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rockintheblues.net Informed by Blues, Boogie Woogie, Jazz, R&B, Hillbilly and Country music, Rock 'n' Roll, Rockabilly became the first music to aim directly at a teenage audience, and it hit. Rock 'n' Roll extended an unparalleled influence around the world.


Django Reinhardt / Swing Jazz

Django Reinhardt



Those character traits that were praised in public life, were cursed by many in private life. Living the life of a Bohemian was part of being an artist, for that it was not necessary to be a Rom. Still, improvisation is difficult for those who are accustomed to certain rules. For the audience, his fellow musicians, the organizers – in a small, remote club or in New York’s famous Carnegie Hall – who expected him at 8, and he arrived at 9pm. Or instead of him, a so-called cousin. Or he arrives, only to disappear again from the stage shortly after. To a game of cards, to friends, to making music. According to Hubert Rostaing, the best way to hear Django Reinhardt was to wait after the concert on the other side of the street – there you could probably hear him. Also later, artistic events played an important role for him. During a tour of the United Stated, he suddenly demanded to play together with Dizzy Gillespie, not wanting to hear that the latter was living at quite a distance. Also his family had reason to complain. Already at an early age, his mother had to wait for him at the concert’s exit, in order to secure the family’s fee. We do not know how Django’s wife dealt with this later on.

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Darryl Vincent / Rock and Roll

Darryl Vincent



Darryl Vincent (1942 - 1975) The Original Flares started out in the late '50s. The band recorded a series of 45 singles for Sandy Records in Mobile, AL., Crash Records in New Orleans, La., Chess Records in Chicago, Ill. and one single and one 10 song album on Astro Records in Mobile, Al.

These singles have been released on eight compilation (multi-artists) CD's world wide through the '90s (Darryl Vincent Music Link). on the early records were Darryl, Jimmy Pasquale, Sonny Roth, Denny Powers and Zack Martin, all from Meridian, MS. George Cummings (later Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show) was hired when J Pasquale had to go to camp to take his place in '58. After Jimmy returned, the band got a job in Gulf Shores at the Canal Lounge, 5 nights a week. Zack couldn't leave Meridian, so the band recruited Austin Phillips to drum. The Flares got another gig in Mobile at the big Melody Club next to Brookley Field Air force base. The Club seated hundreds of people and Darryl & The Flares from Meridian packed it out. Two black guys were hired to play with the band, Eddie Connors on vocals who had a regional hit at the time with" World of Make Believe", and Prince Connelly on blues guitar and vocals. One of the first integrated band in the South in '58.

Austin had to go back to high school so the band drafted Knobby Lowell to replace him on drums. They loaded up Darryl's Volkswagen bus and drove to Chicago, our first big trip to a large city. the band landed an audition at Chess Records and followed with two singles with Etta James, Larry Williams and Harvey Fuqua of the Moonglows (Etta's husband at the time) singing background vocals.(see below) One song was "Shed No Tears". Darryl Vincent was already signed to Sandy Records in Mobile which caused some complications with the Chess recorded singles and the Chess recordings were not released. While in Chicago doing the Chess Records recordings the band rented a big room with 5 beds across the street from the record company. One day when the old black maid came in to clean, she told the band that the room they were staying in was Al Capone's main hotel suite. The next day the band went to record and left the VW bus outside the door of the studio in broad daylight. After hours of recording in the studio the band returned to find someone had broken into the bus and stolen everything they had brought to Chicago clothes, shoes, luggage, etc. and Jimmy's shotgun which they had brought along. Totally wiped out! Luckily the band had left their instruments and amps inside and they survived. the band told Leonard Chess ( the owner of the record company) and he wrote a check for $150. The band later learned that a ring of Chicago policemen had been busted for breaking into cars. Darryl passed in 1975 and is buried in Meridian. He was 33 years old.



Johnny Knight / Rock and Roll

Johnny Knight





Johnny Knight / Real name John Mangiagli.
John is originally from the Bronx, New York City. He came to California in 1954. In 1957, at the age of 19, he started out with Johnny Otis (of Willie and the Hand Jive fame). At that time, he recorded his first record, Snake Shake. He wrote and recorded several songs between 1957 and 1968. In 1965, he wrote, arranged and produced a hit record called “The Gamma Goochee”. He used the title of the song as his stage name for that record, by Gamma Goochee himself. The record was later covered by the Kingsmen of “Louie, Louie” fame, Joe Walsh of the Eagles and three other underground groups. His song was re-released on the Colpix Dimension compilation and on Ace records, “Great Googa Mooga” album.

He has performed with Little Richard and has recorded with Elvis Presley’s lead guitar man, James Burton, Glen Campbell and Ray Charles’ background singers, the Raelettes. In his early years, he did concerts with the Beach Boys and the Coasters. He also worked with Tommy Boyce and Bobby hart (hit song writers for the Monkees).




 
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