Bobby Lee Trammell
Bobby Lee Trammell ( born January 31, 1934 in Jonesboro, Arkansas, † February 20, 2008 ) was an American rockabilly musician and politician.
- 2.1 Singles
- 2.2 albums
Life
Childhood and youth
Bobby Lee Trammell was born the son of cotton farmers Wiley and Mae Trammell. His father played the fiddle and his mother played the organ in the church, was influenced in the Trammell of the Gospel sounds. In addition, he regularly listened to the Grand Ole Opry. During his time in high school Trammell heard mostly country music.
Career
When Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash, however, disputed many a time appearances in the area around his hometown, Trammell also was included in the new " rockabilly sound." Carl Perkins often invited young talents during his tours in order to play with him on stage and in the cabins. This he did with the young Trammell and arranged a meeting with Sam Phillips, Perkins ' damaligem producer, manager and owner of Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. However, the meeting was unsuccessful and Trammell moved to the West Coast to Long Beach, California, where he worked at Ford.
There, he managed to graduate at the side of Bobby Bare made an appearance, which was seen by Lefty Frizzell, one of the most successful country artists of that time. Frizzell was impressed by Trammells rockabilly and got him a job at the Jubilee Ballroom in Malibu. There, he performed the opening act for stars such as Frizzell, Freddie Hart and Johnny Cash. One evening he met the producer and label owner Fabor Robison, who opened him the chance to get a contract with his Fabor label. In November 1957 Trammell played along with James Burton (guitar) and James Kirkland (bass ), enter the two titles Shirley Lee and I Sure Do Love You Baby. With the economical cast and playing the guitar Burtons these songs are now considered classics of the rockabilly genre; However, at that time they were completely unsuccessful. The single was released nationally by ABC - Paramount new, but did not increase despite high sales figures in the charts.
The next few years remained unsuccessful. Offers from Ricky Nelson to resume his title, struck from Trammell. Instead, he took on continually wild rockabilly for various labels. His rough and energetic stage presence ( he rent his clothes, jumped on the piano) left him in California soon through a bad reputation are unemployed and Trammell returned to Arkansas. There he tried his hand at country musician, but this failed because of an appearance he destroyed Jerry Lee Lewis' piano. As the "British Invasion" emerged in the 1960s, Trammell let his hair grow longer and tried to brace herself with rough rockabilly and rock and roll against it. Due to its bad reputation his records were never played on the radio and for appearances he was no longer posted. His records he had to partially sell itself out of his car.
In the 1970s, he moved to country music and his records sold for the first time so well that he could live on his income. He took 1973 his old rockabilly number You Mostest Girl new to, as estimated even higher than the original by connoisseurs. In the following decade Trammell tried to gain in the European rockabilly revival feet, which failed. This was due to, among others, some of his show performances that are not good arrived with Rockabilly purists: So he joined in 1950 instead look often in a Superman costume on. From this point on Trammell retired from the music. In 1998, he devoted himself to politics and was elected to the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives from Arkansas, where he remained until 2002.
Bobby Lee Trammell died in 2008 at the age of 74 years.