"Discovering Carl Perkins - Eastview, Tennessee 1952 - 53"

[Mister Moon]

I just love "Tennessee" by Carl. Shame it wasn't released as a single - would've been another beauty for the collectors of original Sun 45s.

Had "Tennessee"/"Sure To Fall" been released as a single it would have been Sun 235 which was the next one right after "Blue Suede Shoes"/"Honey Don't" Sun 234. Sun 236 was "No More, No More"/"They Call Our Love A Sin" by Jimmy Haggett. That's why when you look at a Sun discography Sun 235 is always blank and stated as "not issued".

I love playing "Tennessee" on my guitar - the two solos are cool.

It's also cool that "Tennessee" and "Sure To Fall" feature Jay Perkins, Carl's older brother and acoustic guitar player in the band, sharing the lead vocals. Another instance would be "Your True Love", where brothers Jay and Clayton did background vocals.

No complete alternate takes of "Tennessee" have ever surfaced, but a 30 second fragment was made available in 2012 by Bear Family. It's virtually identical to the master, but... here we go :



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvYGWpbTk1E

[Mister Moon]

Check out this video :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rq2itPT8_0

[Mister Moon]

One of the four "new" recordings is already available on YT :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiQrEv9Gbh8

[Mojo Filter]

Check out this video :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rq2itPT8_0

Almost exactly how I play it. Took me a bit of practice to get it just right but i'm ok with it now.

This guy Randy Richter is quite a cool guitarist. He has loads of videos...i have checked some of them out before.

[Mister Moon]

Another one, uploaded just two days ago :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM_IwEKzKOQ

[Mister Moon]

Uh, oh. Both "new" songs have been removed from YT at the request of Bear Family.

[Mojo Filter]

Uh, oh. Both "new" songs have been removed from YT at the request of Bear Family.

That's understandable!

They have only just released this great album (still yet to get my copy, will not be long) and it's on YouTube already, which would, distract any potential buyers of this great issue. They are a business.

Bear Family are no fools.

[Mister Moon]

This album is now deleted from the BF website.

Meanwhile, this track is back on YT :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V6GxTkXndE

[John]

This album is now deleted from the BF website.

Meanwhile, this track is back on YT :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V6GxTkXndE

It's very country. Elvis was more believable as a mighty, mighty man.

As a youngster I thought Elvis sung "don't you be a-frigid, I'll do you no harm".

[Mister Moon]

This album is now deleted from the BF website.

Meanwhile, this track is back on YT :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V6GxTkXndE

It's very country. Elvis was more believable as a mighty, mighty man.

As a youngster I thought Elvis sung "don't you be a-frigid, I'll do you no harm".

I agree with you. As much as I like Carl, and appreciate the fact that he would be covering this material at that point, this is light years away from Elvis' reading, a definitive statement in early rock and roll. Maybe his first, as Sun 209 was just a little bit folksy by comparison, right ?

He might as well have sung "frigid", ha ha. The lyrics could not be more explicit than that. "Rockin'" was not about dancin' here.

[John]

This album is now deleted from the BF website.

Meanwhile, this track is back on YT :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V6GxTkXndE

It's very country. Elvis was more believable as a mighty, mighty man.

As a youngster I thought Elvis sung "don't you be a-frigid, I'll do you no harm".

I agree with you. As much as I like Carl, and appreciate the fact that he would be covering this material at that point, this is light years away from Elvis' reading, a definitive statement in early rock and roll. Maybe his first, as Sun 209 was just a little bit folksy by comparison, right ?

He might as well have sung "frigid", ha ha. The lyrics could not be more explicit than that. "Rockin'" was not about dancin' here.

but what are his rockin' shoes?

[Mister Moon]

This album is now deleted from the BF website.

Meanwhile, this track is back on YT :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V6GxTkXndE

It's very country. Elvis was more believable as a mighty, mighty man.

As a youngster I thought Elvis sung "don't you be a-frigid, I'll do you no harm".

I agree with you. As much as I like Carl, and appreciate the fact that he would be covering this material at that point, this is light years away from Elvis' reading, a definitive statement in early rock and roll. Maybe his first, as Sun 209 was just a little bit folksy by comparison, right ?

He might as well have sung "frigid", ha ha. The lyrics could not be more explicit than that. "Rockin'" was not about dancin' here.

but what are his rockin' shoes?

Just an excuse to disguise the real intentions.

[John]

This album is now deleted from the BF website.

Meanwhile, this track is back on YT :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V6GxTkXndE

It's very country. Elvis was more believable as a mighty, mighty man.

As a youngster I thought Elvis sung "don't you be a-frigid, I'll do you no harm".

I agree with you. As much as I like Carl, and appreciate the fact that he would be covering this material at that point, this is light years away from Elvis' reading, a definitive statement in early rock and roll. Maybe his first, as Sun 209 was just a little bit folksy by comparison, right ?

He might as well have sung "frigid", ha ha. The lyrics could not be more explicit than that. "Rockin'" was not about dancin' here.

but what are his rockin' shoes?

Just an excuse to disguise the real intentions.

Or...

I Love Rock 'n' Roll.jpg

[Mister Moon]

This one has surfaced too :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9PJByLo5AY