VINTAGE GUITAR Gallup in the early '60s with his '54 Gretsch 6128 Duo-Jet and its homemade fretboard. The A-team was in place on May 4, 1956, when Capitol Records producer Ken Nelson came to the studio with his new signing, a kid named Gene Vincent. After hearing a dub of Vincent and his band playing an original song called "Be-Bop-A-Lula" during a performance at WCMS radio, he'd decided to break from the norm and let them do the session as a group. As Vincent's group tore through 80 September 2017 Gallup early '60s: Connie Gallup Creef/Joe Carducci/Gretsch. T here was a custom at Owen Bradley Film & Recording Studios in Nashville; artists cut vocal tracks with backing from Bradley's crack team of session musicians including guitarists Grady Martin, Hank Garland, and Harold Bradley. The artist's bandmates stayed home or watched from the sidelines.