George Harrison was a huge Carl Perkins fan and The Beatles did a bang-up version of Honey Don't with Ringo on vocals and Harrison guitar solos. It'd be worth a listen as it a good representation.of The Beatles covering someone else's song. They always did a few covers on all their early albums.
@@karispur1609 Yep, when they were trying out "stage names." Another cool bit of trivia from that time is that Paul called himself Paul Ramon, which The Ramones used when they were looking for a name for their stage "family."
@@scenevision356 I don't know what you mean by "trashy cover band", but whenever The Beatles covered a song, it was to pay homage to their hero's, and they usually improved on the original. The Beatles could rock with the best of them. If you don't agree, listen to "Slow Down", "Bad Boy", "Long Tall Sally" just to name a few. All Rock harder than the original.
Fun fact - this song was the B-side to "Blue Suede Shoes"... yes, THAT "Blue Suede Shoes", which Carl wrote and recorded less than a year before Elvis put his own spin on it.
Yes:) It's a real pleasure seeing you guys discovering such a wealth of musical treasure that many of us feared would be lost. We are all appreciative.
@@scenevision356 The Beatles, that trashy boy bands has sold more records then every Act in History. Writing 98% of all those songs. After their second album they never covered another artist. They wrote over 300 songs many of them #1 hits, the only band to have the top 5 songs on the charts at the same time. And maybe if you open your ears instead of your mouth you would have heard every major band credit the Beatles as their mentors and inspiration. Only someone too young or ignorant you make the statement you made.
Carl also wrote Blue Suede Shoes, and was a big influence on guys like Elvis, The Beatles (who covered several of his songs),and Chuck Berry, to name a few. Suggestion: If you’ve never heard Susan Boyle on Britain’s Got Talent, it will blow you away, and the pre-and post interviews with the panel are very revealing!
Elvis was a big influence on Carl. not the other way around, Elvis was already tearing up the stages, and performing on the semi national (heard in 28 states) radio show "The Louisiana Hayride" in the Rockabilly style before Carl ever got signed by Sun. Carl was GREAT, A brilliant artist and rock pioneer, and all artist are in someway influenced by other artists, But lets not make a mistake on who was influence by WHO.
@@warrendelay , they were contemporaries, but given that Carl wrote songs Elvis performed, influence seems appropriate. And Carl never tried to adopt an Elvis style or persona, so though he may’ve greatly appreciated and enjoyed Elvis, I don’t see a lot of influences.
@@Stoney_Snark lol look at this performance and say again Carl didn't adopt Elvis style or persona. ua-cam.com/video/KKsDQaTkkxo/v-deo.html If the link is deleted just search UA-cam for Carl Perkins and Johnny cash "This Train"
@@Stoney_Snark regardless if it was in the 60s 70s or 80s. Carl's attire, from his belt to his collar to his hair. I was embarrassed for him, he looked like an Elvis impersonator. You just can't say he DIDN'T adopt Elvis's style or persona. To the absolute contrary. And by the way what songs written by Carl beside Blue Sued shoes did Elvis cover? I'm not saying there were no others , I'm just not aware of any.
Carl Perkins was from Jackson Tennessee...my hometown. I have lived here all 67 years of my life. He was a local legend. When he passed so many famous musicians came here for his funeral including George Harrison and Johnny Cash. The Beatles attribute a lot of their influence to Carl. He created the Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse which is still a major part of Jackson and has helped thousands of kids..
Carl is a so many times removed cousin.Met him myself backstage in Omaha. Mom's best friend dated WS Holland, their dummer. She tells me there was more than 1 pink Cadillac. They'd chase it down thinking it was WS "Fluke", but it'd be another of the band. She says they'd go todance and see them at the club they used in the movie Wlaking Tall. Which was not the real setting where the Pusser story unfolded. If I recall in the film it was "Lucky Spot". Not the real name.
Hey neighbor! I was born in Jackson, and live about 30 miles from there. Between Henderson and Bolivar, in Hardeman County. Good to see a fellow West Tennesseean here. I told them in a comment above, that listening to Carl, was like listening to Elvis. In the fact, that if you arent watching those two performing their songs, you are missing out on half of the experience. They were such great performers on stage.
@@dennisingeorgiaThey used a couple different bars in Walking Tall. One was "The Pine Ridge Club". It is the first bar you see in Part 1. Its the one that they filmed in, when Joe Don Baker shot the lady bar owner, who shot at him with a shotgun when he walked through the door. Its located in Madison county, in the little town of Medon, TN., near the Hardeman county line. Its just a few miles outside of Jackson, on Highway 18. It is still open today, believe it or not. I can almost guarantee that Carl played gigs there before he got famous. It looks basically the same as it did in the movie, other than its painted up different now. The other bar they used as "The Lucky Spot", was the one Buford drove his station wagon through, and they burned down in the last scene of Walking Tall Part 1. It was a real bar too, but its real name was "The Plantation Club", I believe. Pine Ridge was my old watering hole, back when i was younger, and a drinker. It is the typical stereotype of what folks think of, when they think of a "Honky Tonk". I've seen some knock down drag outs happen there. There's even been people killed there. Rough place! Lol
Carl Perkins recordings on the Sun label were HUGELY influential on the British Beat movement, especially with The Beatles. He is still more well known in the UK than in the US. 😊
This list is not exhaustive, but here goes: The Collins Kids. Larry is now 78. Carl Mann (1942-2020). He was known as The Last Son Of Sun. His major hit was Mona Lisa. Warren Smith (1932-1980) Billy Lee Riley (1933-2009) His major hit was RED HOT. Jerry Lewis got in way of that song being pushed. It was first written and recorded by Billy The Kid Emerson. But it was not as frenetic as Riley's version was. Emerson is 97. Sonny Burgess (1929-2019) Ray Harris (1927-2003) Janis Martin (1940-2007) Wanda Jackson is 85 now and not performing. She's known as the Queen of Rockabilly. Hayden Thompson is 84. He may still be performing. The last concert of his I saw on yt was five years ago. What a wonderful performer! Just four on my list recorded at Sun Records.
@@jojoscagman1998 That Carl was not a stand-alone in that genre. Also, the subject closed with the reactors wanting to know more about Rockabilly. I furnished some info with names of other pioneer Rockabilly artists. They can explore if they wish.
@@timcarr6401 you should have posted that comment on its own somewhere where they will notice it. They're probably not going to notice it underneath somebody else's comment.
@@jojoscagman1998 They have shadow-banned me apparently. That's why I post under the comments of others. I have gotten zero reactions when I have posted on my own. On other reactors podcasts I get a fair amount of reactions.
You've gotta give Eddie Cochran a try. He was a very talented artist from this same era. Start with Twenty Flight Rock and then move on to Somethin' Else and C'mon Everybody. He also co-wrote and sang the song Summertime Blues which was later covered by many other artists including The Who.
Had he not died in April of 1960 in auto accident(while he was in England),he very easily could have been the next James Dean.He was on his way to an airport when the driver of the taxi he,singer Gene Vincent and Cochran's girlfriend Sharon Sheeley were injured in the accident.Cochran was taken to a hospital but died the next day.Gene Vincent was something of a rock and roll star and Sharon Sheeley was a songwriter.Vincent would die of ulcers in 1971 at the age of 36.
The Beatles did a cover version of this song, with Ringo on vocals. They also did two other Carl Perkins songs: Matchbox ( with Ringo on vocals ), and Everybody's Trying to be my Baby ( George Harrison on vocals ). Of course Elvis did Carl's biggest hit, Blue Suede Shoes. Carl Perkins was for many years a member of Johnny Cash's traveling band. There is a video you can find on UA-cam of Eric Clapton on The Johnny Cash Show singing Matchbox and Carl and Johnny singing along with him.
I love that video from the Johnny Cash show. They had Derek & the Dominos on to perform It's Too Late and then Johnny invited Eric Clapton to join him and Carl Perkins on Matchbox and Eric looks positively starstruck!
His nephew, Luther Perkins, was in Johnny Cash’s band. When Luther Perkins was killed in a house fire in 1968, Carl Perkins took his place in Johnny Cash’s band for a short time. Carl Perkins can be seen in Cash’s band in the 1969 music concert film. “Johnny Cash: Live At San Quentin”, which is a state prison in California.
Carl Perkins was a huge influence on The Beatles when they first started out. When you listen to some of their early tracks, you can definitely feel it. Paul McCartney said "if there were no Carl Perkins, there would be no Beatles." Carl also wrote one of Elvis's biggest hits, "Blue Suede Shoes", and also had a hit himself with his original version. That would be a good one to check out! Guitarist Brian Setzer 🎸 and his band The Stray Cats are keeping the Rockabilly genre alive. I recommend you give these great tracks a listen (Jay's gonna love the bass!): " Stray Cat Strut", "Rock This Town", "Sexy & 17", "Runaway Boys" and "Elvis on Velvet". These songs are all FIRE! 🔥🔥🔥😎😎😎
The band was actually made up of the Perkins brothers. Carl is singing and playing electric guitar, his older brother, Jay, is playing acoustic guitar and his younger brother, Clayton was playing the standup bass. W. B. Holland was the drummer.
I played in a rockabilly band for quite a while and I was lucky enough to get to see Carl Perkins when he was older in the early 1980s in Kansas City I even got to go out and hang out and visit with him in his tour bus afterwards for a little bit. What a great show. But definitely check out true love and Dixie Fried by him. Just to 100% bangers.
One of my favorite lines in this song is, "Everythang about you is so dog-gone sweet, You got that sand all over your feet!". I love that! It makes you think, fun-loving, barefoot southern girls, dancing and having a good time!
Carl was one of the Beatles' favorite artists. In their early songs, you can really hear his influence on the guitar work. To this day, Ringo Starr loves performing this song with his All-Starr Band.
I live close to where Carl grew up and lived most of his life. All you need to know is the George Harrison came to his funeral in Jackson ,Tennessee. When Eric Clapton was on Johnny Cash's TV Show all he wanted to do was play with Carl who was in Johnny's band at the time. They did get to play together and it was great. Look it up on UA-cam you can see the awe in Eric's eyes. Thanks for playing Carl.
This really takes me back to my childhood, as a boomer I've lived through so many genres of music and this was an energetic start to the rock and roll era. It was a great time to grow up!
I'm so glad you reacted to Carl Perkins! He deserves the attention. I recently saw a Carl Perkins documentary and I was really impressed. Such a gentle, kind hearted, wise man. Very humble. He hasn't had the easiest life, but he made the best of it because of his attitude to life and his love for music and for the people around him. ❤
Carl Perkins was an early pioneer. He was like the Ambassador between Blues and Rock. "Rockabilly" was a name given as a cross between "hillbilly" and "rock and roll". Elvis was like the "hillbilly" that opened the door for the old blues and rock musicians in Memphis and along the Mississippi. A couple of his first hits, That's Alright, Mama and Hound Dog were songs by two black musicians but they could not get on the radio. Elvis got them on the radio by doing the songs himself. They were big hits. It was not long until people were listening to LIttle Richard, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry - from the same roots of the blues. Muddy Waters had a song called The Blues Had A Baby And They Named It Rock and Roll. It sort of described the kinship between the blues and rock. Carl was a mean guitar picker and he was the original singer of Blue Suede Shoes, even before Elvis. He was right there with Elvis when it came to playing "rockabilly" music. After the birth of rock and roll, sometime between 1954-1959, it opened the doors to all sorts of music, even folk music was very popular in the early 1960's. This is the history of rock and roll, as I recall it.
Carl Perkins wrote Blue Suede Shoes, had a car wreck, and while he was recovering, Elvis released his version and had the big hit. His brother Luther, was Johnny Cash's bass player in the Tennessee 3!
"Blue Suede Shoes" was the first song to top the Pop, R&B and Country charts. It was huge and Elvis did a cover version. Both Carl and Elvis started with Sun Records in Memphis. Carl was involved in a car accident not long after that derailed his career. By the time he recovered the first wave of Rock had passed but Carl later joined Johnny Cash's band and performed with him on his prime time TV show.
Remember this song very well, from the Day! Didn't play that much on Rock 'channels', but I still occasionally heard it. Love It! Lots of Energy and Much Fun! :) Thanks for the Reaction Guys! :)
Love hearing respect and appreciation for the founding fathers of rock and roll. Carl and his drummer on this song, WS Holland, were both very good friends of mine. Each of them went on to play in Johnny Cash’s band. WS Holland was Johnny’s only drummer, playing with him for over 40 years. Sadly, they’ve all passed on, but, I’ll always remember my old friends.
Carl Perkins was part of the Million Dollar Quartet, four great artists that were on the Memphis-based Sun Records label at the same time in the late '50s. The quarter was Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis. They recorded one album together and toured together some, and along with a few other great artists, laid the foundation for rock & roll. Be sure to listen to Carl's big hit, "Blue Suede Shoes." Another great rockabilly artist to listen to is Gene Vincent, and his fun, ground-breaking song "Be Bop-a-Lula" (1956).
Carl was a fellow Jackson Tennessean. He came within an inch of being Elvis before Elvis became Elvis. He was scheduled first to appear on national TV, but God had other plans. He was imvoled in a terrible car accident on his way there. That accident made Elvis end up being the first one to get national exposure. Carl never became bitter about it though. He went on to write so many famous Rock and Country songs. He actually wrote and released "Blue Suede Shoes" before Elvis recorded it. They remained close friends for the rest of Elvis's life. We lost Carl to cancer in 1998. He was a good man.
Jay... Since you have Stevie Nicks as your #1 lady singer, I strongly suggest you react to "Rhiannon", Live in 1976 on the Midnight Special... Stevie puts on an UNREAL PERFORMANCE!!!!❤❤❤
They have done the studio version. But even then everyone in the comments was telling them that the live is so much better. A different song almost. They really should check it out.
Thanks for doing this. Carl Perkins was a brilliant rock pioneer who has been almost completely overlooked by UA-cam reactors. You'll love his "Blue Suede Shoes." And please, no one chime in saying Elvis's cover was better because it wasn't even close.
This song reflects the different roots of what became rock with a proven country & western performer sliding into being a rock performer with a hybrid name for a while. Love the review! Listen to some early Stevie Wonder and hear his transition from gospel to rock.
Rockabilly is such a great genre. Upright bass, hot rods, and twangy guitars are as good as it gets. Gene Vincent, Charlie Feathers, Johnny Burnette RnR Trio, Eddie Cochran, Stray Cats, Benny Joy... the list goes on and on!! Hell, you might even like my original music!!
Try Carl Perkins version of "Blue Suede Shoes" (he wrote the song), "Boppin' The Blues", "Matchbox", "Put Your Cat Clothes On", Eddie Cochran's "Twenty Flight Rock", "C'mon Everybody", "Sitting In The Balcony", "Somethin Else", "Hallelujah! I Just Love Her So". Eddie also wrote "Summertime Blues" which was covered by LOTS of bands. Gene Vincent's "Be-Bop-A-Lula", "Bluejean Bop".
This is the actual music I recall on the radio in my preschool years. And the radio signal came from Memphis where Perkins was recording, and Jackson, TN from where Perkins got started.
@@TANTRUMGASM I am not infatuated with the Beatles, I am more in your camp. Rubber Soul was the last Beatles Album I bought. I consider stuff like Sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, etc. throw in that POS White Album as well, to be pure musical candy ass garbage. I like rock and roll. The Beatles started off playing rock and roll, covers, Chuck Berry, etc. After that they became the BIGGEST MUSICAL PUSSIES IN THE WORLD. And Americans ate it up. NOT ME.
There is a video on youtube of Carl performing with a group of great guitarists including George Harrison, Eric Clapton and Dave Edmunds. At one point Carl says “Hey, I’m ashamed to be onstage performing with you guys”, to which Clapton replies “Well, I’m trying to do my best“!!!!!!!! Great collection of old rock n roll.
Good ear! You picked up on how this sound was the basis for surf guitar! Outstanding. You guys really are developing your musical senses and understanding. So cool to watch it happen.
This was released by Carl on the B side of Blue Suede Shoes in 1956. It was covered by The Beatles as a band, and was the only official song that each Beatle also covered on their own. Carl Perkins made his debut of this song at ABC's Ozark Jubilee in 1956. A fantastic example of great early rock and roll. Great reaction. Buckets of Maple Syrup love from Canada ❤️❤️ 🇨🇦 🇨🇦
Carl Perkin's album "Go Cat Go" is a gem. He does his songs with Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson. Paul Simon, Tom Petty, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and John Lennon doing "Blue Suede Shoes" from his live concert in Toronto
I have a 45 record that belonged to my parents of the Beatles singing this, along with I'm a Loser, Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby, and Mr Moonlight. Still listen to it once in a while
Blue Suede Shoes a rock a billy standard. Rock a Billy is the earliest form of rock n roll. Hillbilly music which country music was known as until the mid 1960’s, and rhythm and blues were the main ingredients.
I have the distinct pleasure of being from the same hometown as Mr. Perkins. We are both from the town of Jackson, Tennessee. Subsequently, the Rockabilly Hall of Fame is located in Jackson.
Born in 1947, I barely remember the early 50s but the memory of the song I remember. Seems Carl was a pathfinder for Elvis. He was born in Tiptonville, Tennessee. That's about 180 miles from where Elvis was born in Tupelo, MS.
The essential Carl Perkins song is Blue Suede Shoes, which was ultimately recorded by Elvis in those early Elvis-mania years. And as Beatle fans know, Ringo sang Honey Don't on the Beatles '65 album.
Carl Perkins was George Harrison's biggest influence. In fact, The Beatles covered "Honey Don't" with Ringo on vocals on their album Beatles for Sale. They also covered two more Carl Perkins songs on that same album "Matchbox" another song with Ringo on vocals and "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" with George Harrison on vocals. Carl Perkins also wrote and recorded "Blue Suede Shoes" which Elvis Presley covered and that was the opening track on Elvis Presley's debut album.
Reminds me of my older brothers in the 1950s, with their duck tail hairdos, western shirts with the sleeves rolled all the way up, cigarette tucked over one ear like a pencil, and their blue jeans cuffs rolled up.
A little tip on listening to Carl's music. He and Elvis were alike in the fact, that if you arent watching them perform the songs, then you miss out on ALOT. They both were such highly charismatic performers, that them performing the song, was half the magic. Just wanted to add that in for the next time yall react to Carl. Yes, you do have to do more Carl! Lol. God bless yalls family, and we love you guys.
You guys have not looked into any rags. This was also part of early rock. I suggest Roy Clark's 12th Street Rag. I think you guys will love it. It is an instrumental with Roy's playful mode included.
Love Carl Perkins. He started it for some. There's lots of new rockabilly, Love Cannon. One video I haven't seen anybody do is Spike Jones, You Always Hurt the One You Love. This goes way back. Thanks for Carl.
Carl Perkins started out playing in a style that was part Bill Monroe and John Lee Hooker; awesome combo. He and his brothers used to play all night after picking cotton all day during harvest season. So yeah, they had some sass.
Carl was part of the famous "Million Dollar Quartet" of original Sun Records R&R pioneers who went on the largely create the genre: Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and that new kid, Elvis Presley.... (Google for great pics of the 4 of them together at the Sun studio*)
As others have said Carl Perkins wrote & originally record Blue Suede Shoes, which became a huge hit for Elvis. George Harrison was a huge Carl Perkins fan & The Beatles recorded this song as well as Perkins' Matchbox & Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby. Carl played guitar in Johnny Cash's band in the late 60's & is on both of Cash's landmark live albums Johnny Cash at San Quentin & Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison.
Him and Eddie Cochran are very underrated artists. I recommend to listen to more of Eddie cochran, Summertime blues, somethin else, three steps to heaven, and twenty flight rock are all good songs by Eddie Cochran. Three Stars by Eddie Cochran is a neat one since it is about Buddy Holly Ritchie Valens and Big Bopper
Carl wrote Blue Suede Shoes and was the first to record it. He wrote bit on a brown paper bag on a train when he heard this young man say to some one Hey man Don’t Step on Mu Blue sweud Shoes
Speaking of the beach scene, there are a slew of groups in the early 60's that did "surf" music. Beach Boys, The Ventures, Jan and dean, The Safaris, The Chantays, to name a few.
it’s such a deep river. scratch a lot of the great bands from every genre and there is a rockabilly heart in there. recently came out robert plant has tons of unreleased rockabilly music. sir paul RECENTLY released an entire album of rockabilly music here’s a few you will now say darn that is rockabilly music. Crazy little thing called love-queen Faith-George Michael Certain people I know-Morrisey Lonely Boy-Black Keys the who have a bunch of rackabilly gems.
Great track. I love rockabilly. Enjoyed dancing to it when I had a quiff and drainpipe trousers. Check out Johnny burnette. "Please don't leave me" and " lonesome train" are a couple of his foot stompers
This was before my time but I am a fan of Rock-a-Billy music! Some of Carl's other songs include "Jive After Five" and "Pink Pedal Pushers". Great reaction!
He was with Sun studios the same time and had three other big artists that Sun studios at the time he called him all rockabilly. But these four were known as the million dollar quartet that would be Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley.
Carl Perkins was a huge influence on the Beatles -- just the fact he wrote his own music inspired them. George Harrison particularly loved him and attended his funeral in li'l' ol' Jackson TN. On an early pre-fab tour the Beatles' manager wanted them to have stage names, so George picked Carl Harrison -- which he laughed about later -- in honor of Perkins.
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George Harrison was a huge Carl Perkins fan and The Beatles did a bang-up version of Honey Don't with Ringo on vocals and Harrison guitar solos. It'd be worth a listen as it a good representation.of The Beatles covering someone else's song. They always did a few covers on all their early albums.
George Harrison loved Carl Perkins so much that he nick named himself Carl Harrison! All the Beatles loved this guy!
@@karispur1609 Yep, when they were trying out "stage names." Another cool bit of trivia from that time is that Paul called himself Paul Ramon, which The Ramones used when they were looking for a name for their stage "family."
fck the beatles,...and wife beater lennon.... this is the real deal American original, . take your boy band obsession / infatuation to beatles videos.
beatles were a trashy cover band who imitated American Giants, beatles were a boy band compared to the Legends.. "liverpool soul"?? lol nah
@@scenevision356 I don't know what you mean by "trashy cover band", but whenever The Beatles covered a song, it was to pay homage to their hero's, and they usually improved on the original. The Beatles could rock with the best of them. If you don't agree, listen to "Slow Down", "Bad Boy", "Long Tall Sally" just to name a few. All Rock harder than the original.
Fun fact - this song was the B-side to "Blue Suede Shoes"... yes, THAT "Blue Suede Shoes", which Carl wrote and recorded less than a year before Elvis put his own spin on it.
The opening phrase of the song is taken from Bill Haley's song "Whatcha Gonna Do" (1953)
He also sang _Pink Pedal Pushers_ and _Put Your Cat Clothes On._ Dress sense was very important to this man.
Yes:) It's a real pleasure seeing you guys discovering such a wealth of musical treasure that many of us feared would be lost. We are all appreciative.
You guys nailed another author of rocks beginnings, bravo. Cochrane and Vincent also from that late 50's time frame
The Beatles covered this with Ringo on lead vocals. And he did a dame good job.
I like Beatles’ version better!
You should see the HBO Special from 1985 called Carl Perkins and Friends. Pull it up. All Star Band.
fck the beatles,...and wife beater lennon.... this is the real deal American original, . take your boy band obsession / infatuation to beatles videos.
beatles were a trashy cover band who imitated American Giants, beatles were a boy band compared to the Legends.. "liverpool soul"?? lol nah
@@scenevision356 The Beatles, that trashy boy bands has sold more records then every Act in History. Writing 98% of all those songs. After their second album they never covered another artist. They wrote over 300 songs many of them #1 hits, the only band to have the top 5 songs on the charts at the same time. And maybe if you open your ears instead of your mouth you would have heard every major band credit the Beatles as their mentors and inspiration. Only someone too young or ignorant you make the statement you made.
Carl also wrote Blue Suede Shoes, and was a big influence on guys like Elvis, The Beatles (who covered several of his songs),and Chuck Berry, to name a few. Suggestion: If you’ve never heard Susan Boyle on Britain’s Got Talent, it will blow you away, and the pre-and post interviews with the panel are very revealing!
Elvis was a big influence on Carl. not the other way around, Elvis was already tearing up the stages, and performing on the semi national (heard in 28 states) radio show "The Louisiana Hayride" in the Rockabilly style before Carl ever got signed by Sun. Carl was GREAT, A brilliant artist and rock pioneer, and all artist are in someway influenced by other artists, But lets not make a mistake on who was influence by WHO.
@@warrendelay , they were contemporaries, but given that Carl wrote songs Elvis performed, influence seems appropriate. And Carl never tried to adopt an Elvis style or persona, so though he may’ve greatly appreciated and enjoyed Elvis, I don’t see a lot of influences.
@@Stoney_Snark lol look at this performance and say again Carl didn't adopt Elvis style or persona. ua-cam.com/video/KKsDQaTkkxo/v-deo.html If the link is deleted just search UA-cam for Carl Perkins and Johnny cash "This Train"
@@warrendelay , that’s from a show in the late 60’s. Here’s what Carl did at the time. ua-cam.com/video/4s8mQekpakQ/v-deo.html
@@Stoney_Snark regardless if it was in the 60s 70s or 80s. Carl's attire, from his belt to his collar to his hair. I was embarrassed for him, he looked like an Elvis impersonator. You just can't say he DIDN'T adopt Elvis's style or persona. To the absolute contrary. And by the way what songs written by Carl beside Blue Sued shoes did Elvis cover? I'm not saying there were no others , I'm just not aware of any.
Carl Perkins was from Jackson Tennessee...my hometown. I have lived here all 67 years of my life. He was a local legend. When he passed so many famous musicians came here for his funeral including George Harrison and Johnny Cash. The Beatles attribute a lot of their influence to Carl. He created the Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse which is still a major part of Jackson and has helped thousands of kids..
Carl is a so many times removed cousin.Met him myself backstage in Omaha. Mom's best friend dated WS Holland, their dummer. She tells me there was more than 1 pink Cadillac. They'd chase it down thinking it was WS "Fluke", but it'd be another of the band. She says they'd go todance and see them at the club they used in the movie Wlaking Tall. Which was not the real setting where the Pusser story unfolded. If I recall in the film it was "Lucky Spot". Not the real name.
Hey neighbor! I was born in Jackson, and live about 30 miles from there. Between Henderson and Bolivar, in Hardeman County. Good to see a fellow West Tennesseean here. I told them in a comment above, that listening to Carl, was like listening to Elvis. In the fact, that if you arent watching those two performing their songs, you are missing out on half of the experience. They were such great performers on stage.
@@dennisingeorgiaThey used a couple different bars in Walking Tall. One was "The Pine Ridge Club". It is the first bar you see in Part 1. Its the one that they filmed in, when Joe Don Baker shot the lady bar owner, who shot at him with a shotgun when he walked through the door. Its located in Madison county, in the little town of Medon, TN., near the Hardeman county line. Its just a few miles outside of Jackson, on Highway 18. It is still open today, believe it or not. I can almost guarantee that Carl played gigs there before he got famous. It looks basically the same as it did in the movie, other than its painted up different now. The other bar they used as "The Lucky Spot", was the one Buford drove his station wagon through, and they burned down in the last scene of Walking Tall Part 1. It was a real bar too, but its real name was "The Plantation Club", I believe. Pine Ridge was my old watering hole, back when i was younger, and a drinker. It is the typical stereotype of what folks think of, when they think of a "Honky Tonk". I've seen some knock down drag outs happen there. There's even been people killed there. Rough place! Lol
Carl Perkins recordings on the Sun label were HUGELY influential on the British Beat movement, especially with The Beatles. He is still more well known in the UK than in the US. 😊
fck the beatles,...and wife beater lennon.... this is the real deal American original, . take your boy band obsession / infatuation to beatles videos.
beatles were a trashy cover band who imitated American Giants, beatles were a boy band compared to the Legends.. "liverpool soul"?? lol nah
I love Carl Perkins, Blue Suede Shoes, Boppin the Blues, Your True Love, a lot of great songs from the man! He is your go-to for rockabilly!
This list is not exhaustive, but here goes:
The Collins Kids. Larry is now 78.
Carl Mann (1942-2020). He was known as The Last Son Of Sun. His major hit was Mona Lisa.
Warren Smith (1932-1980)
Billy Lee Riley (1933-2009) His major hit was RED HOT. Jerry Lewis got in way of that song being pushed. It was first written and recorded by Billy The Kid Emerson. But it was not as frenetic as Riley's version was. Emerson is 97.
Sonny Burgess (1929-2019)
Ray Harris (1927-2003)
Janis Martin (1940-2007)
Wanda Jackson is 85 now and not performing. She's known as the Queen of Rockabilly.
Hayden Thompson is 84. He may still be performing. The last concert of his I saw on yt was five years ago. What a wonderful performer!
Just four on my list recorded at Sun Records.
@@timcarr6401 what does that have to do with Carl Perkins?
@@jojoscagman1998 That Carl was not a stand-alone in that genre. Also, the subject closed with the reactors wanting to know more about Rockabilly. I furnished some info with names of other pioneer Rockabilly artists. They can explore if they wish.
@@timcarr6401 you should have posted that comment on its own somewhere where they will notice it. They're probably not going to notice it underneath somebody else's comment.
@@jojoscagman1998 They have shadow-banned me apparently. That's why I post under the comments of others. I have gotten zero reactions when I have posted on my own. On other reactors podcasts I get a fair amount of reactions.
You've gotta give Eddie Cochran a try. He was a very talented artist from this same era. Start with Twenty Flight Rock and then move on to Somethin' Else and C'mon Everybody. He also co-wrote and sang the song Summertime Blues which was later covered by many other artists including The Who.
Had he not died in April of 1960 in auto accident(while he was in England),he very easily could have been the next James Dean.He was on his way to an airport when the driver of the taxi he,singer Gene Vincent and Cochran's girlfriend Sharon Sheeley were injured in the accident.Cochran was taken to a hospital but died the next day.Gene Vincent was something of a rock and roll star and Sharon Sheeley was a songwriter.Vincent would die of ulcers in 1971 at the age of 36.
@@danvanlandingham3854 And at only 21 years old. The Stray Cats song Gene and Eddie is a tribute to those two pioneers.
I think it's a travesty that they haven't played any Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps yet.
The Beatles did a cover version of this song, with Ringo on vocals. They also did two other Carl Perkins songs: Matchbox ( with Ringo on vocals ), and Everybody's Trying to be my Baby ( George Harrison on vocals ). Of course Elvis did Carl's biggest hit, Blue Suede Shoes. Carl Perkins was for many years a member of Johnny Cash's traveling band. There is a video you can find on UA-cam of Eric Clapton on The Johnny Cash Show singing Matchbox and Carl and Johnny singing along with him.
fck the beatles,...and wife beater lennon.... this is the real deal American original, . take your boy band obsession / infatuation to beatles videos.
I love that video from the Johnny Cash show. They had Derek & the Dominos on to perform It's Too Late and then Johnny invited Eric Clapton to join him and Carl Perkins on Matchbox and Eric looks positively starstruck!
@@stpnwlf9 That, he does!! Lol.
He was in Johnny Cash's band. He was so talented. Love this song Thank you.
His nephew, Luther Perkins, was in Johnny Cash’s band. When Luther Perkins was killed in a house fire in 1968, Carl Perkins took his place in Johnny Cash’s band for a short time. Carl Perkins can be seen in Cash’s band in the 1969 music concert film. “Johnny Cash: Live At San Quentin”, which is a state prison in California.
Carl Perkins' drummer, W.S. "Fluke" Holland later joined Johnny Cash's band.
Sun Records was such a large part of Rock and Rolls birth, with Carl, Elvis and Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis. ☮💚🎶
Indeed🌞
Carl Perkins was a huge influence on The Beatles when they first started out. When you listen to some of their early tracks, you can definitely feel it. Paul McCartney said "if there were no Carl Perkins, there would be no Beatles." Carl also wrote one of Elvis's biggest hits, "Blue Suede Shoes", and also had a hit himself with his original version. That would be a good one to check out! Guitarist Brian Setzer 🎸 and his band The Stray Cats are keeping the Rockabilly genre alive. I recommend you give these great tracks a listen (Jay's gonna love the bass!): " Stray Cat Strut", "Rock This Town", "Sexy & 17", "Runaway Boys" and "Elvis on Velvet". These songs are all FIRE! 🔥🔥🔥😎😎😎
Love my Rockabilly..and Carl is one of the best!
Lovin" Carl. The Beatles did a great cover of this song early in their career with Ringo singing !! And George totally nailed his guitar rifts.
fck the beatles,...and wife beater lennon.... this is the real deal American original, . take your boy band obsession / infatuation to beatles videos.
@@TANTRUMGASM Just commenting on Ringo's vocals... whatever, Carl played with both George and Paul in the 70's
beatles were a trashy cover band who imitated American Giants, beatles were a boy band compared to the Legends.. "liverpool soul"?? lol nah
@@scenevision356 not true the first time you wrote this - why you have bothered to put the same trash up several times is beyond me!
Slapping the fire out of that doghouse bass!😊
The band was actually made up of the Perkins brothers. Carl is singing and playing electric guitar, his older brother, Jay, is playing acoustic guitar and his younger brother, Clayton was playing the standup bass. W. B. Holland was the drummer.
I played in a rockabilly band for quite a while and I was lucky enough to get to see Carl Perkins when he was older in the early 1980s in Kansas City I even got to go out and hang out and visit with him in his tour bus afterwards for a little bit. What a great show. But definitely check out true love and Dixie Fried by him. Just to 100% bangers.
One of my favorite lines in this song is, "Everythang about you is so dog-gone sweet, You got that sand all over your feet!". I love that! It makes you think, fun-loving, barefoot southern girls, dancing and having a good time!
Carl was one of the Beatles' favorite artists. In their early songs, you can really hear his influence on the guitar work. To this day, Ringo Starr loves performing this song with his All-Starr Band.
Love Carl Perkins music. One of the early rockabilly greats!
I live close to where Carl grew up and lived most of his life. All you need to know is the George Harrison came to his funeral in Jackson ,Tennessee. When Eric Clapton was on Johnny Cash's TV Show all he wanted to do was play with Carl who was in Johnny's band at the time. They did get to play together and it was great. Look it up on UA-cam you can see the awe in Eric's eyes. Thanks for playing Carl.
This really takes me back to my childhood, as a boomer I've lived through so many genres of music and this was an energetic start to the rock and roll era. It was a great time to grow up!
I'm so glad you reacted to Carl Perkins! He deserves the attention. I recently saw a Carl Perkins documentary and I was really impressed. Such a gentle, kind hearted, wise man. Very humble. He hasn't had the easiest life, but he made the best of it because of his attitude to life and his love for music and for the people around him. ❤
in 1957 jimmy rodgers had 2 #1 hits, Kisses Sweeter than Wine, and Honeycomb. Amber u would love both of these
Carl Perkins was an early pioneer. He was like the Ambassador between Blues and Rock. "Rockabilly" was a name given as a cross between "hillbilly" and "rock and roll". Elvis was like the "hillbilly" that opened the door for the old blues and rock musicians in Memphis and along the Mississippi. A couple of his first hits, That's Alright, Mama and Hound Dog were songs by two black musicians but they could not get on the radio. Elvis got them on the radio by doing the songs himself. They were big hits. It was not long until people were listening to LIttle Richard, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry - from the same roots of the blues. Muddy Waters had a song called The Blues Had A Baby And They Named It Rock and Roll. It sort of described the kinship between the blues and rock. Carl was a mean guitar picker and he was the original singer of Blue Suede Shoes, even before Elvis. He was right there with Elvis when it came to playing "rockabilly" music. After the birth of rock and roll, sometime between 1954-1959, it opened the doors to all sorts of music, even folk music was very popular in the early 1960's. This is the history of rock and roll, as I recall it.
Carl Perkins wrote Blue Suede Shoes, had a car wreck, and while he was recovering, Elvis released his version and had the big hit. His brother Luther, was Johnny Cash's bass player in the Tennessee 3!
Carl Perkins wrote and first recorded "Blue Suede Shoes" before Elvis.
Another rockabilly classic : Hot Rod Lincoln from Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen- it cooks!!!!
"Blue Suede Shoes" was the first song to top the Pop, R&B and Country charts. It was huge and Elvis did a cover version. Both Carl and Elvis started with Sun Records in Memphis. Carl was involved in a car accident not long after that derailed his career. By the time he recovered the first wave of Rock had passed but Carl later joined Johnny Cash's band and performed with him on his prime time TV show.
Remember this song very well, from the Day! Didn't play that much on Rock 'channels', but I still occasionally heard it. Love It! Lots of Energy and Much Fun! :) Thanks for the Reaction Guys! :)
Just found your great new family, I’m from England and love all this ❤️
Welcome
Love hearing respect and appreciation for the founding fathers of rock and roll. Carl and his drummer on this song, WS Holland, were both very good friends of mine. Each of them went on to play in Johnny Cash’s band. WS Holland was Johnny’s only drummer, playing with him for over 40 years. Sadly, they’ve all passed on, but, I’ll always remember my old friends.
My suggest for some rockabilly is Be Bop a Lulu by Gene Vincent. Thanks for the daily fun and smiles three times three times three times! ❤😊
Carl Perkins was part of the Million Dollar Quartet, four great artists that were on the Memphis-based Sun Records label at the same time in the late '50s. The quarter was Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Lee Lewis. They recorded one album together and toured together some, and along with a few other great artists, laid the foundation for rock & roll. Be sure to listen to Carl's big hit, "Blue Suede Shoes." Another great rockabilly artist to listen to is Gene Vincent, and his fun, ground-breaking song "Be Bop-a-Lula" (1956).
The Beatles did a cover of this song on the Beatles For Sale album- with Ringo singing lead.
fck the beatles,...and wife beater lennon.... this is the real deal American original, . take your boy band obsession / infatuation to beatles videos.
beatles were a trashy cover band who imitated American Giants, beatles were a boy band compared to the Legends.. "liverpool soul"?? lol nah
The next Carl Perkins song the both of you should react to, is his song, “Matchbox”. The Beatles also covered that song.
fck the beatles,...and wife beater lennon.... this is the real deal American original, . take your boy band obsession / infatuation to beatles videos.
Carl was a fellow Jackson Tennessean. He came within an inch of being Elvis before Elvis became Elvis. He was scheduled first to appear on national TV, but God had other plans. He was imvoled in a terrible car accident on his way there. That accident made Elvis end up being the first one to get national exposure. Carl never became bitter about it though. He went on to write so many famous Rock and Country songs. He actually wrote and released "Blue Suede Shoes" before Elvis recorded it. They remained close friends for the rest of Elvis's life. We lost Carl to cancer in 1998. He was a good man.
Jay... Since you have Stevie Nicks as your #1 lady singer, I strongly suggest you react to "Rhiannon", Live in 1976 on the Midnight Special... Stevie puts on an UNREAL PERFORMANCE!!!!❤❤❤
They have done the studio version. But even then everyone in the comments was telling them that the live is so much better. A different song almost. They really should check it out.
@@MS-ro9dm I know they have done the studio. But he just stated she was his #1 female vocalist...
@@richieLuvz And I agreed with you that they should do it.
Thanks for doing this. Carl Perkins was a brilliant rock pioneer who has been almost completely overlooked by UA-cam reactors. You'll love his "Blue Suede Shoes." And please, no one chime in saying Elvis's cover was better because it wasn't even close.
This song reflects the different roots of what became rock with a proven country & western performer sliding into being a rock performer with a hybrid name for a while. Love the review! Listen to some early Stevie Wonder and hear his transition from gospel to rock.
"Blue Swede Shoes" is Carl's lasting legacy hit (though Elvis borrowed it and shot it through the roof).
Rockabilly is such a great genre. Upright bass, hot rods, and twangy guitars are as good as it gets. Gene Vincent, Charlie Feathers, Johnny Burnette RnR Trio, Eddie Cochran, Stray Cats, Benny Joy... the list goes on and on!! Hell, you might even like my original music!!
For some fun Rockabilly, I recommend Wanda Jackson's "Let's Have a Party".
That man is a beast on the guitar!! Thanks for doing this 😊
Try Carl Perkins version of "Blue Suede Shoes" (he wrote the song), "Boppin' The Blues", "Matchbox", "Put Your Cat Clothes On", Eddie Cochran's "Twenty Flight Rock", "C'mon Everybody", "Sitting In The Balcony", "Somethin Else", "Hallelujah! I Just Love Her So". Eddie also wrote "Summertime Blues" which was covered by LOTS of bands. Gene Vincent's "Be-Bop-A-Lula", "Bluejean Bop".
Bless Gene and Eddie! I'm buddies with Gene's drummer, Dickie :)
If you want rockabilly you have to see Johnny Horton doing " I'm ready if you're willing" or"battle of new Orleans" and so much more .... enjoy...
i love when you get to originator. a person who changed a culture. welcome to rockabilly music. hear that rhythm. the man wrote blue suede shoes.
This is the actual music I recall on the radio in my preschool years. And the radio signal came from Memphis where Perkins was recording, and Jackson, TN from where Perkins got started.
Carl Perkins and Rockabilly is permanently hooked into that part of your brain that makes it impossible to sit still. You’ve GOT to get up and dance!
I first became aware of this song from the Beatles when they used to play rock and roll. Ringo on vocal.
fck the beatles,...and wife beater lennon.... this is the real deal American original, . take your boy band obsession / infatuation to beatles videos.
@@TANTRUMGASM I am not infatuated with the Beatles, I am more in your camp. Rubber Soul was the last Beatles Album I bought. I consider stuff like Sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, etc. throw in that POS White Album as well, to be pure musical candy ass garbage. I like rock and roll. The Beatles started off playing rock and roll, covers, Chuck Berry, etc. After that they became the BIGGEST MUSICAL PUSSIES IN THE WORLD. And Americans ate it up. NOT ME.
There is a video on youtube of Carl performing with a group of great guitarists including George Harrison, Eric Clapton and Dave Edmunds. At one point Carl says “Hey, I’m ashamed to be onstage performing with you guys”, to which Clapton replies “Well, I’m trying to do my best“!!!!!!!! Great collection of old rock n roll.
Good ear! You picked up on how this sound was the basis for surf guitar! Outstanding. You guys really are developing your musical senses and understanding. So cool to watch it happen.
This was released by Carl on the B side of Blue Suede Shoes in 1956. It was covered by The Beatles as a band, and was the only official song that each Beatle also covered on their own.
Carl Perkins made his debut of this song at ABC's Ozark Jubilee in 1956.
A fantastic example of great early rock and roll. Great reaction. Buckets of Maple Syrup love from Canada ❤️❤️ 🇨🇦 🇨🇦
fck the beatles,...and wife beater lennon.... this is the real deal American original, . take your boy band obsession / infatuation to beatles videos.
Released in first week or day of January 1956, before Heartbreak Hotel.
I grew up with Carl’s family in northwest TN. I have always liked his music.
Carl Perkins was one of George Harrison’s favourite guitar players!
Also Eric Clapton's.
fck the beatles,...and wife beater lennon.... this is the real deal American original, . take your boy band obsession / infatuation to beatles videos.
beatles were a trashy cover band who imitated American Giants, beatles were a boy band compared to the Legends.. "liverpool soul"?? lol nah
@@scenevision356 no one cares about your bad taste in music…
Carl Perkin's album "Go Cat Go" is a gem. He does his songs with Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson. Paul Simon, Tom Petty, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and John Lennon doing "Blue Suede Shoes" from his live concert in Toronto
Has anyone turned them onto The Million Dollar Quartet yet? Sound like their early rock and roll knowledge is ready to appreciate that moment in time.
I have a 45 record that belonged to my parents of the Beatles singing this, along with I'm a Loser, Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby, and Mr Moonlight. Still listen to it once in a while
Blue Suede Shoes a rock a billy standard. Rock a Billy is the earliest form of rock n roll. Hillbilly music which country music was known as until the mid 1960’s, and rhythm and blues were the main ingredients.
Now THIS is cool music!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You two dancing up a storm in your seats was too cute ❤
Carl Perkins is "The King Of Rockabilly!!!!!!!!!
I have the distinct pleasure of being from the same hometown as Mr. Perkins. We are both from the town of Jackson, Tennessee. Subsequently, the Rockabilly Hall of Fame is located in Jackson.
I love Rockabilly more and more. My favorite is from the 80s revival: Stray Cats
Catchy stuff that Rock-a-billy.
Born in 1947, I barely remember the early 50s but the memory of the song I remember.
Seems Carl was a pathfinder for Elvis. He was born in Tiptonville, Tennessee. That's about 180 miles from where Elvis was born in Tupelo, MS.
There’s a great video of him performing this live. It’s magic. 😁❤️
Rockabilly...every day in every way!.Ty guys
The essential Carl Perkins song is Blue Suede Shoes, which was ultimately recorded by Elvis in those early Elvis-mania years. And as Beatle fans know, Ringo sang Honey Don't on the Beatles '65 album.
fck the beatles,...and wife beater lennon.... this is the real deal American original, . take your boy band obsession / infatuation to beatles videos.
Carl Perkins was George Harrison's biggest influence. In fact, The Beatles covered "Honey Don't" with Ringo on vocals on their album Beatles for Sale. They also covered two more Carl Perkins songs on that same album "Matchbox" another song with Ringo on vocals and "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" with George Harrison on vocals. Carl Perkins also wrote and recorded "Blue Suede Shoes" which Elvis Presley covered and that was the opening track on Elvis Presley's debut album.
Cool! I don't think I've ever heard this song before. Love me some Rockabilly!
Reminds me of my older brothers in the 1950s, with their duck tail hairdos, western shirts with the sleeves rolled all the way up, cigarette tucked over one ear like a pencil, and their blue jeans cuffs rolled up.
A little tip on listening to Carl's music. He and Elvis were alike in the fact, that if you arent watching them perform the songs, then you miss out on ALOT. They both were such highly charismatic performers, that them performing the song, was half the magic. Just wanted to add that in for the next time yall react to Carl. Yes, you do have to do more Carl! Lol. God bless yalls family, and we love you guys.
I had never heard this one - Thank you!!!
And I am NOT an Elvis fan, but this did remind me a lot of early Elvis Presley songs.
You guys are so fun! Loved this reaction and if you like rockabilly, you might like the Stray Cat's "Runaway Boys". ❣
The Beatles do a GREAT cover of this with Ringo singing!
fck the beatles,...and wife beater lennon.... this is the real deal American original, . take your boy band obsession / infatuation to beatles videos.
beatles were a trashy cover band who imitated American Giants, beatles were a boy band compared to the Legends.. "liverpool soul"?? lol nah
Steppenwolf, the song Monster. A 50 some year old protest song that sounds like it could have been written yesterday.
You guys have not looked into any rags. This was also part of early rock. I suggest Roy Clark's 12th Street Rag. I think you guys will love it. It is an instrumental with Roy's playful mode included.
Love Carl Perkins. He started it for some. There's lots of new rockabilly, Love Cannon. One video I haven't seen anybody do is Spike Jones, You Always Hurt the One You Love. This goes way back. Thanks for Carl.
Eddie Cochran "Summertime Blues" is an essential in this genre.
Carl Perkins started out playing in a style that was part Bill Monroe and John Lee Hooker; awesome combo. He and his brothers used to play all night after picking cotton all day during harvest season. So yeah, they had some sass.
Carl was part of the famous "Million Dollar Quartet" of original Sun Records R&R pioneers who went on the largely create the genre: Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and that new kid, Elvis Presley.... (Google for great pics of the 4 of them together at the Sun studio*)
As others have said Carl Perkins wrote & originally record Blue Suede Shoes, which became a huge hit for Elvis.
George Harrison was a huge Carl Perkins fan & The Beatles recorded this song as well as Perkins' Matchbox & Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby.
Carl played guitar in Johnny Cash's band in the late 60's & is on both of Cash's landmark live albums Johnny Cash at San Quentin & Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison.
fck the beatles,...and wife beater lennon.... this is the real deal American original, . take your boy band obsession / infatuation to beatles videos.
Carl deserves to be more well known by the younger generation, he was massively influential.
Oh kids this one is olddddd lmao 😍😍 love they way they danced to this 😍😍
Him and Eddie Cochran are very underrated artists. I recommend to listen to more of Eddie cochran, Summertime blues, somethin else, three steps to heaven, and twenty flight rock are all good songs by Eddie Cochran. Three Stars by Eddie Cochran is a neat one since it is about Buddy Holly Ritchie Valens and Big Bopper
'The Million Dollar Quartet':
Jerry Lee Lewis; Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins & Johnny Cash.
{All, at SUN Records]. 🤘🤘
Guys, you might not guess, but Roy Orbison started as a rockabilly. His first hit in 1956 was called Ooby Dooby. You'd like it!
Amber and Jordan, you may like Tennessee Ernie Ford,-(16 Tons)'55. A lot of references you may want to understand. Keep up with the good work 😎👍
Carl wrote Blue Suede Shoes and was the first to record it. He wrote bit on a brown paper bag on a train when he heard this young man say to some one Hey man Don’t Step on Mu Blue sweud Shoes
Speaking of the beach scene, there are a slew of groups in the early 60's that did "surf" music. Beach Boys, The Ventures, Jan and dean, The Safaris, The Chantays, to name a few.
Carl Perkins originally recorded "Blue Suede Shoes" that Elvis made famous.
You all are so cute! This is a really fun reaction.
it’s such a deep river. scratch a lot of the great bands from every genre and there is a rockabilly heart in there.
recently came out robert plant has tons of unreleased rockabilly music. sir paul RECENTLY released an entire album of rockabilly music
here’s a few you will now say darn that is rockabilly music.
Crazy little thing called love-queen
Faith-George Michael
Certain people I know-Morrisey
Lonely Boy-Black Keys
the who have a bunch of rackabilly gems.
Great track. I love rockabilly. Enjoyed dancing to it when I had a quiff and drainpipe trousers. Check out Johnny burnette. "Please don't leave me" and " lonesome train" are a couple of his foot stompers
This was before my time but I am a fan of Rock-a-Billy music! Some of Carl's other songs include "Jive After Five" and "Pink Pedal Pushers". Great reaction!
He was with Sun studios the same time and had three other big artists that Sun studios at the time he called him all rockabilly. But these four were known as the million dollar quartet that would be Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley.
Carl Perkins was a huge influence on the Beatles -- just the fact he wrote his own music inspired them. George Harrison particularly loved him and attended his funeral in li'l' ol' Jackson TN. On an early pre-fab tour the Beatles' manager wanted them to have stage names, so George picked Carl Harrison -- which he laughed about later -- in honor of Perkins.
Now you're back at the birth of rock and roll.