"Well, he saw the A4 and turned right, going the wrong way. "On your right is the A4 and then the bridge and on your left is the A4 to London. Thompkins later recalled: "You come out from under the viaduct and come across a bridge in front of you. The accident spot on Rowden Hill in Chippenham These were pre-M4 days, so Martin initially chose the old A4 down through Bath, but with this being a bad road, especially at night, he decided on a short cut on the outskirts of Chippenham. There were no more trains at that time of night, so a taxi was called. Sometime after 11.00pm, a Ford Consul driven by George Martin, with Eddie, Gene, Sharon and tour-manager Pat Thompkins, set off for London.Įddie, Sharon and Gene sat in the back, with Thompkins next to the driver. So by the time they all rolled up at the Bristol Hippodrome on Monday 11th April for a week-long residency, Eddie (and his accompanying girlfriend, songwriter Sharon Sheeley) were looking forward to returning to the USA immediately afterwards.įor this last week of the tour, Billy and Joe were off playing elsewhere and the support acts included Georgie Fame, Johnny Gentle and also Tony Sheridan - who a year later would make a record in Germany, with an unknown Liverpool group called The Beatles.Īfter the final show on Saturday 16th April - and back at the Royal Hotel to collect their things - Eddie wanted a lift back to London with Johnny Gentle, who had driven himself to Bristol, but his car was full. It was a long tour with a punishing schedule, and the British winter was not something that California-resident Cochran was used to. These included at various times along the tour - Billy Fury, Joe Brown, Georgie Fame, Vince Eager and Johnny Gentle. It was promoted by top pop impresario Larry Parnes and the support acts and musicians were all young UK rock'n'rollers that Parnes had under contract. Two of which - 'Summertime Blues' and 'C'mon Everybody', had been huge hits and today - nearly 50 years on - are regarded as classics of the genre.Įddie had arrived in the UK on 10th January 1960, to join a UK tour with Gene Vincent which had already been on the road since before Christmas. Often described as 'James Dean with a guitar', Eddie Cochran had everything going for him.Ī young, good-looking guy, a hugely talented musician, who as well playing stunning guitar, could also handle bass and drums and most unusually for those times, also wrote his own songs.
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Not one, but two genuine American rock'n'roll stars, criss-crossing the UK and even making TV and radio appearances!īy then, the first flush of raw rock'n'roll was long gone, so the sight and sound of Gene and Eddie was an antidote to the blandness of much pop music at that time. They were nothing short of a revelation… Eddie in particular. Martin's Hospital in Bath, came as a result of injuries sustained in a car crash just outside Chippenham, late the night before.Įddie and his great friend Gene Vincent had been touring the UK since mid-January, on a package tour that had created a sensation amongst UK rock n roll fans. (Andy Muschietti has confirmed it was Eddie’s arm.American rock'n'roll star Eddie Cochran died during the afternoon of Easter Sunday 17th April 1960. But due to the events of this scene happening long after Georgie's death, it can be confirmed that this was Eddie's arm. It is unknown if it was Eddie's arm or the arm of Georgie Denbrough.
It was mentioned that he had asked to borrow a pencil from Ben once. The Loser's Club mentioned of him saying that his arm had been found chewed up in the standpipe. As Eddie flees, It changes into the Gill-man and kills him by strangling him and tearing off his head.Įddie was killed by IT. Whilst at the canal, It appears to him in the form of Dorsey, Eddie's dead brother. After Macklin goes too far and kills Dorsey with a hammer, Eddie runs away from home. However, Macklin would frequently beat Eddie and Dorsey without warning, at one point throwing Eddie into a coat rack, causing him to urinate blood for a fortnight, all because he accidentally slammed the door. Eddie and his younger brother, Dorsey, are victims of abuse at the hand of their stepfather, Richard Macklin, similar to Beverly Marsh. He attends the same school as the Losers' Club and Henry Bowers' gang.
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