Del Shannon Performs "Runaway" | Letterman 

I think he would have been Orbisons replacement in the Wilbury's to be honest. What a tradegy 😞

@@pcolageorge I agree. It's incredibly sad. He would have been a stellar addition to the Willburys. It hurts to think what might have been but never was. It's a loss for everyone. As a side note, that medication was all the rage back then and was being prescribed left and right. People didn't understand the potential negative side effects. I was put on a medication that is a close cousin to it and immediately I started feeling some of the side effects Del complained of and within a few days my personality changed in troubling ways. I started seeking out and engaging in incredibly dangerous activities, like dodging trains (literally, not metaphorically). That push-pull disruption of the air as it races past an inch or two away from your face is something I never want to feel again. After a few months I went against the advice of my physicians and took myself off the medication and I think had I not, I might well have ended up with an outcome similar to Del's. Stay safe friends.

Three years actually. Almost to the day. This was 2/10/87, and he died 2/8/1990.

I never knew. sad stupid death bummer

@@juliusseizure2673 Ah yeah, you're right about that. For some reason I had it in my mind that he died in '89. Well, three years then. Still sounded oustatnding.

Was more like hell yeah !! You nailed buddy

Hi Derek, did you play with Del twice? That's pretty cool!

@@remastersofcomedy Hi. Yes, he would use a different, local band in each town as he travelled around. I was in a beach party (Beach Boys tribute) band called Endless Summer. We did the same thing with Peter Noone.

@@derekdrums Cool, do you have a website or contact email please? I am making a Del Shannon doc and have a few other guys from his backing bands in it who have provided interviews. If you are up for it and have some equipment to film yourself with - I can send you over more details and the interview questions? No worries if not. Thanks.

❤❤what a blessing and thanks for the info!

😂I concur! Great music, then and Del the best

Del and Petty were working on a new album for Del when the demons overwhelmed him. Sad.

It was Prozac

I love both versions. Never heard him do the Crime Story version live.

Possibly Hats off to Larry?

Or maybe From Me to You. That was a minor hit for Del, and it was the first time a Lennon-McCartney song charted in the USA. Del knew the Beatles because he toured with them in the UK... @@joeg3313

I heartily second that. Back in the 80s I tanked after my Dad died and went into treatment for depression. Psychiatrist had his office 2 floors away from his records. He got in the habit of changing meds over the phone. One period I was awake for 4 days 24/7. I accidentally overdosed once. Well 2 non-interventions in the same day turned me around. To this day I don't even like to take aspirin. 2weeks ago, I had hip replacement surgery and took one oxycodone and the rest is going down the toilet. Just a warning. Don't blindly trust someone because of who they are, question side effects, etc.

Yes, I am.

I’m trying to, but this live version is not exactly like the recorded version. I keep coming in too early!

@@kstepko Agreed, but if you watch him you’ll see where he hesitates and the second time you watch will be perfect. This was back before they realized that people need the exact tempo of the original.

Yes, but not recently. As others have noted, he died only a few years after this was recorded.

He committed suicide (.22 rifle) shortly after starting to take Prozac, an antidepressant, for stress.

​ Yes, 3 years.

Not three years ago. About three years after this appearance.

Merry Christmas

@@rdmeenach Why are you talking about a pagan holiday that's more than a month away?

​@@PatriotsVideosyou sound like a sad, little, old man 😔

@patriotsVideos, you. Are. A. Troll. Get back to your ‘juggalos’. Del was THE definition of cool.