Gene Vincent
Shakin' up a Storm - Capitol 1964
Tracks: 1. Hey Hey Hey Hey / 2. Lavender Blue / 3. Private Detective / 4. Shimmy Shammy Shingle / 5. Someday / 6. Another Saturday Night / 7. Slippin' and Slidin' / 8. Long Tall Sally / 9. Send Me Some Lovin' -/ 10. Love Love Love / 11. Good Golly Miss Molly / 12. Baby Blue / 13. Susi Q / 14. You Are My Sunshine
Comments:
Gene Vincent was at this point, 1964, at a commercial low. The "old" rock'n rollers, had at this point lost ground to the many new groups - primarily from the U.K. Vincent, however, did have a loyal audience, just in the U.K. and his last EMI album was actually originally only released there in October 1964.
He is solidly backed by the group the Shouts on the album. You can feel in flashes the influence of the new "Mersey sound"; for example on "Love, Love, Love", but primarily Vincent sticks to well-tried rockers and ballads.
In addition to "Love, Love, Love" also "Another Saturday Night", one of the last songs Sam Cooke lived to write, is an example of the "new", and my favorites on “Shakin’ up a Storm” are in this category. "Lavender Blue" is good example of Gene Vincent being much than “just” a rock'n'roller; he recorded on all albums several Ballads and "Lavender Blue" is a fine example of how convincingly he handled that genre.
Among the more upbeat / R & B tracks, I would like to highlight "Private Detective" and "Shimmy Shammy Shingle"; for the effective guitar playing.
Though Vincent lived a hard life and died young, he managed to record four more albums after this one; most of them really good.
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