Making music and memories in Memphis and Little Rock Mar 15, 2008
It was fascinating to grasp the impact of Carl Perkins on the Beatles, or the manner in which country and western and Delta blues impacted, and shaped, the young Elvis Presley ... Check out this site for live cuts of Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, etc. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Song written by Bronson native wins Grammy Feb 20, 2008
Also sharing the stage as a performer with the likes of Garth Brooks, Billy Dean, Carl Perkins, Brenda Lee, Lee Greenwood, Lynn Anderson, Pam Tillis, Roy Acuff and Minnie Pearl. For more of this story please. (Coldwater Daily Reporter, MI)
Fifties in February starts to swing Feb 1, 2008
According to his Web site, LaBeef has shared bills with practically every great in music history: Elvis Presley, George Jones, Roy Orbison, Wanda Jackson, Carl Perkins; has numbered in his band more than 500 people (including the likes of Doug Kershaw, Kenny Rogers, Glen Campbell, D.J. Fontana, and Grady Martin), and has been an admitted influence to such a variety of people as Brian Setzer, Bruce Springsteen and the Beatles. ARIAN SCHUESSLER/The Globe Gazette 1687247 CLEAR LAKE After wearing... (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Today in History - Jan. 19 Jan 19, 2008
"Rockabilly" pioneer Carl Perkins died in Jackson, Tenn. at age 65. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Click for Full Story Jan 19, 2008
"Rockabilly" pioneer Carl Perkins died in Jackson, Tennessee, at age 65. Five years ago: President Fidel Castro and millions of other Cubans voted in parliamentary elections where all 609 candidates ran uncontested. (KWTX.com, TX)
Ken Nelson, 96, country record producer Jan 11, 2008
Although best known for his work with Owens and Haggard, Nelson also helped reinvent country music when 1950s rock 'n' rollers like Elvis Presley and Carl Perkins began supplanting perennial hitmakers like Red Foley and Eddy Arnold on the country charts. Rather than treating the big-beat incursion of Presley and Perkins as a threat, Nelson, then the head of the country division of Capitol Records, saw it as an opportunity to take rural music in a more sophisticated direction. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
TRUE STORIES Dec 31, 2007
We boogied to hits by James Brown, The Beatles, Van Morrison, Carl Perkins, Wilson Pickett, Ray Charles, The Temptations, Elvis and more. Here it is 2007 and it's been a long time since we've gone out to a club on New Year's Eve, electing, instead, to rent classic movies and watch them by the fire at home. (SunOnline)
Johnny Cash - Live at Montreux Dec 17, 2007
Cash makes a point of introducing drummer W. S. Holland, who played on Carl Perkins' original Blue Suede Shoes in 1955 and had been with Cash since 1960. In the '50s, though, country bands didn't have drummers, and Cash demonstrates how he achieved a kind of snare-drum effect by slipping paper between the strings and neck of his guitar, which is a nice, nostalgic touch. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Madonna in the Rock Hall? Seriously? Dec 14, 2007
John, Paul, Ringo and George began their careers as teenagers mimicking early rock stars like Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Cliff Richard, Carl Perkins and the like. They were steeped in that type of music. (MSNBC -- Music)
Melonized (12/13) Dec 14, 2007
Through Dec. 22, Mississippi Public Broadcasting's Winter Pledge Drive features great music programming vintage Johnny Cash Show with guests like Carl Perkins, Derek and the Dominos, and Neil Young. Also classic specials with Pavorotti, Domingo, Carreras, Andrea Bocelli, Celtic Woman, Elvis, Dylan, Roy Orbison and more. (Columbus Commercial Dispatch, MS)
Get a taste of 'Can't Buy Me Love' Oct 23, 2007
" All were blues that had previously been recorded by black artists; all were performed in the hybrid "rockabilly" style of "That's All Right"; and all were paired with country songs on their flip sides. Together with a weekly spot on the Louisiana Hayride radio show and live appearances at high school dances and county fairs throughout the South, these records established Elvis Presley as a regional sensation by the end of 1955. Yet the modest success of these singles none of which prior to... (USA Today -- Life)
New on DVD: Ken Burns delivers his 'War' Oct 5, 2007
Carl Perkins looks mighty cool rockin' out, and regulars the Statler Brothers are still smokin' cigarettes and watchin' Captain Kangaroo. Total clips: 66. (USA Today -- Life)
13 Greatest Live Albums Oct 5, 2007
Cash and his band, which includes Carl Perkins, knocks the songs "Cocaine Blues" and "Folsom Prison Blues" out of the park, with the latter getting a cheer after Cash sings that he "shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die." The loose atmosphere and sounds of the jail makes you feel more at this concert then any other live album out there, making it the closest you ever want to come to actually being in jail. Cream - Live Cream, Volume 2 (1968). (The New Hampshire, NH)
Southern Fried Fest offers diverse musical menu Sep 28, 2007
He and his band will soon take time off the road to appear in a new movie directed by Billy Bob Thornton about the life of Carl Perkins. Greg Menza may be contacted at or (931) 388-6464 ext. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Renowned record store fading out Sep 5, 2007
" Goddard, whose grandparents settled in the area in the 1890s, was born and raised in Mill Valley. As a kid, he was in the Cub Scouts with John Cipollina, lead guitarist of Quicksilver Messenger Service. "John was the reason I went to the Fillmore in the first place," he says. Goddard has been married to Cipollina's twin sister, Michael, for 18 years. At the back of the shop, Cipollina's old Gibson SG guitar hangs in a frame. The first in-store appearance he ever hosted was a performance by... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Rockabilly legend Perkins inspires film Sep 1, 2007
Family plans film based on deathbed account by rockabilly legend Carl Perkins ... text size "The Thinkin' Place," based on the late Carl Perkins' view of heaven, is expected to be in theaters nationwide no later than 2009 ... Family plans film based on deathbed account by rockabilly legend Carl Perkins. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Collector amasses tribute to The King Sep 1, 2007
Mr. Krein has original Sun 45s signed by rockabilly legends Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis, as well as two of the five 7-inch singles Elvis recorded on the Sun label. His dream, he says, is to own all five. (Hillsdale Independent, NY)
NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Test Your Country Knowledge Aug 17, 2007
Dolly Parton has been married since 1966 to: a) Carl Dean b) Dean Sams c) Carl Gump d) Carl Perkins. 17. (VHI.com -- CMT.com Music News)
Sun Entertainment Corporation Obtains Default Judgment and Permanent Injunction Aug 17, 2007
Master recordings embodying the performances of original Sun artists Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Charlie Rich, among other Sun artists, were included in the cancelled auction lot. Source: Sun Entertainment Corporation. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Elvis remembered: Rockabali pays tribute to The King Aug 14, 2007
This sound captured the hearts of '50s youth and is still recognizable today in the music of Ricky Nelson, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Bill Haley omets, Roy Orbison, The Everly Brothers, Chuck Berry, Eddie Cochran, Buddy Holly and Gene Vincent. These are just some of the Rockabilly artists whose talents have been admired -- even in Indonesia -- for over two generations. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Preserving The Sound Of America Aug 6, 2007
One of the most recent is Carl Perkins' "Blue Suede Shoes" from 1955. It beat out Elvis Presleys' more famous remake because Perkins' version came first. (CBS News)
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It was the latter Monday night as Ellie Benjamin had close to 70 friends over for the band of Bill Haley and the Comets, who, along with Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly were among the founding fathers of rock and roll. Haley, who was born in Highland Park, near Detroit, and raised in Boothwyn, near Chester, Pa. (Coldwater Daily Reporter, MI)
Tommy Cash pays tribute to Johnny Jul 5, 2007
On another occasion, Johnny Cash received a call from Carl Perkins. Cash said Perkins explained he had written a song, Daddy Sang Bass, that would bring Johnny Cash back. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
McCartney gives shoppers a special 'Memory' Jun 28, 2007
He recalled seeking an opinion of the song from his dad, who complained of the American slang and said, "Couldn't you say 'She loves you, yes, yes, yes?' He didn't play that early gem, opting instead for a pounding rock triptych: raucous Let It Be classic I've Got a Feeling, Carl Perkins' Matchbox and Get Back. He closed the show with Hey Jude, then returned, flushed in a short-sleeved Von Dutch T-shirt and white towel around his shoulders, for an encore of Let It Be, Lady Madonna and I Saw Her... (USA Today -- Life)
This Week in Entertainment History: 1/16/16 - 1/22/06 Jun 27, 2007
In 1998, rockabilly pioneer Carl Perkins died in Jackson, Tennessee, of complications from a recent series of strokes. He was 65. (KWTX.com, TX)
Civil rights museum Jun 24, 2007
Carl Perkins could never have grown up to write "Blue Suede Shoes" if he hadn't begun singing along with black laborers as a boy picking cotton in Memphis fields. If you're staying near Main Street, by all means take a vintage trolley through the funky arts district to the museum. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Memphis grooves to its own soundtrack Jun 24, 2007
50 tour is a blast with whichever guide happens to lead the way, but we got lucky with an amusing fellow whose dry humor and evident veneration of the studio (he's a musician and sound engineer at the still operating studio) were almost as impressive as the "X" on the floor where Elvis first recorded "That's All Right Mama." Not far from the "X" is a giant black-and-white image of the Million Dollar Quartet -- Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley -- hanging near the spot... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Famous five: Why The Traveling Wilburys are the ulimate supergroup Jun 21, 2007
The first rock'n'roll supergroup was undoubtedly the impromptu meeting of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis at Sun Studios, the off-the-cuff recordings of which were released under the bullish - but ultimately undervaluing - rubric of The Million Dollar Quartet. Through the Sixties, supergroups hatched, flew briefly and then died, like mayflies seeking mates. (Belfast Telegraph)
McCartney Dazzles At New York Club Show Jun 14, 2007
But the energy was promptly ratcheted back up with spirited takes on "Back in the U.S.S.R.," the new "Nod Your Head" and "I've Got a Feeling," which morphed into Carl Perkins' "Matchbox.". The main set concluded with the one-two punch of "Get Back" and "Hey Jude," followed by a stupendous all-Beatles encore of "Let It Be," "Lady Madonna" and "I Saw Her Standing There.". (MediaWeek.com)
McFly swatted by Rihanna May 22, 2007
" The letter explains that Suedes is dedicated to musician Carl Perkins, who wrote Blue Suede Shoes. The letter said: "I think you realise what a travesty it is for this restaurant to remain closed to the public. "I would be more than happy to take a million of the Rolling Stones's money and make this a landmark for any and all to enjoy.". (Virgin Media)
Moving Forward On The Guitar May 9, 2007
Sure George listened to Carl Perkins and copped a lot of his riffs, but he didn't play them note for note - he adjusted them to suit his own style. He also listened to Indian musicians, to Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino and other piano players and mashed some of their ideas into his sound. (Suite101.com)
Johnny Cash: Original Gangsta Apr 29, 2007
") } Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Artists On Cash Cash On 'Hurt' Browse Bands by Name Or enter a band name below to search: Find a Band A-Z by (Johnny Cash died on September 12, 2003, due to complications from diabetes. The following interview took place just three weeks earlier at Cash's home in Hendersonville, Tennessee, which was destroyed by fire on Tuesday (April 10, 2007). Cash and his wife, June Carter Cash, lived in the house where they entertained numerous celebrities and at least one president... (VHI.com -- MTV.com Music News)
Two best teams in East Apr 23, 2007
CARL PERKINS CADILLAC by Mike Cooley (Drive-By Truckers) ... Before you ever lost that Cadillac that Carl Perkins won ... New contracts and Carl Perkins Cadillac. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Play it by Ear Apr 17, 2007
shortly after the commencement and popularity of cross-town label Sun, home of Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis. But unlike Sun at the time, Stax supported an integrated lineup that went all the way from the recording studio to the head offices. (University News, MO)
Van Morrison's The Best of Van Morrison, Volume 3 to Be Released June 19 by Manhattan/EMI Apr 17, 2007
Sitting On Top Of The World (with Carl Perkins) 16. Early In The Morning (with B.B. King) 17. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Onstage, at least, Jerry Lee Lewis is still a ball of fire Mar 30, 2007
Of all the legends who came out of Sun Records in the 1950s - Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison - no one would have bet the last one standing would be the pill-popping, whiskey-guzzling, gun-waving hellion from Ferriday, Louisiana. Nobody - except the Killer. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
We're heading for home Mar 30, 2007
My God is Carl Perkins spinning in his grave. I , as a loyal Bulldog, can t conceive of anything uglier than orange and blue anything. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Spotting a star in the Texas night Mar 23, 2007
"He looks like Another Side of Bob Dylan-era Dylan - the button-down shirt, mouth-harp and the hair going up - crossed with Rolling Thunder-era Dylan 10 years later with the upright bass. But the mood of the music isn't Dylan-y at all; it's quite ramshackle and very direct, passionate but not self-conscious. He didn't appear to take himself too seriously. There's a very interesting story to his life but the music that came out of it wasn't what you'd expect. He's got quite a feisty band, with a... (Guardian Unlimited)
How to Identify Art Mar 22, 2007
The Beatles work is unique even though they borrowed from and were influenced by Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly and Little Richard. 2. (Suite101.com)
'Historic' Stones enter archive Mar 8, 2007
Other recordings chosen this year include Carl Perkins' Blue Suede Shoes, Be My Baby by the Ronettes and A Change Is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke. Seminal rock album The Velvet Underground and Nico was also selected, even though it flopped on its initial release in 1967, when it stalled at number 171 in the US charts. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Sounds worth saving Mar 7, 2007
- "Blue Suede Shoes," Carl Perkins (1955). - Interviews with William "Billy" Bell, recorded by Edward Ives (1956). (FOX59, IN)
Sounds selected for national registry Mar 7, 2007
17, 1937) Address to Congress, Dec. 8, 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt (1941) native Brazilian music, recorded under the supervision of Leopold Stokowski (1942) "Peace in the Valley," Red Foley and the Sunshine Boys (1951) Chopin Polonaise, Opus 40, No. 1 ("Polonaise militaire"), Artur Rubinstein (1952) "Blue Suede Shoes," Carl Perkins (1955) interviews with William "Billy" Bell, recorded by Edward D. Ives (1956) "Howl," Allen Ginsberg (1959) "The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart," Bob Newhart (1960)... (Variety)
Rolling Stones among those picked for National Recording Registry Mar 7, 2007
"Blue Suede Shoes" by Carl Perkins is also on the list. The comedy album "The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart" is representing the spoken word, along with F-D-R's famous speech about the "date which will live in infamy.". (KOLD.com, AZ)
FDR speech, Stones join sound registry Mar 7, 2007
Among the 2006 additions to the collection are "You're the Top," Cole Porter (1934); "Blue Suede Shoes," Carl Perkins (1955); "The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart," Bob Newhart (1960); "Howl," Allen Ginsberg (1959); "We Shall Overcome," Pete Seeger (1963); and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," Rolling Stones (1965). (AP). (Boston Globe -- Nation)
Rolling Stones, Simon Recordings Make National Registry Mar 7, 2007
"Blue Suede Shoes" by Carl Perkins is also on the list. The comedy album "The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart" is representing the spoken word, along with Franklin Delano Roosevelt's famous speech about the "date which will live in infamy.". (Click2Houston, TX)
With '50s icon as her inspiration, Jenny Langer as Black Betty revives pinup chic Feb 13, 2007
Musically, it gravitates toward pop's rockabilly/punkabilly wing, where bands such as Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys carry on the blue-suede legacy of Elvis and Carl Perkins. In the fashion realm, it's pompadoured guys in bowling shirts and leather jackets digging the same classic cars their dads might have lusted over. (Boston Globe)
Fish: Soul-Shakers Feb 13, 2007
He was also the first to record Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, and a slew of other young rockabilly and rock 'n' roll masters, and he had the great perspicacity to just leave the raucous music of these untutored Southern white boys alone and let them play the music the way they felt it. This is why Sun produced some of the greatest records to come out of the Rock 'n' Roll Era, and why its famed recording studio in Memphis, Tennessee is justly on the Register of... (Zmag.org)
Keeping their own motors running Jan 22, 2007
" Now that the girls are getting under the hoods with the boys, it may seem like a contradiction of sorts, dolling up the way women did in a period where they were expected to stay in the kitchen while the husband tinkered. But for Jacobs, everything about her life outside of work is drenched in '50s nostalgia. Her house is decked out in vintage kitsch, her nightlife look is '50s pinup, and she and the Bombshells like to go bowling, drink beer and dance Western swing. Her favorite music is from... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Jerry Lee Lewis still leaves them breathless Jan 22, 2007
Other artists from the pioneering era of Sun Records -- Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins -- have left this Earth, but Lewis has continued to pound his piano on the club circuit. "Last Man Standing" (Artists First) finds him tangling with latter-day stars such as Toby Keith, Bruce Springsteen and Kid Rock, and suddenly Lewis is back in demand, doing record-store appearances and radio interviews and performing on television talk shows. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
Johnny Cash at San Quentin Jan 12, 2007
So here, on this extraordinary two-CD and a DVD release, is the entire 1969 San Quentin concert (with 100 minutes of singing from Carl Perkins, the Statler Brothers, the Carter family, June Carter and Johnny Cash) as well as a fascinating 60-minute documentary that features only Cash, Carter and the Carter family, and is fleshed out with disturbing but wonderfully insightful interviews with the prisoners and guards ... It provides a remarkably detailed insight into Cash, the world of American... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Phillips says music festival was a success Jan 10, 2007
His gift to the world was introducing the music of some of the most influential artists of all time: Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, B.B. King and Howlin' Wolf. The Music Celebration was started in 2006 to continue the legacy Phillips began in the 1950s. (Shoals TimesDaily)
Steady rollin' to success Jan 7, 2007
Morlan wants to visit Sun Studios where 50s rock greats such as Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley got their start. Overall, the group wants to see the sites and hear all the sounds of the weekend. (Camdenton Lake Sun Leader, MO)
Dutch Mason — musician and bandleader Jan 5, 2007
By his early teens he left Dixieland behind and concentrated on re-creating the rockabilly sound of Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins. Leading the Wreckers and then the Esquires he worked the dance halls of eastern Canada, and hit the road for good at 19. (TimesOnline)
Artists share memories of Phillips Jan 4, 2007
The native, credited with discovering Elvis Presley and launching the careers of rock 'n' roll and blues pioneers such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Roy Orbison and Carl Perkins, died in 2003. Moderator Terry Pace, who has written numerous articles about Phillips, recalled his definition of rock 'n' roll as "the freedom of the rhythm of the soul.". (Shoals TimesDaily)
Flesh and blood 'Cash' is on the money Jan 1, 2007
It was 1954, and the record label owner was Sam Phillips, then launching a cultural revolution with his Sun Records roster of Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Charlie Rich, and Carl Perkins. Michael Streissguth , author of two other books about Cash, has written an engaging, anecdote-chocked generalist biography of the country legend, who died in 2003. (Boston Globe -- Living)
