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Tag Archives: Carl Perkins
Elvis’ Hair Discussed By Those Who Knew Him
This conversation took place in a restaurant in Memphis in 2000. All of these guys now grizzled old geezers, looking back on 1955/56. Sam Phillips [owner/founder of Sun Records]: [Elvis] tickled me when we got into Shrevesport, Louisiana going on … Continue reading
Carl Perkins’ “Honey Don’t”: The Chord Change That Shook the World
Below is an exchange from the documentary “Good Rockin’ Tonight,” a celebration of Sam Phillips and Sun Records, featuring interviews with many of the Sun artists (Rufus Thomas, Billy Lee Riley, Scotty Moore, Sonny Burgess). The “gimmick” of it was … Continue reading
“Uh-uh Honey Stay OFF of Them Shoes …”
Carl Perkins’ “Blue Suede Shoes” had been recorded on the Sun label in January of 1956, and had climbed all three of the national charts (on a very steep curve): country & western, pop, and r&b. It was that r&b … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Rufus Thomas, Sam Phillips
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Bling
Carl Perkins in 1955 On a Facebook thread the other day, Straight Outta Compton (which I loved) was being discussed and a guy showed up and said he didn’t like hip hop, he said he had a “visceral reaction” to … Continue reading
Legends Together
Jerry Lee Lewis, Jackie Wilson, Carl Perkins, and Linda Gail Lewis, performing “This Is Your Land” from the pilot of the never-produced Jerry Lee Lewis Show. Watching this has made my morning.