Be-Bop-A-Lula(328)/Bluejean Bop(333)

“BE BOP A LULA” PLAYS THE FRINGE
Direct from the Cat Club on the Sunset Strip, the legendary rock drama about Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent takes the stage for a 15-night run at Sweet Grand ECA

Be Bop A Lula, the full-length play about 1950s rockabilly stars Eddie Cochran and Gene Vincent, will open at Sweet Grand in the Edinburgh College of Art (Venue 186) on Sunday 15th August (preview night), at 8:00PM, running daily until 30th August. This is the play’s UK debut.
Written by Rex Weiner, Be Bop A Lula was first produced in 1991 at Mark Mahoney’s Shamrock Tattoo on 3rd St. in Los Angeles. Audience demand moved the play to the Coconut Teazer nightclub on the Sunset Strip, and then to Theatre/Theater in Hollywood for an extended run in 1992, produced by British pop star Adam Ant, John Densmore (The Doors), and Lori Depp. The play’s run – featuring an electrifying performance by Paul Hipp (original lead in Buddy on the West End and Broadway) as Gene Vincent – has since become an LA theater legend.
The 2009 Fringe production stars Aaron Dupree as Gene Vincent and Chance Dean as Eddie Cochran. These rising young actors led the cast of a September 2008 revival of Be Bop A Lula at the Cat Club, a rock venue on LA’s famed Sunset Strip owned by Slim Jim Phantom of the Stray Cats.
“I’m very excited that Be Bop A Lula is finally coming home to the UK, where Eddie and Gene remain heroes, and I’m particularly proud to be part of Sweet Entertainment’s lineup at the Fringe, where the play is really the thing,” said playwright/director Rex Weiner. “We look forward to rocking Edinburgh.”
Be Bop A Lula is inspired by the true facts of Cochran and Vincent’s famous English tour in 1960, taking place in their hotel room in a small town between Manchester and Liverpool on the night when Eddie is reported to have had a premonition of his early death two weeks later in a car crash at the age of 21.
The Fringe performance is directed by Rex Weiner, and produced by JD Henshaw & DBS Productions, Executive Producers Amy Laurie and Rex Weiner; Associate Producers Oliver Kwon, and Primum Entertainment Group, with musical direction and original music by Dan Radlauer.

Be-Bop-A-Lula(2)/Temptation Baby(197/b)

Temptation Baby(197/b)

Bluejean Bop(15)/Jezebel(5)/Who Slapped John(13)/Ain’t She Sweet(11)/
I Flipped(16)/Waltz Of The Wind(9)/
Jump Back, Honey, Jump Back(20)/
Wedding Bells (are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine)(8)/
Jumps, Giggles And Shouts(14)/Up A Lazy River(10)/Bop Street(17)/
Peg O’ My Heart(7)

Ain’t That Too Much(234/3?/M)/Bird Doggin’(233/3/M)/
Love Is A Bird(237/5?/M)/Lonely Street(235/a/M)/
Hurtin’ For You Baby(239/7/M)/Poor Man’s Prison(241/6/M))/
Born To Be A Rolling Stone(238/5/M)/Hi Lili Hi Lo(240/5/M)/
I’m A Lonesome Fugitive(242/3/M)/I’ve Got My Eyes On You(236/M)/
Story Of The Rockers(259)Be-Bop-A-Lula ‘69(285)/
Pistol Packin’ Mama(284)/Say Mama(286)/Rocky Road Blues(283)/
Baby Blue(316)/Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On(308)/
The Day The World Turned Blue(309)

Here you can find full details of our book GENE VINCENT A Companion, the most complete and detailed resource of information on Gene Vincent’s recorded legacy. You can buy a copy on-line for prompt dispatch to you, and you can keep your copy updated by noting corrections and additions to the Gene Vincent sessionography, discography, bibliography, and other information in the book. Add us to your Bookmarks/Favorites and come back regularly, or subscribe to our Newsfeeds or Emailing list.

We hope that you will also enjoy the wealth of other information relating to Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps to be found here.

The website was created for us by the multi-talented Nikki Pugh of designphile.