{"id":1193,"date":"2012-02-11T10:37:23","date_gmt":"2012-02-11T15:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=1193"},"modified":"2012-02-11T10:37:23","modified_gmt":"2012-02-11T15:37:23","slug":"saturday-matinee-rock-and-roll-singer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2012\/02\/11\/saturday-matinee-rock-and-roll-singer\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Matinee: Rock and Roll Singer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had an itch to listen to Gene Vincent last night, then woke up this morning to find that, hey, it&#8217;s the anniversary of Vincent&#8217;s birth today. The intense rock &#8216;n&#8217; roller would have been 77 today. This documentary, <i>Rock and Roll Singer<\/i>, filmed for the BBC, covers the first four days of a 1969 tour, beginning in England.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_IuYfqJMIiyk\"><div id=\"lyte_IuYfqJMIiyk\" data-src=\"\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/IuYfqJMIiyk\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/IuYfqJMIiyk\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/IuYfqJMIiyk\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It was recently announced that a number of backing bands would this year be following their lead men into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, among them, Vincent&#8217;s Blue Caps. Here&#8217;s Gene and his Blue Caps performing the slinky &#8220;Baby Blue&#8221;, I believe from the 1958 film <i>Hot Rod Gang<\/i>. (This clip typifies what <i>HiLobrow<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/hilobrow.com\/2012\/02\/11\/gene-vincent\/\" target=\"blank\">has to say today<\/a> about Vincent&#8217;s appeal. Yow.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_jaHdrPsdOfw\"><div id=\"lyte_jaHdrPsdOfw\" data-src=\"\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/jaHdrPsdOfw\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/jaHdrPsdOfw\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/jaHdrPsdOfw\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s another performance from 1958, this time of Vincent&#8217;s most enduring song, the incomparable &#8220;Be-Bop-A-Lula&#8221;, played on the <i>Town Hall Party<\/i> television show.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_vDU9FP5_B2M\"><div id=\"lyte_vDU9FP5_B2M\" data-src=\"\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/vDU9FP5_B2M\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/vDU9FP5_B2M\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/vDU9FP5_B2M\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video thumbnail\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had an itch to listen to Gene Vincent last night, then woke up this morning to find that, hey, it&#8217;s the anniversary of Vincent&#8217;s birth today. 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