Don Gililland

Don Dow Gililland (commonly misspelled as Gilliland; born 31 January 1939 Dallas, Texas) is a jazz guitarist and composer who is best known for having recorded three rockabilly hits in 1956 on Sun Records with "Wade & Dick — The College Kids," led by Wade Lee Moore (born 1934) and Dick Penner:

  1. Wild Woman
  2. Don't Need Your Lovin'
  3. Bop Bop Baby

Bop Bop Baby was included on the soundtrack of Walk the Line, the film biography of Johnny Cash. Gililland has been legally blind since birth but has always been able to get around.[1] Gililland played guitar with Buster Smith. Gililland also worked 26 years for the Oak Cliff Tribune, becoming managing editor. He currently works for Dallas Area Rapid Transit and still performs in the evenings.

Selected discography

Jazz

Recorded in Denton, Texas, released in 1961 by 90th Floor Records SSL907 OCLC 15010703
Re-released as a compilation in 2005 by 90th Floor Records SSL907
Re-released in 2009 under the title The Road to Stan as a tribute to various performances by musicians who later were associated with the Stan Kenton Orchestra by 90th Floor Records SSL907 OCLC 501846239
Marvin Stamm, Ron Towell, John Crews, Tom Wirtel, John Inglis (trumpets), Morgan Powell (lead), Dee Barton, William Barton, Larry Moser, Jerry Schulze (trombones), David Irving, Bill Pickering (french horns), John La Forge (tuba), Ken Fears (flute), Archie Wheeler (lead alto sax), Allan Solganick (alto sax), Jerry Keys (tenor, flute), Ray Kireilis (tenor & bari sax), Herb Porter (bari sax & bass clarinet), Lanny Steele (piano), Don Gililland (electric guitar), Toby Guynn (bass), Paul Guerrero (drums), Leon Breeden (conductor)
Recorded in Chicago, October 1961
Released by Decca DL4241 (mono), DL74241 (stereo) OCLC 8983410
Gary Slavo, Tom Wirtel, Bob Clull, Chris Witherspoon (trumpets), Don Jacoby (trumpet, leader), Dee Barton, William Barton, Loren Binford, Dave Wheeler (trombones), Al Beutler, John Giordano (alto sax), Jerry Keys (alto & bari sax), Bob Pierson, Don Melka (tenor sax), Keith Jarrett (piano), Don Gililland (guitar), Toby Guynn (bass), John Von Ohlen (drums)

Rockabilly

Recorded at Pepper Studio (Sun Studio), 706 Union Avenue, Memphis, December 14, 1956
Sun Records 269 (released May 27, 1957)
Bop Bop Baby (BMI U-250)
backed with ("bw") Don't Need Your Lovin Baby (BMI U-251)
Bob Izer plays guitar, Gililland plays bass
Sun Records (released 1956)
Bop Bop Baby (alternate version) (BMI U-250)
backed with ("bw") Wild Woman
Recorded at Pepper Studio (Sun Studio), 706 Union Avenue, Memphis, February 16, 1957
Sun Records 282
Cindy Lou (BMI U-279)
Gililland plays guitar
  1. Sag, Drag and Fall
Musical score for Sag, Drag and Fall composed by Ken Massey & Don Gililland (© 1955) OCLC 499081157
Recording released in 1987 by Nervous Records, Restless – The Early Years 1981-83
Re-released in 2001 by Be Be's Records, Restless – The Nervous Years
Re-released by Documents, Membran Music Ltd., Various – Early Rock ,N' Roll And Rockabilly

Filmography

Executive producer: J.G. Tiger (né Jack David Goldman; 1929–2000)
Director: Murray Douglas Sporup (1922–1995)
Premier: 21 March 1957, Dallas[2]
Gililland plays Ronnie, a bespectacled guitarist in the film

References

  1. ↑ Matt Weitz, Rock 'n' Roll High School – Rock, Baby, Rock It! is Classic Kitsch, But There's a Lesson Amid the Cheese, Dallas Observer, July 03, 1997
  2. ↑ Matt Weitz, Rock 'n' Roll High School, Dallas Observer, July 03, 1997
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