This is the epitome of why KZfaq is great. I have been in awe of Gene Vincent my whole life, yet still would never have seen this absolutely AMAZING performance were it not for youtube. I really feel like I am there in the crowd watching this giant of rock and roll. Thanks so much for posting. You've made the world a better place.

Saw gene live at bristol colston hall nearly fifty years ago.He did not have a work permit so could not sing on the stage.So he sang in the audience.Fabulous.A proper rocker.

Il est venu au monde juste pour chanter le rock'n'roll et il nous a quitté! Sa voix et sa manière de chanter sont extraordinaires. C'est vraiment du jamais vu!

Very well stated and I'm sure many other performers may had gone through the same thing But Gene brought that emotion onto the stage and he just lets it out without holding back.

what a voice he had, as vocalist he's unmatched, he can sing hard driving rock and then break your heart with songs like his version of somewhere over the rainbow! that guy was pure class.

He rocked and rolled till he couldn't rock no more. Rest in peace Gene.

he wasnt in the best of health but his voice is still spot on and never faulters . r i p gene vincent . true rock n roller

This is one of my favourite Gene Vincent performances especially over the last few years of his life which in two years he would pass on but he can still deliver a good rock performance on a good day. Sincerely Max Brand

What an amazing talent Gene Vincent was and his legend lives on!

Anniversary of Genes death today. 41 years gone and still rocking my world !! Thanks Man. RIP

Gene is the King! Historic performance.

All those luck folk in the audience ,lucky folk.to see one of the greats ..G.Vincent..wow.

Tremendous. I know he was kind of grouped in the '50s category generally, but liked his later efforts the best - he was a true professional and loved England. Always a great rockabilly singer, even when clearly intoxicated. Had no truck from the prick that was Don Arden either - loved those stories! RIP Gene.

Gene, Old before his time....life in the Rock "N" Roll fast lane took its toll. But he remained loyal to the cause to the very end

This is how Rock'n'Roll should be.Right in your face and raw.I wish I'd been at the front of that crowd rather than in some arena somewhere.

Happy Birthday Gene Vincent......Rock on Man!!

Gene is great and the video is so good

GENE I LOVE YOU ------ I---LOVE YOU THE GREATEST- THE KING OF ROCK-N-ROLL SWEET, SWEET GENE

Even on 1 leg he gives 100% Guys a god.

pure,genuine,autentic rock roll.....thanks

And it's comments like that that make it all worthwhile! Cheers.

first rate top notch entertainer and video doesnt get any better

God he put everything into his performances!! What a voice!

It's quite sad that people are knocking Gene - saying he was past it by this stage - I think this is great (the whole programme was shown again in the early 90s) - You've got to remember that every time he came to the UK he didn't have the Blue Caps cause they'd already gone their seperate ways by 1959. Imagine if he came over to the UK in 1956 with the Blue Caps doing stuff off their second album - it would have been the best gig ever.

I honor him so much!

I'm feeling exactly the same!!! Very welle said!!!

when i was one year old i remember this song i was in a crib i guess i used to ask my mom I want a be bop a lulu.i remember being in my crib and i can still see the old brown suitcase record player.so i was born on rock n roll for years i thought it was elvis.now thank god for the internet i can see and hear all his great song's that one song inspired me to be a musician[be bop a-lulu].it is to bad these guy's never got the fame they deserved in there time the forefather's of rock n'roll

Wild Rock'n'Roll, just as I like it! :D Thanks for sharing ;)

JUST LOVE GENE ONE OF THE MOST UNDERATED PERFORMARES EVERY THOMAS HAVERSTOCK

This is Rock and Roll!

the only rock n roll singer who looks younger as he gets older

@smugglertrev Been a massive GV fan for 40 years. Never seen this before.Fantastic.Thank You

Gene would have been 76 today. Happy Birthday Man

Great video!

When I was a kid I used to have a VHS clip of the Baby Blue segment (just the intro, taped from the Whistle Test).I played it over and over.I've seen bands and I've played in bands(bass) but that bit still gives me goose pimples.

GENE PERRRRKELE!

SUPERB!!!!

The bit that always strikes me is when he's backstage, looking like he's about to die & gets dragged back onstage against his will. The moment he gets in view of the crowd, he's all smiles & going for broke! In some respects it's a bit sad but the mark of a real pro.

I LOVE GENE VINCENT !!! - E

A true great.

answer to mrwilliamson (part two) It was the flower power era and not the 50's.. All of them (R&R singers) start to regain popularities at the debute of 70's with Rock and Roll revivals and Festivals...

@jettscream It is my absolute pleasure! Thanks for commenting.

sitting here dumbstruck....fuckin awesome!

live de novembre 1969 à l'île de wight;accompagné par les wild Angels de Mal Gray

@sonet195066 Yes it was called the Rock and Roll singer. Filmed if I recall correctly 1969 just 2yrs before he died. I still have it and watch it quite often. Why would you want to watch anything else?Todays music is just crap. Alright yes I am old, the best days have gone but still remain in my fading memory.

Great!!Los Electros.

This was from the BBC documentary The Rock and Roll Singer. I think this was a performance he gave in a hotel on the Isle of Wight. Not sure if you can get on DVD. I recorded it many years ago on video. Its a sad documentary in some ways. It showed what problems he had getting money for his performances. There always seemed to someone ready to shaft him. What it did show was the adulation, he always gave a good performance saw him several times in the early 60s.

He looked like he was in pain except when he was singing.

Looking back the Wild Angels did a good job here. They had their LP out 'Live At the Revolution' 1968 which was a straight high energy covers job. You have to remember that to the mainstream music business Gene didn't exist. I hope Rob Finnis's book gets reprinted sometime...

if they have the full show of this stick it on a dvd i will buy it why the hell did they cut all the songs up and put it on the uk tour documentry we all know the band had little time to learn the songs but there is no gene vincent footage give the fans some footage man they released animal kwackers this year on dvd

I think the footage was originally put out on a documentary run by the BBC on Horizon. A cracking look in to the legend in his later years, sad to see how he was exploited and fell on hard times.

YEP

40th anniversary of Genes death today. RIP Man

@notsovelvet Did he have one leg in the end ??? I thought thats why he was pilled n boozed up cos he was always scared of it being amputated. It was so sad to see him like this, although this is a great performance and his voice is spot on. I heard many a story of how arshole angents paid him off and were generally horrible to him. Good to see that he is still remembered for the great and inovative artist and electrifying performer that he was !!!

how cool is that version of be-bop-a-lula?

gene vincent american great echoes of a better time in america elvis got idea from him black leather 68 come back special rock in america replaced by impurities johnny suede

I think I had that same clip (though I don't know where from). Mine cut out, suddenly, after two verses with a shot of a newspaper reporting his death!

look for the 69 documentary on disc/tape got this and more

yep 1969 look for the bbc documentary on the whole tour

@hydfawr Good call! Cheers.

@hydfawr I wish I'd got that comment approved sooner! My sincere apologies.

Look at him go out there and slaughter the audience. When backstage he looks completely worn out, drunk, hungover, like somebody with a horrific leg injury, and he says "I can't do it." Then he goes back out and slaughters them again. Gene never got what he deserved. Rest in peace.

@hartommitch Why wouldn't he pay him?

What is wrong with those pub -singers, anyway? I think it's Ok to be one!

sorry to say but he cant sing in this one like he used to nor do the instramentals sound right.