04 June 2013

12 year old larry collins invented heavy metal in 1958

Remember the Michael J Fox guitar solo in Back To The Future where he says he's too ahead of the time? Utter tummy rot. Here's a performance that knocks it clean out the water and with a double necked acoustic guitar. I haven't seen that before in a video from the 50s let alone from a 12 year old. 

And let's talk about how heavy the song is. They've taken the old blues standard that I've loved since I was a child (Lloyd Price's version is my favourite) and torn it apart. This is an incredible piece of music history. He has to be just about the coolest 12 year old I've ever seen. I'm jealous as hell.


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