Jay Chevalier
Jay Chevalier ( born March 4, 1936 in Forest Hill, Louisiana) is an American rockabilly and country musician. Chevalier is one of the last active original rockabilly musicians from Louisiana.
- 2.1 Singles
- 2.2 albums
Life
Childhood and youth
Jay Chevalier grew up in Louisiana in a remote community. He got his first guitar for his tenth birthday present from his father. At age 17, got Chevalier and his brother on the newly established radio station KREG in Oakdale, Louisiana, his own radio show. At that time, they played traditional country. 1954 Chevalier joined the U.S. Navy.
Career
During his military service Chevalier founded his first band, the Louisiana longshots, and had 1957 in Jimmy Dean's TV show his first major appearance. At this time he also made his first recordings for Cajun Records from Norfolk, Virginia. Gene Vincent had recently recorded his hit Be-Bop -A- Lula there and became friends with Chevalier. Chevalier's first single Rockin 'Roll Angel reminiscent of Vincent's echo effect and the " bubbling groove". It was also in Norfolk, as Chevalier Elvis Presley saw for the first time: " He sang for about an hour but you could not hear a word He Said Because of all the screaming ."
1959 Chevalier had his biggest hit. In Recco Records he recorded the record, The Ballad of Marc Elishe / The Ballad of Earl K. Long, but first nobody wanted to play the disc, as the B- side was a song about Louisiana Governor Earl Long, and it was thought Chevalier wanted him thus supported in any way. Indeed, Chevalier Long did not even know, and finally, the single sold over 100,000 copies in Louisiana alone. Beginning of the 1960s he took for gold ribbon Records and Pel Records on more plates before he went to Las Vegas in 1962.
Shortly thereafter, Chevalier took his Louisiana longshots to Las Vegas and together they entered the evening in the " Gold Nugget " on. For Crest Records a single was recorded and the Cotton -Town label released an album. In Las Vegas Chevalier also got an opportunity with the likes of Merle Haggard and Carl Perkins to work. In 1968, Chevalier Las Vegas for a few years, returned in 1972 to move back to Louisiana back to finally mid -1970s.
1982 Chevalier started extensive touring and took over in 1989 in the film Blaze the role of Senator Paul Braden and controlled the theme music Come Back to Louisiana at. Later, he also got the chance to play in Cobb on the side of Tommy Lee Jones.
Presence
1997 Chevalier married his wife Gisela and recorded an album. His best known song from this period is The Ballad of Harry Lee. 2004 an album was released with Chevaliers 1950s and 1960s recordings of Hydra Records. Chevalier occurs today on a regular basis with the Louisiana Long Shorts and is among other things a regular headlining the music festival Pondarosa Stomp.
Discography
Singles
- If I Can not Be Near The One I Love
- Cuttin ' Cane (alt. version )
- High School Hop
- Keeping Late Night
- Rockin 'Roll Angel ( alt. version )