COCHRANE WAS PUMPING PLENTY OF HARDCORE ROCK`N`ROLL UDDER WITH MILK COW BLUES

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Buddy Holly and Elvis were the two pioneers of early rock`n`roll, and for the most part, one, two or maybe three hit wonders were all that competed against the two in the pivotal years of 1956 and 1957. 

Of course both Buddy and Elvis had many friends in the business who looked up to them, Phil and Don Everly revered Buddy both professionally and personally and so too did a rocker originally from Oklahoma named Eddie Cochrane. 

Elvis commanded as much respect as the bespectacled boy from Texas but his greater rise to instant fame did not allow for too many friendships in the musical business. 

Cochrane is best known for the classic rockabilly tune `Summertime Blues`, a good song in the Sonny Curtis mould. But if you want to know what his best song is with no consideration for commercial success or failure, then the souped up blues of MILK COW BLUES is a standout to beat all standouts.

For its time, it was one of the most uproarious and heavy songs recorded.

Cochrane recorded it live in 1960, it has been covered by a number of bands and artists, notably Aerosmith. 

To me it is the best non-Buddy and non-Elvis song from that era, and being unbiased, it is
as good as 90% of what my hero Holly recorded in his lifetime. 

Each verse builds up to a booming chorus with some genuinely heavy guitar work from Cochrane and a surprisingly convincing vocal effort by him as well. 

Cochrane was never the best singer, but he dug deep for MILK COW BLUES and he never sounded so mean and gravel voiced.

You should be able to find the song on most Cochrane compilations, he was always
second generation Holly without being derogative but he scaled the heights of early rock with this blinder.

It`s worth noting that after Buddy Holly died in the plane crash in Iowa on the 3rd February, 1959 that Cochrane was so traumatised that he drove out into the never never of the American west just to escape for a while from the harsh reality of what took the life of his best friend. 

His life and career quickly took a detour for the worst and he was dead himself by the next year in 1960. 

MILK COW BLUES lives on as his best legacy to the world of rock`n`roll. Crank it up and hear for yourself. The best mixture of blues and rock around.

Only a matter of months after MILK COW BLUES Cochrane tragically died in a car accident, no doubt a secondary consequence of the year long bender he had been on since Buddy Holly`s tragic death.