only rock ’n roll A lot of early rockers recorded in Memphis, in the 1950s, for Sam Phillips’ Sun Records. Some, like Elvis, became famous. Others, like this guy, didn’t. Malcolm Yelvington, It’s Me Baby (1997) *** “Drinkin’ Wine Spodee-O-Dee” (Sun 1954) *** “Rockin’ With My Baby” (Sun 1956)
Archive for the ‘rockabilly’ category
Saturday, 3/3/12
03/02/2012Friday, March 2, 2012
03/02/2012only rock ’n’ roll Elvis Presley (with Scotty Moore, guitar), TV shows, 1956 “Money Honey” *** “Heartbreak Hotel” *** “I Got A Woman”
Friday, 7/22/11
07/22/2011only rock ’n roll (an occasional series) The great thing about rock ’n roll is you don’t have to understand a single word for it to make perfect sense. Hasil Adkins, “She Said” Take 1: live *** Take 2: recording (1964) More? Here. ********** lagniappe
Friday, 6/24/11
06/24/2011only rock ’n roll (an occasional series) Hasil Adkins with SCOTS (Southern Culture on the Skids), “Hubcap Hunch” Live, Sleazefest, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1994
Tuesday, 5/17/11
05/17/2011soundtrack for an indoor road trip Henry Flynt, “Rockabilly Boogie” (recorded 1982; Spindizzy, 2003, 2011) More? Repeat.
Friday, 2/4/11
02/04/2011fringe dress festival (cont’d) Wanda Jackson, live (TV broadcast [Town Hall Party]), 1958
Tuesday, 2/16/10
02/16/2010Delmar Allen “Dale” Hawkins, a rockabilly pioneer who gave the music world the hit “Oh! Suzy-Q,” died Saturday in Little Rock of colon cancer. He was 73. Hawkins, originally from Goldmine, in Richland Parish, recorded his first hit in the KWKH Radio studios in downtown Shreveport in 1956 with then-15-year-old guitarist James Burton, who later [...]
Thursday, 11/5/09
11/05/2009I think my overall mood might be brighter if every time the phone rang I got to say: “Hello, Sleepy LaBeef speaking . . .” Sleepy LaBeef, “Little Bit More” (1957) Want more? Here. ********** mail Speaking of mood-brightening, how nice to hear this week, via email, from a couple regular reader/listeners: —“ever since J [...]
