Don't Forget Me : The Eddie Cochran Story - Softcover

Julie; Higham Mundy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1840184493 ISBN 13: 9781840184495

Publisher: Mainstream Publishing, 2001

Synopsis

Eddie Cochran started his recording career playing lead guitar and singing harmony in a hillbilly duo. By the time he was 17 he had moved away from country music and inspired by rock and roll, wrote and recorded some of the greatest songs of all time, including Summertime Blues, C'mon Everybody and Three Steps to Heaven. In 1960 he was a teen idol around the world and was on a tour of Britain. But the tour was to end in tragedy when he died in a car accident aged only 21. Don't forget Me features contributions from Cochran's family, friends and fellow musicians, along with many rare photographs. It is an in-depth look at the brief but brilliant career of Eddie Cochran.

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About the Author

Author of the official Elvis Presley Fan Club Commemorative Album, Julie Mundy has written many articles for specialist music and rock'n'roll publications as well as for foreign, national and regional newspapers. In addition to making guest appearances regularly on radio and television, she is a full-time writer. An accomplished producer and musician, Darrel Higham toured the United States in 1992 with Cochran's original backing group, the Kelly Four. He has played the part of Eddie Cochran in Elvis: The Musical, the Buddy Holly at Christmas tour and The Eddie Cochran Show. He works extensively throughout the world both as a solo artist and alongside an outstanding list of prominent contemporary musicians.

From Library Journal

In his native America, Cochran (1938-60) is remembered primarily for his hit "Summertime Blues." Yet England rightfully regards Cochran as one of rock'n'roll's most important pioneers. It is therefore not surprising that two Brits, freelance writer Mundy and musician/producer Higham, penned this first-ever Cochran biography, published in England last year. They respectfully recount Cochran's brief career, aided by interviews with many of the guitarist's closest associates. By all accounts, Cochran was a pleasant, friendly, and talented guy, and, in a perverse way, that is part of the problem with this portrait. The lack of drug addictions, family dysfunctions, and sexual promiscuities, which are so often the raison d'?tre for many rock biographies, makes for pretty dry reading. The book only really takes off in the final section, in which Mundy and Higham deftly capture the excitement Cochran and Gene Vincent generated during their wildly successful 1960 British tour, which ended tragically when Cochran was killed in a car accident. While this book fills an important gap in rock music literature, its limited appeal means smaller libraries may pass. Lloyd Jansen, Stockton-San Joaquin Cty. P.L.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840184493
• ISBN 13: 9781840184495
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224