Blue Suede Shoes: Carl Perkins

[appalachiablue]

Blue Suede Shoes is considered one of the first rockabilly records and was written and first recorded by Carl Perkins in 1955. Elvis Presley recorded the song in 1956.

Carl Perkins performs "Blue Suede Shoes" live at the Farm Aid concert in Indianapolis, Indiana on April 7th, 1990. Farm Aid was started by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp in 1985 to keep family farmers on the land and has worked since then to make sure everyone has access to good food from family farmers. Dave Matthews joined Farm Aid's board of directors in 2001.

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1. Our birthday boy. NT

[3Hotdogs]

2. As I recall, Carl was in an auto accident and could not tour during the height of B.S.S.'s popularit

After Elvis recorded the song, that was the end of attention to Carl for a long time.

I think his version was better than Elvis's. I don't have a music vocabulary but as I would describe it, Carl's version was a bit tighter and smoother than Elvis's. Also a bit faster tempo.
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[appalachiablue]

3. I like Carl's version, his voice

got better with age. There's some info. about the accident and continuation of his career in the Wiki. He certainly had a major influence on a number of stars and the early rock and roll movement.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Perkins