Rockabilly Roots of Rock – 7
Required Listening (1/2) Carl Perkins Blue Suede Shoes (1956, Sun) Honey Don’t (1956) Matchbox (1957) Jerry Lee Lewis Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On (1957, Sun) Great Balls of Fire (1957) Breathless (1958) Johnny Cash Folsom Prison Blues (1955, Sun) I Walk the Line (1956) Charlie Rich Break Up (1958) Who Will the Next Fool Be? (1959, Sun/Phillips) Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Required Listening (2/2) Roy Orbison—Ooby Dooby (1956, Sun) Billy Lee Riley—My Gal Is Red Hot (1957, Sun) Johnny Burnette Rock ‘N’ Roll Trio Train Kept A-Rollin’ (1956) Gene Vincent Be Bop a Lulu (1956) Woman Love (1956) Dale Hawkins—Suzie Q (1957, Chess/Checker) Link Wray & His Ray Men—Rumble (1958, Cadence) Duane Eddy—Rebel Rouser (1958, Jamie) Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Rockabilly Collins Kids—Let’s Have a Party (1957) Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Carl Perkins – Blue Suede Shoes (Perry Como Show, 1956) Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker Carl Perkins—Posters Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Carl Perkins Glad All Over (1956) Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Beatles Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby (1964) Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Carl Perkins—King of Rockabilly Matchbox (1957) Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker Carl Perkins with Derek & the Dominos Matchbox (Johnny Cash Show, 1/71) Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Carl Perkins Death, network news reports Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker Million Dollar Quartet Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Johnny Cash—Sun Records I Walk the Line (Sun Records Show, 1956) Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Johnny Cash Brief Biography Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Johhny Cash at San Quentin Starkville Jail experience Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Johnny Cash—Outlaw Country with Bob Dylan, recording Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Johnny Cash & June Carter Jackson Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Johnny Cash—Grand Ol’ Opry So Doggone Lonesome (8/18/56) Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Johnny Cash—The Man in Black with Willie Nelson—Worried Man Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Jerry Lee Lewis Great Balls of Fire (1957) Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Ferriday, LA – Jimmy Swaggart Singing/playing piano Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Ferriday, LA – Jimmy Swaggart “I have sinned…” Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Jerry Lee Lewis (7-28-1957) Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Jerry Lee Lewis—Breathless Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Jerry Lee Lewis & Myra Interview (1958) Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Jerry Lee Lewis Whole Lotta Shakin’, 1964 Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Jerry Lee Lewis—Middle Aged I Am What I Am (1986) Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker Jerry Lee Lewis Nesbit Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Charlie Rich Whirlwind (1958) Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Roy Orbison (Oh,) Pretty Woman Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Billy Lee Riley (and his Green Men) Red Hot (1957) Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Johnny Burnette Trio Lonesome Train (Rock, Rock, Rock – 1956) Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Johnny Burnette Trio Train Kept A-Rollin’ (1956) Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps Be-Bop-a-Lula (Town Hall Party, 1958) Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Steve Allen Be-Bop-a-Lula comedic reading Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker Jonny Lang and Jeff Beck Be-Bop-a-Lula (A Tribute to Gene Vincent, 1998) Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Dale Hawkins – Susie Q (1957) often covered Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Link Wray and his Wray Men Rumble (1958) Distortion and feedback One of the first tunes to use power chords Record producer hated it, his stepdaughter loved it Wray poked holes in his amplifier speaker to get the sound during live shows Rumble = “gang fight”—Phil Everly renamed it (because of its rough sound) Because of this, it is one of very few instrumentals to be banned from airplay Bob Dylan called it “the greatest instrumental ever” Jimmy Page described it as a turning point in his love for the guitar Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Link Wray and his Wray Men Rumble (1958) Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker
Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker Duane Eddy and his “Twangy” Guitar Rebel-’Rouser (Beech-Nut Show, 7/19/58) Roots of Rock - 7 - Rockabilly - K. Baker