Just Rollin' with Johnny Olenn. NM- Early Rock LP

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Just Rollin' with Johnny Olenn. Liberty Records(LRP-3029). 1957. 

JUST ROLLIN' WITH JOHNNY OLENN LP !! on Liberty (original mono turquoise label) (LRP-3029) 1956. Who can forget the guy in the red suit early on in the movie 'The Girl Can't Help It' wailing away on the songs 'My Idea Of Love' and 'I Ain't Gonna Cry No More'. This is was his first and last album after his movie appearance. Some say it was pressed in 1957. Either way, it's almost 50 years old. It was his only LP which was never widely reissued commercially. The music is fantastic 50's rock and roll with a definate rock 'a' billy sound to it, just try to keep your feet still.
Johnny Olenn (McCord, this is his complete real name), was born on December 16, 1936 in San Antonio, Texas, where he later was raised and grew up with friends like Doug Sahm, (of the today's popular Texas Tornados). As a musician he started his career in the early fifties, by playing stand-up bass in the western band of Eddie Dugosh. Later on he switched to the steel guitar and Rudy "Tutti" Grayzel, joined the band and became their stand-up bass player. 

In 1954 he quit high school and stopped working in the western band of Eddie just to form his own band "The Jokers", who consisted of Cullen Offer - sax, Jerry Carnes - drums, Bobby Gene Baker - bass and Greg Nanus - piano, while Johnny himself did the vocals and lead guitar. Beside all these instruments he already played, he also plays the drums and the trumpet! After a year of playing around they got a steady engagement at the Tiffany Lounge club in San Antonio, this was in 1955 where they stayed for about 6 months.

Cover Rated 7 or EX- high gloss paste on cover with corner bumps, light back discolorization/Record 9 or NM- black and shiny, a beauty, heavy vinyl. 

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