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About
this site |
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| I'm
an Eddie Cochran fan since I bought my first Eddie Cochran album in
the eighties. Sure, I love Buddy Holly, Gene Vincent,
Elvis Presley, Johnny
Burnette, Ritchie Valens and Carl Perkins but Eddie Cochran is really Somethin' Else! For
me the most versatile and talented
of all the great early rockers. |
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felt that Eddie deserved a website which chronicled his
unbelievable talented output. There was no such site and
after the publication of the great book Don't Forget Me, my mind was
made up. I spoke to Darrel Higham twice in Amsterdam in 2002 in
the Cruise Inn and in the Maloe Melo. While on stage
Darrel told the
audience about my website which wasn't even halfway finished
then! I really started working on the site after that.
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| I'm
aware of the fact that there's a lot more
about Eddie Cochran
than is to be seen in this website. I can only hope that I
captured some of the brilliance that is Eddie Cochran. If
you think I missed some essential Eddie Cochran or if you have comments
and or additions just let me know. And if you have a
minute please sign the guestbook. |
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| I
build this site for Eddie, myself and all you Eddie
Cochran fans out
there. It was great fun building it, now I can only hope you like
it just as much as I do! |
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| A
special word of thanks to |
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| My
uncle,
the late Martin van Olderen, the well known Blues and Boogie-Woogie
promotor and DJ from the Netherlands and founder of the Oldies Blues
Records label. He was and still is an inspiration. |
| Darrel
Higham, for keeping Eddie's memory alive in words and music. |
| Erik
Winkler,
for his invaluable help in designing this website. |
| Recordstore
Sound Of The Fifties in Amsterdam for providing the
bulk of my ever expanding record collection. |
| My
father, Joop van Olderen. |
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| But most of
all... thank you Eddie, for giving us all so much joy and inspiration in such a
short lifetime! |
| You will not be
forgotten! |
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Antoon van
Olderen |
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