BILL FLAGG GUITAR ROCK ROCKABILLY 78 RPM VG+++
$
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You are bidding on BILL FLAGG AND HIS ROCKABILLIES GUITAR ROCK / I’M SO LONELY.
This is a 78 RPM on Tetra 4458 Canadian issue.
Great rockabilly tune that rarely comes up for auction.
Label is near perfect.
Shellac is a very glossy VG++ and better with just a few minor paper scuff marks and few barely visible superficial hairline scratches – collector piece.
Mini bio: Born in 1934 in Waterville, Maine, Bill Flagg recorded two incredible rockabilly numbers on the Tetra label with "Go Cat, Go" in 1956 and "Guitar Rock" in 1957 . When he made his start at the age of 17, he played with the likes of Jody Gibson, Eddie Reed, John Sligar and Frank Kennedy. In 1954, Bill Flagg and John Sligar combined what was then referred to as "hillbilly music "with a new beat called rock & roll and called it "rockbilly. This new music gained such popularity, that New York based record label "Tetra Records" offered Flagg a recording contract. In 1956, Flagg, accompanied by Cat Gibson and Ted Barton recorded the first "rockbilly" record; "Go Cat, Go". At that time Flagg was the only one calling his music rockbilly (later changed to rockabilly). Bill Haley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and the other rock stars of the time were calling their music "rock & roll" and Elvis Presley was called the "king of rock & roll". Flagg was inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame in 2000. He still performs
and records today in the central Maine area as "Hobo Bill & The Last Ride
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I am liquidating a portion of my personal 50 year collection of classic and rare 78
RPM shellac records during the next few months
