Eddie Bond - Rocks (CD)

-Eddie Bond Rocks! 35-track CD on Bear Family Records® contains the very essence of Memphis rockabilly.-14 recordings from Bond's '50s career (recorded for Ekko, Mercury and Sun/PI), 15 tracks recorded for Millionaire, Stomper Time etc. in the '60s, and six songs from his rockabilly revival years of the 1970s.-The booklet contains a detailed biography by Martin Hawkins based on interviews with Eddie Bond a.o., full session details and phenomenal period photos.Very few singers had a better rocking pedigree than Eddie Bond. He was born in Memphis, so when he made his first discs in 1955 and 1956 he was at the epicenter of the new rockabilly sounds. He became identified as the 'rockin' daddy from ding dong Tennessee' described in his best-selling disc. Through 1956 to 1959, Bond was hot stuff, playing shows with Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and all the other singers from Memphis whose music spoke to a whole new generation.Eddie Bond (1933-2013) started and ended as a country