Eddie Cochran – Dean Goodman

Bite-sized Bob: Dylan shares 66 of his favorite songs

March 13, 2023March 13, 2023 Dean Alis Lesley, Barrett Strong, Bob Dylan, Dean Martin, Eagles, Eddie Cochran, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Little Richard, Little Walter, Norman Whitfield, Perry Como, Pete Townshend, Platters, Seinfeld, Uncle Dave Macon

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THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SONG
By Bob Dylan
Simon & Schuster, $45 list; or $22.50 at Target and on Amazon at review date.

The new Bob Dylan book looks great and smells better.

Eddie Cochran’s last ride

October 20, 2015September 20, 2024 Dean Bath, car crash, Chippenham, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Mick Jagger, Sharon Sheeley, Sid Vicious, Summertime Blues

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A little over a year after “the day the music died” — when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper were killed in a plane crash — Eddie Cochran met a similarly violent fate on April 17, 1960, dealing another critical blow to the fledgling rock ‘n’ roll genre.

Celebrity graves in England

September 16, 2015December 11, 2020 Dean Amy Winehouse, Andy Gibb, Benjamin Disraeli, Benny Hill, Brian Epstein, Brian Jones, Bruce Reynolds, Cilla Black, Crippen, Eddie Cochran, Edith Cavell, Edward Heath, Edwin Starr, Eleanor Rigby, Emmeline Pankhurst, Freddie Mercury, George Best, Ivor Novello, Jimi Hendrix, John Bonham, Julia Lennon, Keith Moon, Lally Stott, Malcolm McLaren, Margaret Thatcher, Mick Ronson, Neil Aspinall, Peter Sellers, Robin Gibb, Ronnie Scott, Stu Sutcliffe

I’m a terrible person . . . to take on vacation.

You might want to lounge on the beach, or go shopping or eating. I just want to visit celebrity graves and miscellaneous death sites.