Ca fait 4 jours que je scotche sur cet article retraçant la vie de Billy Strange, qui vient de mourir.

Billy Strange ! Un nom de star du cinéma. 

Rien que la première phrase :

“Musicians Hall of Famer Billy Strange, a songwriter, guitarist and arranger who aided the hit-making efforts of Elvis Presley, the Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sinatra, has died in Nashville at age 81.”

Hé ouais, c’était le poto d’Elvis :

“When Presley came to Los Angeles for sessions, he employed Mr. Strange as a player and arranger, and the two became fast friends, riding motorcycles together and sitting and playing with baby Lisa Marie Presley together.”

Quand il était jeune, avant d’être musicien :

“Though he worked in the rodeo, as a truck driver and as a stunt man in his 20s”

Elvis n’était pas seulement son pote : 

“For Presley, Mr. Strange contributed hit compositions including “A Little Less Conversation””

Il était aussi membre du Wrecking Crew ! :

“A member of the “Wrecking Crew” of Los Angeles-based session musicians in the 1960s, Mr. Strange played guitar on the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds album”

Et aussi, Bang Bang ! :

“Mr. Strange also played the haunting guitar part on Sinatra’s “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)”

C’est un article sur The Daily Swarm que j’ai vu avant de remonter au Tennessean. 

Une putain de tranche d’Amérique, tiens.

Billy Strange. Comme un personnage croisé sur la route par Sailor et Lula. Elvis meets Warhol meets Lynch meets Frank. 

PS : Nancy Sinatra a un twitter !?