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05/10/2007
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The American Gene Vincent was a huge star until 1960. Creator of the famous ‘Be Bop a Lula,’ he was emblematic of a form of music, a lifestyle, and the dreams of a whole era’s youth. With his group, the legendary ‘Blue Caps,’ he symbolized exuberance, success, seductiveness, and joie de vivre.
And then the times changed. Fame, like youth, is fleeting… England no longer wanted anything that didn’t sound like the Beatles or the Rolling Stones. Could whiskey and martinis help console Gene? From woman to woman, from drunken binges to hospitalization, from difficult tours to increasingly strained recordings, Gene’s inexorable slide to the bottom had begun… Gene would die at 36, worn out, alone and suffering, his face bloated and worn out like that of an old man, poisoned by alcohol and despair.
That was the way his life would end. And that was how his legend would begin…
