From:   "Dik de Heer" 
Date:  Tue Jun 25, 2002  1:13 am
Subject:  Born To Be With You : Lloyd Arnold
 
LLOYD ARNOLD (By Shaun Mather)

Born Lloyd Arnold McCullough, 25 June 1935, Memphis, Tennessee
Died 10 January 1976, Memphis, Tennessee

Although he was born at the right time and in the right place, Lloyd Arnold
was never able to make the most of his limited opportunities and after a few
dabbles at rockabilly, drifted quietly back out of the music scene. As a
cousin of Eddy Arnold he must have had music in the family genes. His first
record, in the fall of 1955, was the superb Oh, Darling / Watch That Girl on the

small Von label. Next came a session for the Ekko label in 1956, with a more
polished sound, followed by a few releases on Starday. Chuck Berry was a
major influence on Lloyd and he tried Chuck's Schooldays three times, on
the Avet, K-Ark and Memphis labels. For Memphis (the label of his manager,
Buford Cody) he also cut Sugaree. His best effort was for the Philly-based
Myers Records for whom he recorded Red Coat, Green Pants And Red Suede
Shoes (1961) together with Hangout. He recorded for Republic as Lloyd
McCullough and in 1963 cut a demo of I Got The Blues on which he was joined
by Charlie Feathers, which remained unissued until it appeared on The Last
Great Rockabilly Saturday Night on Stompertime Records 35 years later.
In the mid-sixties he moved to country music, recording for a succession of
small labels in Memphis and Nashville. By 1971, Lloyd decided it was time
to call it a day and he opened a night club in Memphis Less than five years
later, dogged by misfortune and personal problems, Lloyd tragically took his
own life. He was only 41. He never achieved any of the commercial success
he so richly deserved, but will be remembered by many for his music into
which he put his heart and soul.

CD : Red Coat, Green Pants & Red Suede Shoes (Star-Club) 26 tracks