Glen Glenn

While he never gained the same fame and public recognition as such fellow West Coast rockabilly pioneers as Eddie Cochran and Ricky Nelson, Glen Glenn's talent far outweighed his luck in the music business, and his classic sides became the stuff of legend among rockabilly fans as well as such roots rock giants as Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, and Bob Dylan, all of whom covered his tunes on-stage. Glenn was born Orin Glenn Troutman on October 24, 1934, in Joplin, Missouri. Troutman was raised on the classic traditional country sounds of the deep South (and was related to Porte...