Essential Collection
JIN 9056 | 1998
| A brief history...
Born in 1940, this Opelousas, LA native learned to play the guitar at age eight and had his first radio program on KSLO in Opelousas, Louisiana between the ages of 10 to 12. Rod Bernard's first band, "The Twisters" played for local functions. His 1958 recording "This Should Go on Forever" was in the Top 10 and Top 20 charts nationwide. Rod appeared on Dick Clark's "American Bandstand" twice and performed with numerous other musicians such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Freddie Fender, B.B. King, Kenny Rogers, Jimmy Clanton, Johnnie and Edgar Winter, Mickey Gilley, Dr. John, Brenda Lee and Brook Benton. His hit records included "Colinda," "Sometimes," "One More Chance," Forgive" and "Congratulations To You Darling." Rod is generally considered one of the foremost musicians of this south Louisiana-east Texas idiom, along with such notables as Bobby Charles, Johnnie Allan, Tommy McLain, and Warren Storm. He is a member of the Louisiana Hall of Fame.
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