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Robert Gordon & Chris Spedding
Biography
For a time back in the late '70s, Robert Gordon was in a rare position for a solo rock & roller. A veteran of bands like the Tuff Darts, he suddenly found himself leading a revival of rockabilly music at the end of the 1970s, and was the focus of attention of the world's rock press. The revival never quite happened, and his records didn't sell the way his label hoped, but Gordon ended up a celebrated figure among open-minded oldies buffs, rock & roll enthusiasts, and anyone with ears.

Gordon grew up in Washington, D.C., and the surrounding Virginia area. He discovered Elvis Presley upon his first RCA single release, and was hooked on his early sound -- not when he was the "King of Rock & Roll," but when Elvis was known as the "Hillbilly Cat," in his Memphis days. By age 15, Gordon was leading his own band, playing around Washington and the suburbs of Maryland. An enlistment in the National Guard was followed by a move to New York during 1970, and membership in the Tuff Darts, an early New York punk band that recorded for Sire at the end of the 1970s.

As it turned out, he had little sympathy for punk rock, and Gordon exited in the early '70s. In 1976, Gordon started singing again, and this time he decided to push in the direction that he wanted, toward the rockabilly sounds that he loved.
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