulgaria
Poland...
and many other countries!
Sunday, April 6, 2014
R LINKS UPDATED and MARTY ROBBINS
OK - so we pick a video, and then it gets taken down over at YouTube... So we're replacing the one we posted a month ago with this one!
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
WANNA GO SEE ELVIS' GOLD SUIT? SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MUSEUM SPOTLIGHTS
DAILY NEWS ; MUSEUM SPOTLIGHTS OLD SAN FERNANDO VALLEY - NUDIE'S SUITS
By Gregory J. Wilcox, Los Angeles Daily News on 3/27/2014
Tommy Gelinas, a voracious Valley memorabilia collector and owner of the Print Lab in North Hollywood, founded the museum last year, largely so he could show off his finds. It now houses two “Nudie mobiles,” old Pontiac Bonnevilles customized by Nudie Cohen, the late Studio City-based western-clothing designer. Cohen was responsible for the “Rhinestone Cowboy” craze, and the museum proudly displays a gold lamé suit he designed for Elvis Presley.
HERE'S THE LINK TO THE VALLEY RELICS MUSEUM http://www.valleyrelics.org/
Valley Relics Museum
21630 Marilla St.
Chatsworth CA 91311
818-678-4934
Hour of Operation
Every Saturday from 10:00am - 3:00pm
By Gregory J. Wilcox, Los Angeles Daily News on 3/27/2014
Tommy Gelinas, a voracious Valley memorabilia collector and owner of the Print Lab in North Hollywood, founded the museum last year, largely so he could show off his finds. It now houses two “Nudie mobiles,” old Pontiac Bonnevilles customized by Nudie Cohen, the late Studio City-based western-clothing designer. Cohen was responsible for the “Rhinestone Cowboy” craze, and the museum proudly displays a gold lamé suit he designed for Elvis Presley.
HERE'S THE LINK TO THE VALLEY RELICS MUSEUM http://www.valleyrelics.org/
Valley Relics Museum
21630 Marilla St.
Chatsworth CA 91311
818-678-4934
Hour of Operation
Every Saturday from 10:00am - 3:00pm
