Glen Rocks

by Glen Glenn

Overview

One of California's original rockabilly rebels, Glen Glenn (born Glen Troutman) was a Missouri-born kid who moved to the West Coast with his family when he was 14. Glenn grew up on jumpin' country sounds and R&B, and learned to make with the bop after Elvis Presley and Eddie Cochran's early hits pointed the way. While the hillbilly side of Glenn's musical heritage never entirely escaped him, his twang-infused rock & roll sides have become prized items among rockabilly fanatics, and with good reason -- he had a great voice, an attitude that suggested he was a nice guy who also knew how to have a hepcat's good time (not unlike Ricky Nelson with the wild factor upped a few points), and his guitar-pickin' pal Gary Lambert sure knew his way around a fretboard. Glen Rocks is a typically well-assembled collection from Bear Family that pulls together most of Glenn's best vintage sides along with some rare demos and radio sessions, including the coolly stripped-down rockabilly of "Everybody's Movin'," the proto-teen idol stylings of "Kathleen," the high-attitude boogie of "If I Had Me a Woman," a prescient county-rock recording in "I Didn't Have the Sense to Go," and covers of "Be-Bop-A-Lula" and "That's Alright Mama" (the former with a hot pedal steel solo), which prove Glenn had the stuff to stand up to the competition. While Glenn has recorded some latter-day albums after he was rediscovered by British rockabilly fans, Glen Rocks has his prime original recordings in one handy package along with a fact-filled and richly illustrated 68-page booklet (featuring a biographical essay by guitarist Deke Dickerson), and if you want to hear the man at his best, this is definitely the place to go. ~ Mark Deming

Product Details

Release Date:	01/27/2004
Label:	Bear Family Records
UPC:	4000127166715
Rank:	90878

Tracks

1. Everybody's Movin' (Era 1061)
2. If I Had Me a Woman
3. Don't You Love Me
4. I'm Glad My Baby's Gone Away (Era 1061)
5. Baby, Let's Play House
6. One Cup of Coffee & A Cigarette (Era 1074)
7. Hold Me Baby
8. Laurie Ann (Era 1074)
9. Kitty Cat
10. Blue Jeans & Boys Shirt (Era 1086)
11. Be-Bop-a-Lula
12. Jack & Jill Boogie
13. Would Ya (Era 1086)
14. It Rains, Rain
15. That's All Right
16. Kathaleen
17. John Henry
18. One Cup of Coffee & A Cigarette (Alternate)
19. Would Ya (Alternate)
20. Everybody's Movin' (Alternate)
21. Blue Jeans & A Boys Shirt (Alternate)
22. Goofin' Around (Dore 523)
23. Suzie Green From Abilene (Dore 523)
24. I Didn't Have the Sense to Go (Dore 717)
25. I'll Never Stop Loving You (Dore 717)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Glen Glenn   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Barry Gleeson   Primary Artist
Bob Campbell   Bass
Gary Lambert   Guitar
Connie Smith   Bass
Carol Kaye   Bass
Fred Maddox   Bass
Jean Smith   Choir/Chorus
Ernie Freeman Combo   Piano
Jerry Cole   Guitar
Ralph Mooney   Guitar (Steel)
Wynn Stewart   Guitar (Rhythm)
Plas Johnson   Saxophone
Beverly Stewart   Choir/Chorus
Gene Lombardo   Drums
Richard Frost   Drums
Helen "Peaches" Price   Drums
Chuck Gilette   Guitar (Steel)
Joe ODell   Drums
Johnny Mosby   Bass
Henry Maddox   Guitar

Technical Credits

Tex Davis   Composer
Bobby George   Composer
Deke Dickerson   Liner Notes
Ernie Freeman Combo   Group Member
Mac Curtis   Composer
Wayne Raney   Composer
Ned Miller   Composer
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup   Composer
Arthur Neal Gunter   Composer
Bonnie Guitar   Composer
Gene Vincent   Composer
Richard Weize   Discography
Plas Johnson   Group Member
Nico Feuerbach   Discography
Pete Stamper   Composer
Jim Shell   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Sonny Fisher   Composer