Bill Haley.

Some pretty nice guitar work in that early Rock n Roll, yet no one seems to throw any "love" his way. What do you all think?

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I don't know anything other than the theme to Happy Days!

I know...Rock Around the Clock.

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No.

Rock Around The Clock was a cover.

The original artists were Sonny Dae and The Knights.

I don't think Haley is that good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr_w3WPzyXA

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Cliff Gallup played some really "out there" stuff with Gene Vincent's band.

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Yup the Blue Caps were pretty good

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Pretty much everything back then was a cover, wasn't it?

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True that!

But... Guitar Hero? Hardly.

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I was just thinking that perhaps he inspired some early young rockers to pick up a guitar. I believe he was doing his "thing" before most of the early R&R crew. Then again, I could be wrong.

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Don't forget that it was Danny Cedrone who played the solo on Haley's Rock Around the Clock. Great early rock player who died tragically before experiencing real fame.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Cedrone

True. He had a sizable impact on a lot of early rockers, like Buddy Holly.

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Lightnin' Hopkins doesn't get near the recognition he deserves.

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Well I believe Buddy Holly is the first famous Fender R&R endorser. Cliff Gallup was a shear genius all you have to do is listen to Race with the Devil or Double Talkin Baby. Jeff Becks tribute Crazy Legs is a great album on which he nailed Gallups playing to a tee. Not to leave out Scotty Moore, James Burton who wrote the lick to Suzie Q when he was 14 and played killer guitar on all the early Ricky Nelson records as a teen, Eddie Cochran, Micky Baker who I sat and copied his licks from Love is Strange when I was about 11. Well a few turned out to be immortals and some will have people go WHO. But they are all great.