Gene Vincent

Gene Vincent: A Caricature Portrait of the Artist as Rebel Rocker

As image and idol, rockabilly pioneer Gene Vincent was always as much illusion as reality, a Warhol-ian replica of the Elvis mold.

By
 / 27 March 2008

“White face, black shirt, white socks, black shoes, Black hair, white strat, bled white, died black.” – “Sweet Gene Vincent”, Ian Dury.

“[Vincent’s] a myth, a dream, an idea, a concept, a fantasy.” Race with the Devil: Gene Vincent’s Life in the Fast Lane, Susan VanHecke.

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