Singer and musician Lorrie Collins, 76, with her brother Larry were popular rockabilly singers, has died from complications of a fall. She died in my old haunts, Reno, Nevada.
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The sister-brother act was a study in striking similarity and contrast: she looking elegant and cool on camera, he a ball of energy with a geometrically perfect flattop haircut and a prodigy on the double-neck electric guitar he mastered under the tutelage of country musician Joe Maphis. Both typically dressed in eye-popping fringed, western outfits and boots, their names inlaid into the necks of their guitars.
The Collins Kids “reflected the spirit of early rock more thrillingly in the 1950s than rivals Wanda Jackson or Brenda Lee, both of whom are in rock hall of Fame,” tweeted The Times’ former pop music critic and author Robert Hilburn. “The Collins Kids will always be among my fondest memories of the energy and celebration of rock's first decade.”
She once dated Ricky Nelson.
She died August 4.
Vintage video:
Lorrie and Larry talk about their career in this video from 2009:
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