Just in via the Goner Board: pioneering rockabilly weirdo Jody Reynolds has passed away.
Known primarily for his 1958 hit "Endless Sleep," a creepy, slithering slab of romance doom and gloom, and "Fire of Love," a rumbling bit static menace, Reynolds was widely influential. "Endless Sleep" was covered by the MC5, "Fire of Love" by Gun Club, and other songs by artists as disparate as Nick Lowe, Marc Bolan and John Fogerty. A true visionary- RIP indeed.
The LA Weekly has more on their blog.
"Endless Sleep" by Jody Reynolds:
The haunting duet "Stranger in the Mirror" with Bobbie Gentry:
The Gun Club performing "Fire of Love" live in Madrid:
Marc Bolan's glam version of "Endless Sleep":
11.22.2008
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