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Robert Burke Warren, writing for the Hall of Fame, called them "One of the first self-contained rock & roll bands",<ref name=Hall/> while ''[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]'' has called them "The first rock & roll band in the world".<ref name=UnleashedLinerNotes/>{{better source needed|reason=Anybody can say anything in a liner note|date=October 2023}} | Robert Burke Warren, writing for the Hall of Fame, called them "One of the first self-contained rock & roll bands",<ref name=Hall/> while ''[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]'' has called them "The first rock & roll band in the world".<ref name=UnleashedLinerNotes/>{{better source needed|reason=Anybody can say anything in a liner note|date=October 2023}} | ||
Members inducted into the Hall of Fame were guitarists [[Cliff Gallup]], [[Tommy Facenda|Tommy "Bubba" Facenda]], [[Paul Peek]], Willie Williams, and Johnny Meeks; bassists Bobby Jones and Jack Neal; and drummer Dickie Harrell, who died in 2023.<ref name=Hall/> Drummers Juvy Gomez and Clyde Pennington, bassist Bill Mack, piano player Max Lipscomb, and guitarists Grady Owen and Jerry Merritt were also members at various times. | Members inducted into the Hall of Fame were guitarists [[Cliff Gallup]], [[Tommy Facenda|Tommy "Bubba" Facenda]], [[Paul Peek (musician)|Paul Peek]], Willie Williams, and Johnny Meeks; bassists Bobby Jones and Jack Neal; and drummer Dickie Harrell, who died in 2023.<ref name=Hall/> Drummers Juvy Gomez and Clyde Pennington, bassist Bill Mack, piano player Max Lipscomb, and guitarists Grady Owen and Jerry Merritt were also members at various times. | ||
{{Rquote|left|Vincent knocked the lights out of every stage he hit, and his Blue Caps picked up the pieces and threw them out the window.|''Rockabilly Legends''<ref name=Legends/>}} | {{Rquote|left|Vincent knocked the lights out of every stage he hit, and his Blue Caps picked up the pieces and threw them out the window.|''Rockabilly Legends''<ref name=Legends/>}} | ||
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The Blue Caps were a pioneering American rock and roll band of the 1950s, the backing band for early rockabilly icon Gene Vincent. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012, as part of a class of overlooked backing bands selected by a special committee.[1][2]
Robert Burke Warren, writing for the Hall of Fame, called them "One of the first self-contained rock & roll bands",[1] while Rolling Stone has called them "The first rock & roll band in the world".[3]Template:Better source needed
Members inducted into the Hall of Fame were guitarists Cliff Gallup, Tommy "Bubba" Facenda, Paul Peek, Willie Williams, and Johnny Meeks; bassists Bobby Jones and Jack Neal; and drummer Dickie Harrell, who died in 2023.[1] Drummers Juvy Gomez and Clyde Pennington, bassist Bill Mack, piano player Max Lipscomb, and guitarists Grady Owen and Jerry Merritt were also members at various times.
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The Blue Caps appeared, backing Gene Vincent, in the movies The Girl Can't Help It (1956) and Hot Rod Gang (1958).
The Blue Caps wore flat light blue caps on stage.[1]
The Blue Caps disbanded before the end of the 1950s, but reformed with original members Meeks, Peek, Harrell, Jones, and Facenda for a 1982 tour of England and a new record.[5]
Discography
With Gene Vincent
- Bluejean Bop! (1956, Columbia)
- Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps (1957, Capitol T811, US & UK)
- Gene Vincent Rocks! And the Blue Caps Roll! (1958, Capitol – T-970, US & UK)
Solo
- Unleashed (1982, Magnum Force)
- On The Road Again (1984, Magnum Force, MFLP – 1020)
- The Blue Caps – Hep To The Beat With The Blue Caps & Friends (2004, Pollytone – PEPCD 119, UK)
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- American rockabilly music groups
- Musical groups established in the 1950s
- Musical groups disestablished in the 1950s
- Musical groups reestablished in 1982
- 1950s establishments in the United States
- 1950s disestablishments in the United States
- 1982 establishments in the United States