Points of Interest

The ULTIMATE ROCKABILLY ANTHOLOGY

Six years in production, and a lifetime in the making, The Rockabilly Legends: A Tribute to My Friends tracing the roots of rockabilly music and its impact on music history and American culture, is the most entertaining and comprehensive historical music collection ever created. The heart of the … [Read more...]

Booklet Soundtrack for CD1 A Tribute To My Friends

Booklet includes list of tracks and points of interest. "Blue Suede Shoes" - Tribute to Carl Perkins: If Elvis is the father of Rockabilly, Carl Perkins is the Godfather! Carl’s unique writing talent, singing style, and unusual rhythmic guitar give him "one-of-a-kind" status. Truly, I believe … [Read more...]

Booklet Soundtrack for CD2 Roots of It All

Booklet includes list of tracks and points of interest. "Whole Lotta’ Shakin’ Goin’ On:" Tribute to Jerry Lee Lewis: When Jerry Lee Lewis sat down at the piano at the old Sun Recording Studio in Memphis, thus began a whole new evolution of music called Rockabilly. Jerry Lee and I toured many … [Read more...]

Booklet Soundtrack for CD3 To Carl, Let it Vibrate

Booklet includes list of tracks and points of interest. “One More Shot At Loving You” – There is an old maxim which says, “All things get better with age.” Well, that certainly works for Carl Perkins’ songwriting skills. While the early classics are just that, “classic,” this 1996 composition … [Read more...]

Booklet Soundtrack for CD4 Rock, Rags & Riches

Booklet includes list of tracks and points of interest. “Tear It Up” – Tribute to the Burnette Brothers: The phrase tells the whole story. Yes, they could really tear it up … and more often than often, they did! The truth is Tennessee was flush with fist-flying, knock-em-down-drag-em-out … [Read more...]

BOOK REVIEW – The Rockabilly Legends

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…”

Douglas McPherson, CMP Book Review

Rockabilly Legends

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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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Rockabilly Legends