Mister Moon wrote:The great Eddie Cochran passed away 61 years ago today due to injuries suffered in a car crash during his 1960 tour of the UK.
There have been other threads dealing with this matter, but they became a bit of a mess, so I thought I would start a fresh one. Please don't merge it, folks.
Here's a few cool rare photos :
Eddie Guybo.jpg
Eddie Gene fan UK.jpg
Crash Fury Parnes.jpg
This interview done during the UK tour (Ipswich - Sunday, January 24, 1960) was first released in 1971, but this is the complete version with the unedited ending :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lpWu03e1IM
Mister Moon wrote:Does it look like a spot where a car accident could happen ?
John wrote:Mister Moon wrote:Does it look like a spot where a car accident could happen ?
How can you tell where a car accident could happen? It's a normal bit of road. I think it was dark, (wasn't it raining?), and the driver was going too fast for the conditions.
You can see it here at about 11'40".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzxEyq3xKnA
Mister Moon wrote:John wrote:Mister Moon wrote:Does it look like a spot where a car accident could happen ?
How can you tell where a car accident could happen? It's a normal bit of road. I think it was dark, (wasn't it raining?), and the driver was going too fast for the conditions.
You can see it here at about 11'40".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzxEyq3xKnA
I know about the accident. I was wondering if there were many curves, or something like that. It's not the same to see it on the screen as having actually driven through that spot.
I've heard that the driver, a bloke named George Martin, had some problems through the years with some rock and roll fans.
Thanks for the video. I saw it years ago, but it's interesting to see it again. Hey, at 18'56" we can see Glen Hardin as a member of The Crickets, his original band.
Here's a couple of cool images of Eddie and Sharon Sheeley taken from the video :
Sharon Eddie b).jpg
Sharon Eddie a.jpg
It appears that as the car sped out of Chippenham trying to get back on the right route, Martin lost control on the bend at Rowden Hill, (then a notorious accident black-spot) and spun backwards into a concrete lamp post.
Colin B wrote:There are some videos in this thread which aren't working now.
This is an excerpt from a documentary:
https://vimeo.com/331113970
Mister Moon wrote:Thanks, Colin. It looks like this documentary has been taken off YouTube.
I have searched my files and don't have it, either (or I have it misplaced / mislabelled)...
Colin B wrote:Mister Moon wrote:Thanks, Colin. It looks like this documentary has been taken off YouTube.
I have searched my files and don't have it, either (or I have it misplaced / mislabelled)...
No, can't see it on YouTube now.
I've got the full 51-minute documentary & can post it here if you want.
Not great quality, but watchable.
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