According to biographer Jeff Apter, Carl Perkins was the most influential in the development of rock ‘n’ roll, especially in the realm of rock’s signature musical instrument, the guitar.

"Carl Perkins, The King of Rockabilly" by Jeff Apter, Citadel, 240 pages Carl Perkins was not the best-looking singer in The Million Dollar Quartet, he ultimately did not sell as many records as ...

CARL PERKINS: The King of Rockabilly. By Jeff Apter. Citadel Press. 240 pages. $29. Carl Perkins, the future king of rockabilly music, was the son of sharecroppers. He and his brothers grew up ...

From Perkins' first guitar — a cigar box attached to a broom handle with two strings made from bailing wire — to his many lesser-known yet influential songs ("Daddy Sang Bass," "Dixie Fried ...

Carl Mann was the “Last Son of Sun,” one of the final artists that Sam Phillips introduced to the world. A child prodigy from West Tennessee, Mann arrived in Phillips’ orbit at the end of ...

BIOGRAPHY Carl Perkins: The King of Rockabilly Jeff Apter Penguin, $39.95. When history comes gunning for rock’n’roll’s ringleaders, Carl Perkins is the man most likely to elude cancellation.

In the 1956 song “Dixie Fried,” Carl Perkins sings about a razor-toting rebel rouser named Dan who storms a honky-tonk on the edge of town. Flashing a quart of moonshine and slashing through ...

Jeff Apter's “Carl Perkins: The King of Rockabilly” is an overdue remembrance of a pioneer of American music.

Carl Perkins 'Blue Suede Shoes' recording used 1953 Gibson Les Paul up for auction for $115,000. 16 August 2024. Newsdesk . GottaHaveRockandRoll presents Carl Perkin’s original 1953 Gibson Les ...

“The show features flashbacks to the very beginning of Cash’s career at Sun Records in Memphis and includes his greatest hits from the 1950’s on through the decades with hits such as Folsom Prison ...