If you remember that, you're lying about your age . I often listen to oldies stations and I've certainly heard him but can't remember anything specific right now.

I was of course aware of Hendrix & admired his guitar playing. To be honest I couldn't remember the date or even the year in which he died. Being older than most musicians here (I suspect anyway) two dates stick in my mind. 3rd Feb, 1959 & 17th April, 1960 when Buddy Holly & Eddie Cochran died in tragic accidents. Holly was 22 & Cochran 21. While comparatively unknown in their own country, these two talented young muscians influenced British rock music far more that anyone else I can think of. Without them there would possibly have been no Sixties Revolution that changed the face of modern music. No Beatles, no Animals & possibly no demand for Jimi Hendrix. Their music is as fresh today as it was  over 40 years ago.

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I urge anyone interested in this subject to listen to Eddie Cochran. Even if the type of music does not appeal to you, listen to his guitar playing. He was a talented guitarist & songwriter but also played bass & drums. Some of his records are overdubbed with him playing other instruments. Not too many people were doing that at the time & he had only skimmed the surface of his potential. http://www.hotshotdigital.com/tribute/EddieCochran.html

His tour of the UK proved so popular it was extended. Very few US artists were prepared to come over here* & those that did were certain of a rapturous welcome. (To the disappointment of his many UK fans Elvis Presley never even visited Britain during his long career.) Cochran had a great influence on British musicians on the tour - including Joe Brown & Big Jim Sullivan, two prominent session musicians who played guitar on many hit records. (Joe Brown was also house guitarist on several popular national TV rock 'n roll shows.) These in turn influenced many other musicians of that generation & promoted interest in the electric guitar which was still fairly new in this country at that time. Cochran was tragically killed in a car accident during the tour. A very sad loss indeed.

PS. Not sure I understand the reference to CFS1 but expect I'll figure it out. ???

*PPS. This might have been partly due to a Musicians Union agreement of the time where visiting artists had to use British backing musicians. I think this was a reciprocal agreement with the US Musicians Union & would have applied to British artists touring the US.