Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Eddie Cochran- a true original

What do The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, White Stripes, Bruce Springsteen, Dion, Stray Cats, The Clash, Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Who and many others have in common?  They have covered the music of Eddie Cochran either live or on record.  In fact, Paul McCartney was invited to join his group the Quarrymen (who later became The Beatles) because he knew all the lyrics and chords to "Twenty Flight Rock".  He died all too young at 21 but his music lives on.  Check out "Something Else" here...