Saturday, December 19, 2015

Song(s) of the Day # 699 Gene Vincent


Another in the occasional series, 'Fifties Rock and Roll Stars Attempt To Move With The Times And Enlist With The Love And Peace Generation'. This time Gene Vincent, from a series of sessions recorded in 1966 which was compiled as an album under the same name in 1992. Featuring Glen Campbell and David Gates as session musicians among others, it's a very conscious attempt to make a contemporary sounding record. It doesn't all convince but Born to be a Rolling Stone at least works for me. Almost Gene Vincent backed by The Byrds. Less successful, and almost bizarre in its attempt to reconstruct one of the original rockers as a peace and beads guy is Love is a Bird, posted below.



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