Eddie Bond

Eddie James Bond ( born July 1, 1933, Memphis, Tennessee, † March 20, 2013 in Bolivar, Tennessee ) was an American country and rockabilly singer.

Life

Childhood and youth

Eddie Bond grew up in Memphis. He was influenced by the country stars Ernest Tubb and Roy Acuff. At the age of eight he bought from his savings his first guitar. As a teenager, he performed in and around Memphis in pubs and bars. After he had successfully completed the school, he worked in a furniture factory and as a truck driver. After that he undertook for 18 months with the U.S. Navy.

Career

After discharge from the army bond formed his own band, The Stompers, the existed according to various occupations from Reggie Young ( guitar), John Hughey (bass) and Johnny Fine (drums). Although he did not have a record deal, he accompanied future stars like Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash on tour through the southern states. Bond had already tried in vain to get a recording contract with Sun Records, as well as Meteor Records. 1955 Bond played before in the newly formed Memphis branch of the West Coast Labels Ekko Records and got a record deal. His first two country singles, Double Duty Lovin '/ Talking Of The Wall and Love Makes A Fool ( Everyday ) / Your Eyes appeared in the late summer of the same year. All the pieces were not with his band, but with various other musicians, including guitarist Jerry Byrd, recorded. The plates were in public but largely not considered. At the same time, Bond was heard regularly in the transmitter KWEM program.

After the failures at Ekko changed Bond and his Stompers 1956 Mercury Records. There they swung over to the popular rockabilly, which should prove to be successful. At its first session took on Bond and his band cover versions of Sonny Fisher's Rockin 'Daddy and Ray Charles ' I Got a Woman, which sold well. The next single, Slip Slip Slipin ' Add / Flip Flop Mama was a success. Bond has toured with the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley and Johnny Horton and repeat performances at the Louisiana Hayride, next to the Grand Ole Opry, the most popular radio show in America. After 1957, the record contract had expired at Mercury, Bond took in the next few years numerous series plates on, among others, D Records, Memphis Records and his own label Stomper Time Records. For Sun Records, he also made some unpublished recordings and played 1961 on Sun's sub-label Phillips International is a gospel album a. Bonds songs from this period were mostly Country, frequently but also gospel pieces or rockabilly songs. At this time, recorded his own radio show high ratings, in which he also appeared himself. 1973 appeared in Tap Records, a new version of Rockin 'Daddy.

He was inducted for his services to the rockabilly music in the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. His Mercury songs from 1956 are now considered classics of Rockabilly.

Eddie Bond died on March 20, 2013 at the age of 79 years.

Discography

  • Show Me (Version 1)
  • Show Me (Version 2)
  • Show Me (Version 3)
  • Broke My Guitar
  • This Old Heart of Mine ( alt. version 1)
  • This Old Heart of Mine ( alt. version 2)
  • Backstreet Affair
  • Big Boss Man (alt. version )
  • Double Duty Lovin ' (alt. version )
  • My Bucket 's Got a Hole In It
  • Rockin ' Daddy ( alt. version )
  • Standing In Your Window (alt. version )
  • Doody Do Right
  • King On Your Throne
  • Patchako Hop
  • Raunchy (alt. version )
  • Someday I'll Sober Up ( alt. version )
  • When the Juke Box Plays ( alt. version )
  • You Nearly Lose Your Mind
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