Talk:Eddie Cochran

message: I've just watched a black and white TV broadcast from 1959/1960 entitled Eddie Cochran: Town Hall Party. In it Eddie states that he was born in Oklahoma City and his family then moved to Minnesota. He also states that Hank Cochran was his cousin. Not as is written.
I'd suggest that his birth registration may be in error in that the birth may have taken place in Oklahoma and then the registration taken place 5 days later in Minnesota. That or Eddie at 20 had no idea where he was born (unlikely). Eddie also explained that though Hank was not his brother (Cochran Brothers) he was his cousin.
Peter Schlesinger (formerly of Chippenham)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.17.74.220 (talk) 14:05, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Place of birth and Cochran Brothers 

message: 'Earlier in the tour, the same guitar had been carried to the car for Cochran by a young fan, Mark Feld, who would later be known as Marc Bolan of T. Rex and would also die in a car crash.[14]'
Although it's a coincidence that Marc Bolan also died of a car crash I don't think it should be included.  It's too trivial about carrying a guitar to the car. Novalia (talk) 12:21, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Death 

message: Quote:  Cochran is credited also with being one of the first to use an unwound third string in order to "bend" notes up a whole tone—an innovation (imparted to UK guitarist Joe Brown, who secured much session work as a result) that has since become an essential part of the standard rock guitar vocabulary
I'm not sure this is the best way to put it.  So he used an unwound G-string in order to more readily bend notes up on that string.  This doesn't seem like a great innovation to me, I have to say.
And I'm not sure the information on Joe Brown is relevant to the article. Maikel (talk) 16:52, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unwound third string 

message: I am probably being a bit dim but I was confused by the [citation needed] at the end of the following sentence "He was also an influence on the guitar player Brian Setzer, of Stray Cats, who plays a 6120 almost like that of Cochran, whom he portrayed in the film La Bamba". I agree it needs a citation[s]. Is it asking to provide a citation for his role in the film in La Bamba, or is it asking for a citation for "who plays a 6120 almost like that of Cochran" (which I think is subjective - although I agree he does - and would require some write-up from a respected music critic), or is the 'citation needed' asking for both these points? I would like to provide citations but I am confused - any advice would be gratefully received Gricharduk (talk) 11:55, 26 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Style and influence - Citation needed 

message: The official Minnesota birth records give his name at birth as "Ray Edward Cochran".  More importantly, so do reliable secondary sources like Britannica, and many others.  Grave markers are not reliable sources.  If his driving licence states "Edward Ray", that is interesting but may simply mean that he changed the order of his forenames at some point - though we would need a source saying that he did that to include it in the article.  The parameter in the infobox states "Birth name", so that is clear.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 20:08, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birth name 

message: He died on Rowden hill in Chippenham, Wiltshire not Bath which is a different county all together. Bath is 20 miles away from where he crashed! 62.232.167.100 (talk) 00:32, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: That is where the crash occurred.  He was taken to hospital in Bath, where he died.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 06:55, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong info about place of death