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Million Dollar Quartet - 65th Anniversary
North Forty News ^ | 12/02/2021 | Tim Van Schmitt

Posted on 12/04/2021 10:11:09 AM PST by Night Hides Not

It was a meeting of musical titans. It was a summit of some of the coolest cats in the world.

I’m talking about the so-called “Million Dollar Quartet” meeting between Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Johnny Cash at Sun Studios in Memphis on December 4, 1956 — 65 years ago this week.

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This is a day of celebration in the Night Hides Not house. I was late to the table, but a visit to Sun Studio 7-8 years ago brought me up to speed. The studio tour is a trip through rock and roll history, it's truly one of the birthplaces of rock and roll.

I've also seen the musical twice, once in Las Vegas, and once in Tyler, TX. It's a fun, fast paced 90 minutes of entertainment and classic music.

LOL, my son remembered what he learned from the tour: when he was in 7th grade, his drama teacher told the class that Elvis wrote "Blue Suede Shoes". She didn't like it when my son corrected her, as Carl Perkins wrote the song, scoring a #1 hit before Elvis did.

O/T, I took him to Eric Clapton's concert a few months ago in Fort Worth. He's now 19, and he was just blown away by Eric and his opening act, Jimmie Vaughan.

1 posted on 12/04/2021 10:11:09 AM PST by Night Hides Not
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Play opened this week in Wilmington, Delaware - Delaware Theater Company. It was a great regional production - national talent!


2 posted on 12/04/2021 12:12:21 PM PST by Tandem (What ever happened to personal responsibility & self-reliance?)
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