Blue Suede Shoes (film)

Blue Suede Shoes
Blue Suede Shoes
Directed by	Curtis Clark
Starring	Bill Haley and the Comets; Ray Campi and his Rockabilly Rebels; Matchbox;
Distributed by	Kendon Films Ltd.
Release date	20 April 1980;
Running time	97 mins
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Blue Suede Shoes is a 1980 music documentary film by Curtis Clark that combines archival film of early American rock 'n' roll pioneers of the 1950s (with footage of

Bill Haley's 1957 British tour, an Eddie Cochran television appearance and late 1960s concert footage of Gene Vincent) and British singers Cliff Richard and Tommy Steele with material recorded at a 1979 rock 'n' roll revival weekender featuring bands and people following the scene (including Teddy Boys, motorcycle greasers and rockabilly adherents).^[1]

Synopsis

The documentary includes archive material from the 1950s plus later concert footage from Gene Vincent (1970). The film includes footage from a revival weekend at a holiday camp in Great Yarmouth, England. The weekend footage includes footage of shows by various bands of the period and after. The film concludes with a 15-minute excerpt from a March 1979 performance by Bill Haley and His Comets recorded during his "comeback tour" in London. Although Haley continued to tour and perform until May 1980, this was his final film appearance.

Featured musicians

Bill Haley

Ray Campi and his Rockabilly Rebels
Freddie 'Fingers' Lee
Kevin Carey
Eddie Cochran
Cliff Richard
Tommy Steele
Gene Vincent

References

^ Maslin, Janet (July 3, 1981). "2 Rock-and-Rollers at Thalia". The New York Times. p. C00006.

External links

Blue Suede Shoes at
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[1] Maslin, Janet (July 3, 1981). "2 Rock-and-Rollers at Thalia". The New York Times. p. C00006.

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