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Examining the Roots

Jerry Naylor - The Rockabilly Legends: Roots of It All - The Rockabilly Roots - Examining the Roots The Roots of Rockabilly began with a classic combination of African American Spirituals and Slave Songs, Delta Blues, Southern Gospel, Hillbilly Country, and Bluegrass, however, the nurturing of … [Read more...]

We really let it Viberate for Carl

The Tribute Sessions - We really let it Viberate for Carl For almost a year, Carl Stanley Perkins and I worked, planned, wrote, recorded, produced and created a passionate tribute to Stan’s dad, Carl Perkins. Where do you start on a project like this?  “Wellll,” and we used this word to kick … [Read more...]

Rocks, Rags & Riches

Jerry Naylor  - Tribute to The Rockabilly Legends: Rocks, Rags & Riches  On more than one occasion, I’ve found myself thrust among strangers and courteously introduced as, “Jerry Naylor, who fifty years ago began his entertainment career with Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Roy … [Read more...]

Live on the Louisiana Hayride

Tribute to the Rockabilly Legends: Live on the Louisiana Hayride The late decades of the teens and early twenties brought us the high-kicking flappers, James P. Johnson’s “Charleston,” Duke Ellington’s ragtime, Bessie Smith’s blues and George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.”  The thirties and … [Read more...]

Red Robinson – Conversations with the Legends

Tribute to the Rockabilly Legends: Red Robinson Conversations With The Legends Vancouver, British Columbia, is famous for many things, but one of the stand-out legends is the red-headed radio and television personality who introduced Rockabilly and Rock and Roll to all of Canada.  Red Robinson, … [Read more...]

2-DVD Set Documentary

The Rockabilly Legends: A Tribute to My Friends 165-minute feature documentary takes you on a unique journey from Rockabilly roots in the Depression-Era cotton fields of Arkansas, Tennessee and Texas, into the southern juke joints, honky-tonks, recording studios and rural churches, and onto the … [Read more...]

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BOOK REVIEW – The Rockabilly Legends

They Called It Rockabilly Long Before They Called It Rock And Roll

TheRockabillyLegendsBookJust the sight of that word ‘rockabilly’ on front of this great slab of a book was enough to give me the thrill. And why, as I turned the beautifully designed and lovingly printed pages, reading the stories behind the first recordings by Elvis and Carl Perkins, I found my fingers and feet involuntarily tapping out the beat of That’s Alright Mama and Blue Suede Shoes. The room was silent. The records, fresh and new, were playing in my head.

It’s a tribute from a man whose life was changed in the 1950s to the men who changed it, focusing on the ones he knew and toured withy. During the ‘60s, Jerry Naylor filled Buddy Holly’s shoes in the Crickets. Before that, as a 15-year-old part time DJ, he remembers spinning Presley’s first 45 – and dancing around the studio screaming and yelling as it played.

It’s that enthusiasm that defines this book and, ultimately, the music (of which there is plenty on a DVD of vintage performances tucked into the back cover). In 2057 will there be hip hop festivals like the rockabilly ones that flourish today?

I doubt it. But I bet that, in 3057, out in space, there will be a teenager thrilling to Carl Perkins singing, “I’ve got my cat clothes on and my blue suede shoes…”

Douglas McPherson, CMP Book Review

Rockabilly Legends
2015-11-03T14:47:20-05:00

Douglas McPherson, CMP Book Review

They Called It Rockabilly Long Before They Called It Rock And Roll Just the sight of that word ‘rockabilly’ on front of this great slab of a book was enough to give me the thrill. And why, as I turned the beautifully designed and lovingly printed pages, reading the stories behind the first recordings by Elvis and Carl Perkins, I found my fingers and feet involuntarily tapping out the beat of That’s Alright Mama and Blue Suede Shoes. The room was silent. The records, fresh and new, were playing in my head. It’s a tribute from a man whose life was changed in the 1950s to the men who changed it, focusing on the ones he knew and toured withy. During the ‘60s, Jerry Naylor filled Buddy Holly’s shoes in the Crickets. Before that, as a 15-year-old part time DJ, he remembers spinning Presley’s first 45 – and dancing around the studio screaming and yelling as it played. It’s that enthusiasm that defines this book and, ultimately, the music (of which there is plenty on a DVD of vintage performances tucked into the back cover). In 2057 will there be hip hop festivals like the rockabilly ones that flourish today? I doubt it. But I bet that, in 3057, out in space, there will be a teenager thrilling to Carl Perkins singing, “I’ve got my cat clothes on and my blue suede shoes…”
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