He’s the most prolific session guitarist in music history, a master of six-string twang and ax muscle. He’s JERRY COLE, the king of hot rod guitar, and his astonishing six-decade career leaps from top of the chart classics to over 100 gold and platinum recordings.
This isn’t retro or rockabilly, it’s the real thing. As a charter member of session all-stars the Wrecking Crew, JERRY COLE bent strings with everyone from the Byrds (“Mr. Tambourine Man”) and Nancy Sinatra (“These Boots Are Made for Walking”) to the Beach Boys (Pet Sounds) and Paul Revere & the Raiders (“Kicks”). As performer, he and bandmate Glen Campbell headed The Champs after “Tequila” shot up the charts. Cole was featured guitarist on Shindig and Hullabaloo and backed up Elvis Presley in 1974. His bandleader abilities were tapped by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Roger Miller, and Rick Nelson and he was a first-call guitarist on TV show bands for Andy Williams, Sonny & Cher, the Smothers Brothers, Laugh In, and Dick Van Dyke.
Yes, he matched Dick Dale on the surf turf, recording with the Stingers (Power Surf) and the Spacemen (Surf Age). Cole also recorded numerous instro albums under his own name and turned out the hotly collectible Guitars A Go-Go series. Yet his most unheralded contribution to modern rock is as King of the Hot Rod Guitar. While the Beach Boys and Dick Dale were making waves with surf music, Cole was revving up his guitar by making music to drive faster by. During the mid-Sixties he recorded over a dozen albums of hot rod and dragstrip songs, music that’s inspired and influenced bands from the Blasters to the Cramps and Butthole Surfers
While stand-alone record shops and the rare department store music section offered the latest in vinyl, drugstores and grocery stores were a treasure trove of gems by anonymous performers such as The Scramblers (Cycle Psychos) and Billy Boyd (Twangy Guitars). The Blasters (Sounds of the Drag) and Eddy Wayne (The Ping Pong Sounds of Guitars in Percussion). The Winners. The Hot Rodders. The Deuce Coupes (The Shut Downs). The Red Jackets (Surfers Beat). The Id (The Inner Sounds of the Id). All were JERRY COLE.
Dig a little deeper and you’ll unearth Cole as an architect of psychedelia with his proto-psych albums The Id and The Animated Egg in 1966, and Astro Sounds from Beyond the Year 2000 with 101 Strings (!). A highly collectible vinyl recording titled Organ Freakout by “The Mustang” actually featured JERRY COLE with The Id.
The list of stellar names Cole worked with as guitarist, vocalist, writer, arranger, producer, or bandleader is endless: Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Aretha Franklin, the Righteous Brothers, Little Richard, Dean Martin, Merle Haggard, Ray Charles, Tony Orlando & Dawn, Lou Rawls, Johnny Rivers, Gregg Allman, Lee Hazelwood, Blood Sweat & Tears, Kenny Rogers, Neil Diamond, Steely Dan, Isaac Hayes, Steely Dan …
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my 2 cents- yes while he was all of these things his country Lp is underated. this LP is a gem and a MUST HAVE! songs like "i guess i would", "sad boy", and of course his version of "phoenix" are all fantastic. a very hard to find LP which is why i had to load my personal vinyl rip for you!
please get on it!
sample songs here
Tracklist;
1. By the time i get to phoenix 2. As i grow into a man 4. Wise man 5. Let me tell you about mary 6. Sad boy 7. I want her back with me 8. You're not the same 9. Writing love letters in the sand 10. I guess i would 9. Like my baby and me
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He’s the most prolific session guitarist in music history, a master of six-string twang and ax muscle. He’s JERRY COLE, the king of hot rod guitar, and his astonishing six-decade career leaps from top of the chart classics to over 100 gold and platinum recordings.
This isn’t retro or rockabilly, it’s the real thing. As a charter member of session all-stars the Wrecking Crew, JERRY COLE bent strings with everyone from the Byrds (“Mr. Tambourine Man”) and Nancy Sinatra (“These Boots Are Made for Walking”) to the Beach Boys (Pet Sounds) and Paul Revere & the Raiders (“Kicks”). As performer, he and bandmate Glen Campbell headed The Champs after “Tequila” shot up the charts. Cole was featured guitarist on Shindig and Hullabaloo and backed up Elvis Presley in 1974. His bandleader abilities were tapped by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Roger Miller, and Rick Nelson and he was a first-call guitarist on TV show bands for Andy Williams, Sonny & Cher, the Smothers Brothers, Laugh In, and Dick Van Dyke.
Yes, he matched Dick Dale on the surf turf, recording with the Stingers (Power Surf) and the Spacemen (Surf Age). Cole also recorded numerous instro albums under his own name and turned out the hotly collectible Guitars A Go-Go series. Yet his most unheralded contribution to modern rock is as King of the Hot Rod Guitar. While the Beach Boys and Dick Dale were making waves with surf music, Cole was revving up his guitar by making music to drive faster by. During the mid-Sixties he recorded over a dozen albums of hot rod and dragstrip songs, music that’s inspired and influenced bands from the Blasters to the Cramps and Butthole Surfers
While stand-alone record shops and the rare department store music section offered the latest in vinyl, drugstores and grocery stores were a treasure trove of gems by anonymous performers such as The Scramblers (Cycle Psychos) and Billy Boyd (Twangy Guitars). The Blasters (Sounds of the Drag) and Eddy Wayne (The Ping Pong Sounds of Guitars in Percussion). The Winners. The Hot Rodders. The Deuce Coupes (The Shut Downs). The Red Jackets (Surfers Beat). The Id (The Inner Sounds of the Id). All were JERRY COLE.
Dig a little deeper and you’ll unearth Cole as an architect of psychedelia with his proto-psych albums The Id and The Animated Egg in 1966, and Astro Sounds from Beyond the Year 2000 with 101 Strings (!). A highly collectible vinyl recording titled Organ Freakout by “The Mustang” actually featured JERRY COLE with The Id.
The list of stellar names Cole worked with as guitarist, vocalist, writer, arranger, producer, or bandleader is endless: Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Aretha Franklin, the Righteous Brothers, Little Richard, Dean Martin, Merle Haggard, Ray Charles, Tony Orlando & Dawn, Lou Rawls, Johnny Rivers, Gregg Allman, Lee Hazelwood, Blood Sweat & Tears, Kenny Rogers, Neil Diamond, Steely Dan, Isaac Hayes, Steely Dan …
Read more: http://www.myspace.com/thejerrycole#ixzz13kXJS0YN
my 2 cents- yes while he was all of these things his country Lp is underated. this LP is a gem and a MUST HAVE! songs like "i guess i would", "sad boy", and of course his version of "phoenix" are all fantastic. a very hard to find LP which is why i had to load my personal vinyl rip for you!
please get on it!
sample songs here
Tracklist;
1. By the time i get to phoenix 2. As i grow into a man 4. Wise man 5. Let me tell you about mary 6. Sad boy 7. I want her back with me 8. You're not the same 9. Writing love letters in the sand 10. I guess i would 9. Like my baby and me
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