Vincent, Gene
Boppin' & Shakin' In Italy
"Gene Vincent on RAI TV Studios - Rome, Italy 1960: A menacing figure dressed in black leather with an expression of pain, a tortured rebel crouched over microphone shaking his greasy hair and focusing his eyes to heaven. Shortly after the tragic car crash in Chippenham where Eddie Cochran was killed and his fiance Sharon Sheeley and Gene Vincent were seriously injured, Gene was back on the stage and, among other things, made a special appearance for the Italian television on 28/5/1960. He performed for the program Boune Vacanze, where was backed by the razor-sharp guitar of JOE MORETTI. Joseph Edward Moretti, born on 10/5/1938 in Glasgow, Scotland, he supplied his guitar for Colin Hicks & His Cabin Boys, Vince Eager, Nero & The Gladiators, Jet Harris & Meehan, etc.and of course, Gene Vincent, to name just a few."