"Hot Rod Twangin" offers a sampling from almost a dozen albums that Cole cut pseudonymously for Crown, and shows that there was no style of music that the man could not comfortably embrace - from the Ventures to Booker T & the MGs, he and his session cronies could do the lot. Compiled by Texan axeman and general guitar fanatic 'Burnin' Mike Vernon and released with the approval and participation of Cole himself, this is a package that no lover of instrumental 60s rock'n'roll can afford to be without.
Jerry Cole born Jerald Kolbrack (September 23, 1939-May 28, 2008) was an American guitarist who recorded under his own name, under various budget album pseudonyms and as an uncredited session musician.
Raised in Chicago, Cole first entered the pop music scene as one of The Champs along with Glen Campbell. Campbell and Cole formed the Gee Cee's after they left the Champs and released one single called"Buzzsaw Twist". Cole increased his income and recordings by playing for various budget albums with a variety of credits. In an interview with Psychotronic Video issue #31, Cole explained his dealings withCrown Records. Crown would request five surf albums, five country and western albums and five easy listening albums. Cole would write nine different songs for each album to back one cover version of a hit of the time, organize a band, arrange and record the music for master tapes that he would deliver to Crown in about three weeks time; doing an album or two in a day. Impressed by his playing as a session musician,Bobby Darin recommended him to Capitol Records where he led an instrumental surf guitar group called "Jerry Cole and his Spacemen". Capitol tried Cole as a vocalist but found his voice wasn't strong enough.
Throughout the '60s, Cole was a highly sought-after session player, working with The Byrds ("Mr. Tambourine Man"/"I Knew I'd Want You"), Nancy Sinatra ("These Boots Are Made for Walking"), The Beach Boys("Pet Sounds" LP) and Paul Revere & the Raiders (“Kicks”) among others. He recorded as one of "The Wrecking Crew" for Phil Spector and as a writer, arranger and conductor for numerous pop groups and performers and performed on many American television shows of the time. He led the pit bands of the teenage music shows Hullabaloo and Shindig!. His bandleader abilities were also tapped by Frank Sinatra,Dean Martin, Roger Miller, and Rick Nelson and he was a first-call guitarist on TV show bands for Andy Williams, Sonny & Cher, The Smothers Brothers, Laugh In, and Dick Van Dyke.
Cole pulled together some L.A. session colleagues and cut his own psychedelic album: "The Inner Sounds of the Id" by 'The Id', recorded between 1965 and '66 according to drummer Don Dexter. The musicians were: Jerry Cole (lead guitar, lead vocals, sitar), Don Dexter (drums, backing vocals), Glenn Cass (bass, backing vocals) and his brother Norman Cass (rhythm guitar, backing vocals). A massive collection of tracks was paired down to ten cuts and released by RCA in January 1967. The Animated Egg's self-titled album was released on the Alshire label in 1967 under the auspices of producer/manager Paul Arnold, who reportedtly absconded with the unreleased Id material. However, shortly before his death, Cole determined that the Animated Egg tracks were probably recorded at a different session, and may have involved different musicians working with Cole. Either way, the Id and Animated Egg tapes were both subsequently recycled by Arnold for a series of releases including and 'The 101 String's orchestral-overdubbed "Astro-Sounds From Beyond the Year 2000". Cashing in on Jimi Hendrix's untimely death, many of the same tracks were also given new titles and released as a tribute album credited to 'The Black Diamonds'. On October 15,2006, Jerry performed, as a lead guitarist, with his friend, Dick Burns, of the original Dartells, as a "New Dartell" in the KVEN "Boomer Blast" oldies concert at the Oxnard Performing Arts Plaza, though he was not included in the then still uncompleted album Mo' Pastrami, which did include Freddy Cannon, Donny Brooks and Jewel Akens.
Jerry Cole started Happy Tiger Records with producer/manager Ray Ruff in 1969. As one of Ruff's acts - a post-Van Morrison line-up of Them - had just broken up, Cole joined the band for their self-titled 1970 hard rock album for the label, credited as lead vocalist, guitarist and drummer alongside uncredited musicians Ry Cooder, Johnny Stark, Jack Nitzsche and Billy Preston.
Cole teamed up with Roger McGuinn again in 1972 for the Byrds' debut solo record; while session work with Roger Miller, Chuck Howard and Susie Allanson sent him in a country-rock direction. He backed up Elvis Presley in 1974. The list of stellar names Cole worked with as guitarist, vocalist, writer, arranger, producer, or bandleader is endless: Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Aretha Franklin, The Righteous Brothers, Little Richard, Dean Martin, Merle Haggard, Ray Charles, Tony Orlando & Dawn, Lou Rawls, Johnny Rivers, Gregg Allman, Lee Hazelwood, Blood Sweat & Tears, Kenny Rogers, Neil Diamond, Steely Dan, Isaac Hayes...
Vast Discography
Fonte: Wikipedia.
Faixas/Track List:
1. Jerry Cole / Hip Hugger (2:42)
2. Jerry Cole And The Strokers / Pealin' Out (1:50)
3. The Stingers / Mustang (2:19)
4. Billy Boyd / Mambo Boogie (2:17)
5. The Scramblers / Twin Scramblers (2:32)
6. Jerry Cole / Boss Hair (2:41)
7. Jerry Cole / Ventures Venture (2:41)
8. The Hot Rodders / Super Charged (2:10)
9. Jerry Cole And The Stingers / Sunset Strip (Ticket To Ride) (3:20)
10. Billy Boyd / Shuffle Boogie (3:19)
11. Jerry Kole And The Strokers / The Pursuit (2:17)
12. Jerry Cole And The Stingers / Hey Little Girl (Soul Twist) (2:44)
13. The Scramblers / Bad Rubber (2:36)
14. Billy Boyd / Night Rock (2:42)
15. Jerry Cole / Twelve A Go Go (2:28)
16. The Winners / Cops And Rodders (2:46)
17. The Stingers / Mojo (1:40)
18. Billy Boyd / Diggin' The Blues (2:16)
19. Jerry Cole / George Played (2:27)
20. The Blasters / Oil Burner (1:17)
21. Billy Boyd / Duck Walk (2:43)
22. Jery Kole And The Strokers / The Green Monster (2:10)
23. The Scramblers / Around The Oval (1:59)
24. The Winners /Along Came Mary
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