Eddie Bond (July 1, 1933 – March 20, 2013) was an American singer and guitarist who was active in
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
and
rockabilly
Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music. It dates back to the early 1950s in the United States, especially the South. As a genre it blends the sound of Western musical styles such as country with that of rhythm and blu ...
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Biography
In the mid-1950s, Bond recorded for Mercury Records
Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury. In the United States, it i ...
and toured with Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one ...
, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis (September 29, 1935October 28, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Nicknamed "The Killer", he was described as " rock & roll's first great wild man". A pioneer of rock and roll and rockabilly music, Lewis ma ...
, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Warren Smith and others. He is infamous for having rejected the then 18-year-old Elvis Presley, who was auditioning for Bond's band. It was shortly thereafter that Presley recorded his first single at Sun Records
Sun Records is an American independent record label founded by producer Sam Phillips in Memphis, Tennessee in February 1952. Sun was the first label to record Elvis Presley, Charlie Rich, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny ...
.
Bond's contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame
The Rockabilly Hall of Fame is an organization and website launched on March 21, 1997, to present early rock and roll history and information relating to the artists and personalities involved in rockabilly.
Headquartered in Nashville, Tennesse ...
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He died of Alzheimer's disease in 2013.Eddie Bond, Elvis Contemporary, Dies at 79
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Discography
Albums
* 1982 - ''Rocking Daddy from Memphis Tennessee'' (Rockhouse)
* 1984 - ''Rocking Daddy from Memphis Tennessee Volume 2'' (Rockhouse)
References
External links
1933 births
2013 deaths
American country singers
American rockabilly musicians
American rockabilly guitarists
American male guitarists
Sun Records artists
D Records artists
Ekko Records artists
Musicians from Memphis, Tennessee
Deaths from dementia in Tennessee
Deaths from Alzheimer's disease
Guitarists from Tennessee
20th-century American guitarists
Country musicians from Tennessee
20th-century American male musicians
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