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Examining the Roots

Jerry Naylor – The Rockabilly Legends: Roots of It All – The Rockabilly Roots – Examining the Roots

Digipack_RootsThe 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 these roots was carefully tended by a top line pitch-man show promoter named Tillman Franks. To his credit, Franks was also a hot songwriting bass-slapping personal manager for Johnny Horton and other Country music stars of the day as well as the talent coordinator for the legendary Louisiana Hayride. It was Tillman Franks who brought two of the world’s greatest entertainers of all time, Hank Williams, Sr. and the little known Elvis Presley, to the stage of the Louisiana Hayride. It was also Tillman Franks who booked these would be legends, along with  Johnny Horton, Johnny Cash and a long list of other performers, into small town auditoriums and county fairs throughout Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas, which fueled the flames of their rocket to super stardom. I’ve said it publicly before, and I’ll say it again and again, “Without Tillman Franks, overtaking the odds and pushing and shoving us on every stage he could rent, there may not have been this genre we now call Rockabilly and Elvis Presley may not have become the King of Rock and Roll”.

However, Tillman did, Elvis did and fortunately I did what they did and have enjoyed an amazing fifty-plus years of a successful entertainment career because TILLMAN FRANKS DID!  Therefore, when you next examine the Roots of Rockabilly, please take time to dig deep into its soul, and just a few blocks from the Shreveport, Louisiana Memorial Auditorium, you will find my dear friend, Tillman Franks – the Tender of Rockabilly Music.

 

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It’s Rockabilly at its best

Jerry Naylor has put the “feel good fun” back in the music business and captured the good-time sound of the happy days of the fifties and the early years of rock 'n’ roll. The Rockabilly Legends Tribute CDs are a magical blend of country, rock 'n’ roll, rhythm and blues and gospel music. It's Rockabilly at its best. The Rockabilly Legends: A Tribute to My Friends documentary tells the story of the founding of Rockabilly and rock ‘n’ roll that everyone must experience.  It’s award winning!

Harley Hatcher, Producer & Composer
Curb Records, Los Angeles, CA

Rockabilly Legends
2015-11-24T20:21:00-05:00
Jerry Naylor has put the “feel good fun” back in the music business and captured the good-time sound of the happy days of the fifties and the early years of rock 'n’ roll. The Rockabilly Legends Tribute CDs are a magical blend of country, rock 'n’ roll, rhythm and blues and gospel music. It's Rockabilly at its best. The Rockabilly Legends: A Tribute to My Friends documentary tells the story of the founding of Rockabilly and rock ‘n’ roll that everyone must experience.  It’s award winning! Harley Hatcher, Producer & Composer Curb Records, Los Angeles, CA
https://rockabillylegends.com/testimonials/its-rockabilly-at-its-best/
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