The Best Station on Earth - today & every day.
It's apparent how very much we owe to Sam Phillips' forward-thinking & progressive attitudes (racially notably for one) & determination & numerous other unique qualities of character !
Love how often / when this happens: The one artists play in the 'off time' /non-scheduled tracks in the studio turns out to be the relevant on-point stuff!
Often the case w/ the great 'B-Sides'...
2:26pm
Tommy:
GREAT interview Rex
2:26pm
P-90:
"Rockabilly trumpet"(?!) There may be an alternate universe where that caught on in a big way...
He should have said never bring a hooker back to your motel room and take a shower leaving her alone with your clothes.
5:41pm
Mark Dillman:
Santa Claus is supposed to bring me the Sam Phillips bio. I saw a copy for the first time today at Barnes & Noble. Can't wait to read it. I got to hang out with Peter Guralnick in Memphis at the Ponderosa Stomp and the Stax studio nearly a decade ago.