“We all wanted to be Eddie,” Richards says in film that will premiere next month at Raindance festival<\/p>\n
\n\tBefore his death at age 21 in 1960, Eddie Cochran<\/a> recorded raucous rockers like \u201cSummertime Blues,\u201d \u201cC\u2019mon Everybody,\u201d \u201cSomethin\u2019 Else,\u201d and several other hits that helped shape the sound of pop music in the decades that followed. A new documentary, Don\u2019t Forget Me, set to premiere at London\u2019s Raindance Film Festival on June 26 examines Cochran\u2019s lasting influence.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cWe all wanted to be Eddie,\u201d Keith Richards<\/a> says in the trailer for the film, which combines interviews with talking heads alongside rare archival footage and reconstructions of famous moments. Alice Cooper, Rod Stewart, Sting<\/a>, Ronnie Wood, Roger Daltrey, John Waters, Billy Idol, and Yungblud<\/a> all make appearances in the documentary. It also features commentary from family members. \u201cFor the whole family, Eddie was the baby and our precious one,\u201d Cochran\u2019s sister, Pat Hickey, says. Admirer Yungblud comments in the clip, \u201cThere ain\u2019t no punk rock without Eddie Cochran.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n \n\tThe Cochran family worked with filmmaker Kirsty Bell (A Bird Flew In, Quant) on the picture, which was supported by both the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and record label Universal Music Enterprises. \u201cIt has been the deepest honor to be entrusted by Eddie Cochran\u2019s family to tell his story,\u201d Bell said in a statement. \u201cHis life burned fast and bright, but the ripples of his sound reached across oceans and decades, shaping the very language of rock & roll. Don\u2019t Forget Me is not just the title of this film: It is Eddie\u2019s own plea, echoed in autograph books and in the lives he touched. My hope is to bring him vividly back into the world\u2019s consciousness, to remind us not only of what we lost, but of the brilliance he gave.\u201d<\/p>\n