"But heroes of early rock’n’roll are rarely judged by the amount of discipline and practice in their guitar playing — more often than not, they’re judged by the intensity of the fire in their spirit..."
And what fire it was. I love reading anything I can about Sun records and George, you bring it home so well. I was barely alive but alive during this period. A little child laying in the backseat soaking in these tunes in a Studebaker rumbling along route 66 in Oklahoma.
About 1964 I remember staying the night at my grandmothers with my cousin. She was melting records on the stove making candy dishes. Can you imagine eating Circus Peanuts from a now invaluable Elvis Sun record made into a bowl? Meanwhile I was reading my Marvel Spider-Man #1 comic having little value at the time. Both items worth fortunes now.
"But heroes of early rock’n’roll are rarely judged by the amount of discipline and practice in their guitar playing — more often than not, they’re judged by the intensity of the fire in their spirit..."
And what fire it was. I love reading anything I can about Sun records and George, you bring it home so well. I was barely alive but alive during this period. A little child laying in the backseat soaking in these tunes in a Studebaker rumbling along route 66 in Oklahoma.
About 1964 I remember staying the night at my grandmothers with my cousin. She was melting records on the stove making candy dishes. Can you imagine eating Circus Peanuts from a now invaluable Elvis Sun record made into a bowl? Meanwhile I was reading my Marvel Spider-Man #1 comic having little value at the time. Both items worth fortunes now.