RICKY NELSON SINGS

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• Release Year: 2005
• Genre: Documentary; Music
• Plot: At long last a Ricky Nelson DVD of some of his performances from Ozzie and Harriet. For Baby Boomers a nice reminder of the early days of Rock & Roll and for younger viewers a chance to see some of Rick's great performances. Thus some of the problems! First song out of the gate is 'Hello Mary Lou.' A Rock Classic with one of the definitive guitar solos in Rock history. Except, they cut out the guitar solo. Saving 19 seconds! The next quibble is talking during the solo of 'It's Late' and than on 'You Tear Me Up' utilizing a version which doesn't even have James Burton but a fake guitarist hidden behind James Kirkland's Stand Up Bass. There are at least 3 versions of this song available with James playing. One last song complaint is 'A Teenagers Romance' a song Rick hated when they could have used 'Sweeter Than You' or 'Just A Little Too Much.' ; The interviews are heartfelt by the Nelson Family, Kris Kristofferson and its great to see James Burton talking about Rick instead of Elvis. Playing with Rick was James best guitar solo years. The Three Part Singing by The Nelson Boys on Garden Party is GREAT! Another nice aspect is that all songs are complete before interviews come in. No talking over the songs. Refreshing!! ; ; The bonus material with the Twins playing with James Burton on 'It's Late and 'Believe What You Say' is just awesome to see. ; ; So yes, it would have been nice to have a few things corrected but this is for most Rock & Roll Golden Era/Rick Nelson fans a GREAT BUY!! Hopefully, in the future we will get some of Rick's great Rockabilly songs, 'My Babe', 'Milkcow Blues', 'Good Rockin' Tonight', 'Just A Little Too Much' 'Down The Line' and more in another release. ; ;
• Cast: Ricky Nelson; David Leaf
• Director: David Leaf
• Runtime: 1:30
• Company: Capitol Records
• Media Format: Movie