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I'm just a-sittin' in the balcony
Just a watchin' the movie
Or maybe it's a symphony, I wouldn't know

I don't care about the symphonies
Just the cymbals and the timpanis
Just a-sittin' in the balcony on the very last row
~Eddie Cochran

Eddie Cochran (October 3, 1938 – April 17, 1960), was an American rock and roll pioneer who in his brief career had a small but lasting influence on rock music through his guitar playing. Cochran's rockabilly songs, such as "C'mon Everybody", "Somethin' Else", and "Summertime Blues", captured teenage frustration and desire in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In the words of Lester Bangs, writing in Rolling Stone in 1972, "Eddie may have imitated Elvis vocally even more than a dozen or so other stalwarts of the day such as Conway Twitty, but his influence on pop consciousness of the magnitude of The Beatles and The Who was deep and profound". He experimented with multitracking and overdubbing even on his earliest singles, and was also able to play piano, bass and drums.

Cochran was 21 when he died in April 1960 in a road accident during his British tour. Though his best known songs were released during his lifetime, more of his songs were released posthumously.

His image as a sharply dressed, rugged but good looking young man with a rebellious attitude epitomized the stance of the Fifties rocker, and in death he achieved iconic status. (source Wikipedia)

Oh yes, I remember him well....

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2 Mar 12

Now there are three steps to heaven
Just listen and you will plainly see
And as life travels on
And things do go wrong
Just follow Steps 1, 2 and 3

Step 1 - You find a girl you love
Step 2 - She falls in love with you
Step 3 - You kiss and hold her tightly
Now that sure seems like heaven to me
~Eddie Cochran 1960

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2 Mar 12

Add your own......

~ photo courtesy of Roberta
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17 Feb 12

A photo from the archive, previously unpublished. Here i am with my wife, Kat, enjoying an early evening drink in our garden, before moving on CandyGirls for a night out. We have come a long way together since.

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29 May 09

Earlier we had been at the Epsom Playhouse enjoying the flamboyance of the LadyBoys of Bangkok show. We were the only Trannies in the audience and perhaps unsurprisingly we had attracted almost as much attention as the performers. For Wendy and me, it was a milestone outing, being our first ever night out en femme in a non TG setting. Thank you Cindy, for chaperoning us. Also with us was my wife, Kat.

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4 Nov 10