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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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.
Play opened this week in Wilmington, Delaware - Delaware Theater Company. It was a great regional production - national talent!
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