doug and i hit up Sun Studios in Memphis yesterday and took the tour. got to stand in the room and hold the very mic where Elvis recorded his first recordings and play the piano Jerry Lee Lewis played on "Great Balls OF Fire." don't get me wrong i love Elvis. even when he was fat he was still pretty cool. the bling-bling karate outfits were kinda bad-ass. but the true hero of the Memphis Blues Explosion in the fifties was Sam Phillips, the Sun Records owner that discovered Elvis. he was obsessed with bringing the blues to the masses. without him not only would i be jobless but more than likely.. dead. hail! hail! rock and roll.
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What Sam Phillips did for me was Howlin' Wolf.
After I heard "Little Red Rooster" I wasn't the same.
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