Carl Perkins Rockabilly artist Part I

Carl is most famous probably for being the man who wrote the Elvis hit Blue Suede Shoes… He was one of the song writers who got their start In Sun Records with Sam Philips… He was born in Tennessee, in 1932, so he was close in age to Johnny Cash... His parents were poor sharecroppers and like Cash he grew up in the cotton fields, working hard and singing gospel music…For these poor families one of their few amusement was listening to the Grand Old Opry, on the Radio...Carl loved the music, and persuaded his father to spare a little money to buy him a guitar…He was taught to play it by an old African American man, called John Westbrook…But in 1947 the family moved closer to Memphis and with his brother Jay, Carl began to play in a tavern, for tips. He worked at day jobs in factories and sang at nights... In 1953, he got married. His wife Valda, also worked, but she believed in his talent and encouraged him He met up with a drummer -WS “Fluke” Holland who was later to work with him and Johnny Cash…In 1954, he went to Memphis to audition for Sun Records..>He then started to work with Johnny Cash and Fluke Holland as “Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two” and they played rockabilly, which was a mixture of country and the up and coming rock music. Then in 1955, he wrote “Blue Suede Shoes”..Different stories are told about the inspiration for the song... Johnny Cash said it was because of a young man whom he knew in the Air Force in Germany, who was fussy about his appearance and who used this phrase when he was dressed up to go out on