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While on Youtube the other day I found this clip of a young boy called Larry Collins playing a track called Ramrod. What a showman. Worth a look up.

I would have done but was not too sure how to do it. Thanks for posting link

Together with his sister he formed the Collins Kids.
More details here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Collins_Kids

There were two versions posted Peter, not sure which one was being discussed, this one is when he was older!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCR7dKwrD04

Syd, all you have to do is copy the link and paste it in your post

Regards

Gary

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Hi Peter,

It also showed him as a young lad at the start on a screen, then his older self playing in front and doing the moves, I totally agree with you about the stage presence and energy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCR7dKwrD04

By my calculation he was 73 when he did this in 2018 (Born in October 1944), sadly it seems he died this year at 76 years old!

https://blog.learnguitarcafe.com/larry-collins/


Regards

Gary

Larry Collins certainly was (is???) a phenomenal guitarist. I believe that he was born in 1942. I cannot find any reference to his death on tyhe Internet. His Facebook page is still active, with very recent entries. Yes....a brilliant player for sure. Erm...but this is a site dedicated to the Shads. Loved the video though.

Yes, the post is not about the Shads and that is why it’s in The Lounge.

In the 1959 clip, the contribution of Joe Maphis is not to be sneezed at. Although he was best known as a flying-fingers guitar player, in the clip, his fingers fly over that Gibson bass!

This tune was once a Duane Eddy single from 1958 written by Al Casey,the was some controversy about this record some say it was Al Casey playing and not Duane.