Some stuff by the late great Carl Perkins for you today.
He started out on Sun Records and was part of the legendary Million Dollar Quartet with Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis here
The rock'n' roll morphed into rockabilly and then like Johnny and Jerry Lee there was a gradual crossover into country music.
Here are a couple of his rockabilly numbers including the great Dixie Fried where you can hear the menace oozing from the record. These are followed by a country crossover number.
Finally we have a namecheck number written by Mike Cooley and featuring on the Drive-By Truckers album The Dirty South.
Rave on children I'm with ya Rave on cats he cried ..
Carl Perkins - Put YOur Cat Clothes On
Carl Perkins - Let the Dukebox Keep Playing
Drive- By Truckers - Carl Perkins' Cadillac
I thought Ernie's first track might be the 2nd best song I hear today, but Let The Jukebox beats it
ReplyDeleteAnd the best?
ReplyDeleteDixie Fried
DeleteCarl Perkins- legend, an overused word but in this case entirely appropriate
ReplyDeleteLiked that DBT's track too
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