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YESTERDAY:Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, The Everly Brothers, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Richie Valens, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny & Doresy Burnette, The Maddox Bros. and Rose, Wanda Jackson, Chuck Berry, Howlin' Wolf, BB King, Muddy Waters, Professor Longhair, Fats Domino, Big Joe Turner, Lee Allen, Willie Dixon, Alan Freed, James Dean, Cliff Richard, Johnny Hallyday,
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Be Bop A Lula's Details
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Single
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Networking
Zodiac Sign:
Aries
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Rock n' Roll
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Be Bop A Lula is a play about early rockers Eddie Cochran ("Summertime Blues") and Gene Vincent ("Be Bop A Lula") touring England in 1960, meeting two English girls in a small town on the night when Eddie has a premonition of his death, and everyone's life changes forever.
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Written by Rex Weiner, the play was first produced in 1991 at Mark Mahoney's Shamrock Tattoo on 3rd St. in LA. It moved to the Coconut TeaZer niteclub on Sunset, and then to Theatre/Theater in Hollywood for an extended run where it was produced by Adam Ant, John Densmore, Lori Depp and Nicolette Chaffey, starring Paul Hipp as Gene Vincent and Donal Logue as Eddie Cochran, directed by Jeff Murray. Playing to enthusiastic reviews and cheering audiences, the play's run was cut short by the LA riots.
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A revival of Be Bop A Lula in September 2008 returned the legendary rock drama to the Sunset Strip with an all-new cast led by rising young stars Aaron Dupree and Chance Dean. The limited engagement of the show, directed by Rex Weiner and Polly Shannon, featured musical production and original music by veteran Hollywood film and TV composer Dan Radlauer.
Two excerpts from Be Bop A Lula, performed by Dupree and Dean, were featured in the recent BBC Radio2 documentary on Gene Vincent “Race With the Devil,” narrated by The Who’s Roger Daltrey. The play is mentioned in Adam Ant’s autobiography “Stand and Deliver.”
Be Bop A Lula has been endorsed by Gene Vincent’s daughters Melody Craddock and Sherri Vincent, with rights permissions granted by the Vincent Estate.
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WHO knew 1950s rockabilly icon Gene Vincent was such a big influence on 1960s psychedelic band The Doors? Former Doors drummer John Densmore, fresh from a victory in a California court forbidding his two surviving former bandmates from using the name The Doors, turned up for the opening of "Be Bop A Lula," Rex Weiner's play about the late Vincent and fellow rocker Eddie Cochran, at the Cat Club on the Sunset Strip last week. "Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran were as important to rock 'n' roll as Chuck Berry and Little Richard," Densmore told the standing-room crowd from the same stage where The Doors got their start four decades ago, adding that Cochran's rollicking "Summertime Blues" just celebrated its 50th anniversary. Vincent's sister, Tina Craddock, recalled that Doors frontman Jim Morrison "had a man- crush" on Vincent.
Review by Classic Rock Today.com
On Monday, I had the pleasure of seeing a small, ambitious play at the Cat Club in Hollywood called Be Bop A Lula, a tale that revolves around 1950s rock legends Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran. Not exactly the Kodak Theatre, the Cat Club is narrow, dingy and owned by Slim Jim Phantom, the drummer for the Stray Cats. It’s situated along the row of shops between the Whisky A Go Go and the Roxy Theatre. Yeah, the place is pure rock and roll — a rather appropriate locale when you consider the storyline of the play. On the small stage of the Cat Club, two beds function as the essential makings of the room Vincent and Cochran shared that night (if, in fact, they shared a room at all). A guitarist and keyboardist hide in the shadows, awaiting their cues, which are subtle, but necessary to the pace. The lights dim, and the 50 or so patrons squeezed into the tiny room fall mute. Rex Weiner, the play’s author, breaks the silence by introducing himself and setting up the story. Then he brings up a very special guest — John Densmore, the drummer for the Doors.
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Hi Guys,thanks for coming to the Spiders Web Lastnight hope you had a ball good to see you there. it was Great to meet you all Be, Bop A Lula was a fantastic show a job well done thanks.
BE BOP A LULA had an mazing opening night! Packed house and great performances by the cast – including Paul Paterson. Thanks Kenny, Lynn, Dean, Marty for being there and all ‘Burgh rockers for your support! Please come and see the show every night 8PM at the ECA. Limited offer thru Sat 22nd – SPECIAL TWO-FOR-ONE TICKETS FOR ALL SPIDERS WEB REGULARS – text Rex at 07955927620
