Teenage heaven.

Does anyone know if Brian did a version of this song? Its a great Eddie Cochran song so you never know.

For what I know, he did not.
An expert, QUICK !!

never heard of this song-thank you Setzerino!

kelleyM wrote:

never heard of this song-thank you Setzerino!



is there a thing called 'middle aged heaven'??
that's what I feel like with you know who sometimes, lol

2009 Tiger Beat

what a cool guy he was.

If he ever performed it, it was never recorded via bootleg or official channels. I think he worked from the list of more well-known Eddie classics over the years.

Even though Darrel Higham has recorded two of THE definitive Eddie Cochran compilations, it would be fun to see what Brian would do digging deeper into the Cochran catalog. Rockabilly Riot, Volume 2, perhaps?

To date, we have from Brian:

Hallelujah, I Love Her So (Tomcats)
Summertime Blues
C'mon Everybody
Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie
Somethin' Else
20 Flight Rock
Nervous Breakdown
I think the Stray Cats did Cut Across Shorty live sometimes, but I'm not sure.
My Way - not the Sinatra/Paul Anka/Elvis tune. Eddie's "My Way" slays 'em all.

What intrigues me is that the Tomcats covered a ton of Gene Vincent tunes. Not quite so many since. Maybe a Gene and Eddie tribute would be in the offing.

Eddie-billy

I would love Brian to do a rock and roll cover album. I would love to hear his version of some more ricky nelson, chuck berry etc.

Rickabilly wrote:

If he ever performed it, it was never recorded via bootleg or official channels. I think he worked from the list of more well-known Eddie classics over the years.

I think the Stray Cats did Cut Across Shorty live sometimes, but I'm not sure.

Eddie-billy

Isn't it about time the 'Brian Setzer Trio' did 'Cut Across Shorty'?
Followed by 'Be-bopa-lula'
'Teenage Heaven' is very cool - i'm going to have to listen to my Eddie cds now!!!

Quote :

Hallelujah, I Love Her So (Tomcats)

I think Ray Charles wrote this with the BSO in mind!!!!

Yeah, Eddie is most certainly in the elite of the coolest cats ever!
Also, Brian has recorded Nervous Breakdown.
On a Charles & Eddie note, I'd love to hear Brian do a version of What'd I Say, in a similar way that Eddie did.

(hang on, isn't Charles & Eddie some crazy duo from the 90's )

Rickabilly wrote:

I think the Stray Cats did Cut Across Shorty live sometimes, but I'm not sure. Eddie-billy

Yes Rick, I confirm : Stray Cats played Cut Accross Shorty. In Paris, in june 1990, they played that Eddie's classic unplugged.

Yeh, Cut Across Shorty was performed both in the French & Spanish tour (Feb 1982) and during the summer of 1990 until the end of the Japan tour 1991.

Halellujah I Love Her So was also performed in Barcelona back in 1982.

BTW Rickabilly, was ever Eddie Cochran in Sun Records?? Just because if he wasn't, Eddie cannot be included in Riot 2... unless it's a tribute to rockabilly icons or record companies in general

Of course Eddie was not at Sun studios. This said, he perfectly can be the theme of the second tribute.

There's no way Riot, Volume 2 - if it ever happens, would cover Sun Records again. Brian's more than already done the label justice with those 23 tracks from Volume 1. At the time it was released, this board was full of people clamoring for a Volume 2, and some fans thought another label could be the subject of the tribute - Imperial, for example. Or he could focus in on a specific artist. Eddie Cochran was the first obvious choice, but with Brian having done so many Eddie songs before, and Darrel Higham having covered Cochran just a couple of years before, it seemed unlikely Brian would devote a 20+ track album solely to Eddie. Gene-n-Eddie seems about right. Or maybe just a collection of influence with no one label affiliation, where you could have the Burnette Bros, Ricky Nelson, maybe even an Elvis number or two. The possibilities are endless.

In this digital age, an entire album wouldn't even be necessary. He could do EPs (4-6 tunes) of his favorites. A Burnette Brothers EP, a Ricky Nelson EP, a Buddy Holly EP, an EP EP (Elvis). If available via download, there would be little tied up in the packaging costs, and Brian could put 'em out whenever he felt like it.

Sunscreen-a-billy

I agree with you folks, but at first I had the idea that RRiot 2 would be dedicated to Sun Records.

Ideas for a second volume, any possibility can exist, but despite Darrel Higham's Eddie Cochran Tribute, I still think that Brian could improve it, but pretty much an EP with a few tracks does sound interesting but never to download. I prefer the orinal packing

Another song for Rick's list: Eddie's "My Way" was the opening song during the Stray Cats European tour in early 1982.

Cut Across Shorty and Halelujah, I Love Her So were also performed during the 82 tour.

I have a dumb question to ask-who did Brian prefer more, Gene Vincent or Eddie Cochran?

just curious

Rocky Mountain Cat wrote:

Another song for Rick's list: Eddie's "My Way" was the opening song during the Stray Cats European tour in early 1982.

Cut Across Shorty and Halelujah, I Love Her So were also performed during the 82 tour.

My Way is a great song. really surprised more bands don't cover it!

kelleyM wrote:

I have a dumb question to ask-who did Brian prefer more, Gene Vincent or Eddie Cochran?

just curious

It seems pretty obvious that the answer is Eddie Cochran. When I visited the Freeborn County Museum in Albert Lea, MN, the library had all sorts of articles about Eddie, including some quoting Brian Setzer. I wish I had the article, but Brian talked about how he wasn't always into rockabilly, as his early guitar work covered a bit of Blues, Southern rock, Allman Brothers, a little Creedence, maybe some Chuck Berry... But he picked up a copy of Eddie's Legendary Masters 2LP set and was transfixed on the cover photo of Eddie. It wasn't just the sound, it was the look and the attitude, and the fact that Eddie actually played the guitar on his records. It is true that the Tomcats performed more Gene Vincent covers early on, but the artist Brian was following in the Blue Caps wasn't Gene Vincent, it was the guitarist, Cliff Gallup.

One of the strongest links between Brian and Eddie, of course, is the Gretsch 6120 guitar:

Brian Setzer wanted a Gretsch 6120 from the moment he saw a photo of Eddie Cochran, the rockabilly great best known for “Summertime Blues.” I had no idea what it was called but I know I had to have one,” remembers Setzer. “When I was 17, I saw an ad in the paper: ‘Gretsch for sale.’ When I saw that it was an ‘Eddie Cochran,’ I bought it on the spot for $100.”

There was a 1983 interview where Brian slagged off some the old legends.

"I used always to think of Eddie Cochran, y'know, coz he's my favourite and then, you see clips of him live and he don't do too much for me. Dick Clark made us up some unreleased stuff he had, old American bandstand shows of Cochran and Vincent and Berry, and those guys just didn't do too much for me."

Of course, that was the height of the Stray Cats mania, and all the ego that comes with it. About 15 years later, a more mature and reflective Brian offers this:

"'Eddie Cochran had the whole package. He was a songwriter, he was a guitar player - boy, was he one of the first guitar players - and he had a natural voice that just rocked, plus he was good-looking but cool too. When I first heard "Somethin' Else" it blew my socks off? It was the hardest rockin' song that I still think I have ever heard. And hard rock doesn't just have to be your guitar turned up to eleven, it's the attitude."

After "Double Talkin' Baby," there were no more commercially-released Gene Vincent covers by Brian or Stray Cats until the obligatory "Be-Bop-a-Lula" on Original Cool. Compare that with the half-dozen or so Eddie songs he's released over the same time period.

Brian was handpicked by Eddie's family to portray Cochran in La Bamba, and he later befriended Sharon Sheeley, Eddie's girlfriend and writer of several of Eddie's hits. That personal connection undoubtedly cemented his preference for Eddie.

Obviously, there is a song Gene-n-Eddie, indicating a strong admiration for both. But I'll bet Brian, (nicknamed "Eddie" by the one and only George Harrison) if pressed to make a choice, would select Eddie Cochran every time.

Somethin' Else-a-billy