JERRY COLE
GUITARS A GO-GO:CROWN VOL 2

In the 1960s, the late Jerry Cole was one of America's most prolific guitarists, turning his hand to surf music, rock, country, jazz and blues and playing on sessions for Brian Wilson, Phil Spector and countless others. He would replace less proficient group members at recordings, often anonymously. Cole made several low-budget-but very technically proficient albums for the Modern label’s Crown imprint. This is our second helping from these sources – following the 2006 release of “Hot Rod Twangin’”. The golden age of guitar-driven rock’n’roll instrumentals lasted from 1957 to around 1967. In order to satisfy the public’s newly-found fascination with the electric guitar, countless guitar-oriented records were released during the era and the now often-overlooked genre exploded with a blast of sounds and rhythms never heard before that time. Without uttering a word, these magnificent and sometimes quirky guitar instros captured and conveyed the excitement and mystery of the space age, surfing, spying, hot rods, gang fights, beatniks, love, drinking, the wild west, exotic locations, food, superheroes, moods, dance crazes, weather, local colour and tripping on acid. And it was usually accomplished in under three minutes.