Monday, August 27, 2007

Gene Vincent & the Shouts 'You are my sunshine'

This is a great rocking though tender version of the old song - give it a listen and see if you like it - I'm a real GV fan and I wish I could have seen him live, but I was a little too young. Of course Gene was big in Britain and France long after his popularity had wained in the US and he was on Peely's Dandelion label. I like the stuff he recorded in the 60s more than I like the classic rockabilly sides - I know that's possibly sacreligious but the Challenge sessions are great with Ain't that too much being one of my alltime favourite Vincent songs. He was an icon to rockers in Britain in the 60s with his black leather but there was a fragile beauty to his singing that was coming out in these later recordings.