The Last Blue Cap Passes
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Dickie “Be Bop” Harrell d 31 May 2023
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Dickie “Be Bop” Harrell d 31 May 2023
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Tommy “Bubba” Facenda d 18 Nov 2022
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Johnny Meeks with Gene Vincent 30 July 1958
Johnny Meeks d 30 July 2015
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Bill Mack d 2011
Jack Neal d 2011
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100 Hits Rock ‘N’ Roll UK DMG100 100014 (2008)
Cry Me A River (as Scotty McKay)
JACK NEAL
Insert
Late 1955
Jack Neal played bass on a Phil Gray and The Go Boys session
1956
Single
Bluest Boy In Town/Pepper Hot Baby Rhythm RR-45-101
Compilation CD
Virginia Rocks! UK JSP Records JSP6201 (2009)
Bluest Boy In Town/Pepper Hot Baby
Amend the RUSSELL WILLAFORD entry to:
RUSSELL WILLIFORD
1958
Russell Williford played lead guitar on a Dudley Callicut and The Go Boys session
Single
Get Ready Baby/Heart Trouble Gotham Records 45-0412
Russell Williford played lead guitar on a The Go Boys session
Single
Ramble (instrumental)/Flippin’ (instrumental) Gotham Records 45-0418
Compilation CD
Be Bop Boogie Collectables COL 5326 (2006)
Heart Trouble/Get Ready Baby/Ramble
Russell Williford played rhythm guitar on a Phil Gray and The Go Boys session which also featured Chet Atkins and Floyd Cramer
Single
Somebody Got My Baby/Crazy Fool Robbins 45-1002
1961
Russell Williford played on The Palisades sessions and toured the USA with residences at The Copacabana and The Peppermint Lounge in New York City
Singles
Lean Hornet/unknown unknown label/number
Anchor Rock/unknown unknown label/number
1960s
Russell Williford worked on sessions and toured with country artists Patsy Cline, Lefty Frizzell and Tommy Cash
1970s
Russell Williford toured with Tex Ritter, Randy Parton and The Stonewall Jackson Band and played on a 1977 recording session by Stonewall Jackson’s Mint Men featuring Charlie Borcert
Single
Walk Out On Me/Burned On Love Little Darlin’ 7802
2000s
Russell Williford still plays locally in his native Virginia and recorded an instrumental CD by Russell Williford and Rick Mann
CD
Pickin’ And Pedalin’ (no details available)
Thanks to Kevin Carey & Russell Williford
THE BLUE CAPS Reborn
LP
The Blue Caps Unleashed
Amend Down At The Den to Down At The In Den
JOHNNY MEEKS
Amend 1983 section to read
Compilation LPs
and add after Art Fein Presents L.A. Rockabilly
The Legendary Guitarists Of Gene Vincent UK Magnum Force MFLP 068 (1988)
Red Eye(by The Champs featuring Johnny Meeks)/Say Mama(by The Hypnotics featuring Johnny Meeks)
CLIFF GALLUP
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LPs
and add after Straight Down The Middle
The Legendary Guitarists Of Gene Vincent UK Magnum Force MFLP 068 (1988)
Be-Bop-A-Lula/Unchained Melody/Jealous Heart/September In The Rain/Am I That Easy To Forget/Jezebel/I Dreamed Of An Old Love Affair
JOHNNY MEEKS
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CD
Gene Vincent’s Legendary Guitarists UK Magnum Force CDMF 089 (1993)
Red Eye(by The Champs featuring Johnny Meeks)/Say Mama(by The Hypnotics featuring Johnny Meeks)
CLIFF GALLUP, JOHNNY MEEKS, THE BLUE CAPS Reborn (& JERRY MERRITT)
1993
Gene Vincent’s Legendary Guitarists UK Magnum Force CDMF 089
Reissue:
Gene Vincent’s Legendary Blue Caps UK Magnum Force CDMF089 (1996)
Wrapped Up In Rockabilly/Baby Blue/Yes I Love You Baby/I Got A Baby/Blue Cap Man/I Lost An Angel/Silly Song/Lotta Lovin’/Say Mama/Down At In The Den/Dance To The Bop/Johnny’s Boogie/Be-Bop-A-Lula/The Rap/Be-Bop-A-Lula/Unchained Melody/Jealous Heart/September In The Rain/Am I That Easy To Forget/Jezebel/I Dreamed Of An Old Love Affair/Red Eye/Say Mama/She She Little Sheila/Born To Be A Rolling Stone/Hurtin’ For You Baby/Juke Box Fever
(1-14 by The Blue Caps (recorded 1982), 15-21 by The Four C’s featuring Cliff Gallup (recorded 1966), 22 by The Champs featuring Johnny Meeks (recorded 1959), 23 by The Hypnotics featuring Johnny Meeks (recorded 1983), 25 26 by Jerry Merritt (recorded 1966), 24 27 by Jerry Merritt (recorded 1985)
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Compilation LP & CD
Kicksville Vol 1 USA Norton 277 (2005)
Cry Me A River (as Scotty McKay)/Don’t Wait (as Max Lipscomb)
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Compilation LP & CD
Kicksville Vol 4 USA Norton 320 (2006)
Bad Times (as Scotty McKay)/Don’t Wait (as Scotty McKay)
See also this item in Gene Vincent Tributes listing
CLIFF GALLUP
1958
Cliff Gallup played on a single by Tommy Riddle with The Four C’s
Single
Starlight, Starbright/Stolen Love Starday 337
Starlight, Starbright/Stolen Love Clover CL-45-300 (1959)
CD
Tommy Riddle Papa Papa Da Da unknown details
Starlight, Starbright/Stolen Love
DICKIE HARRELL
CD
Various Artists Dickie & Friends Rockabilly Hall Of Fame RABHOF CD121 (2005)
Git It(Billy Swan & Tracy Nelson)/Be-Bop-A-Lula(Narvel Felts)/Say Mama(Rosie Flores)/High On Life(Roman Self)/Lotta Lovin’(Billy Swan)/Dance To The Bop(Narvel Felts)/Baby Blue(Tracy Nelson)/Right Now(Billy Swan)
(Recorded at the Sun Studio, Memphis TN)
Bonus tracks (not featuring Dickie Harrell):
Over The Rainbow(Roman Self)/She She Little Sheila(Larry Merritt)
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EP
Various Artists Party Date! Norton Records EP-123 (2005)
Bad Times (Scotty McKay)
JUVEY GOMEZ
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FILM
1957
Rock, Baby, Rock It A Free-Bar Release (B&W) (Directed by Murray Douglas Sporup)
Juvey Gomez appeared in a band scene with Johnny Carroll