STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - JOHNNY CASH, CARL PERKINS, AND JERRY LEE LEWIS - THE SURVIVORS

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Good morning Thursday people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today we remember Tiptonville, Tennessee native, guitarist, singer and songwriter, carl Perkins, on this , the 25th anniversary of his passing. He was born April 9, 1932 to sharecroppers Louise and Buck Perkins. He grew up picking cotton and on Saturday nights would listen to the Grand Ole Opry on his Father's radio. This inspired him to ask his parents for a guitar. They could not afford one, so they made one from a cigar box and a broom. Eventually a neighbor sold him a Gene Autry guitar and the rest is how we say, history. Perkins died January 19, 1998, age 65, from complications from several minor strokes the previous month. Among the attendees of his funeral were  George Harrison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Wynonna Judd, Sam Phillips, Brian Setzer, Garth Brooks, Nashville agent Jim Dallas Crouch, Dallas rock and roll memorabilia executive Jacques Vroom, Jr., Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash.

Speaking of Cash and Lewis, on April 23, 1981 while Johnny was touring Europe, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis joined him on stage at , in Böblingen, near Stuttgart, West Germany and performed an impromptu performance that was released a year later (April 1982) on Columbia Records called The Survivors. It was produced by Rodney Crowell and is called The Survivors. It peaked at #21 on the Top Country Albums chart.  Johnny Cash passed away in 2003 and Jerry Lee Lewis died in October of 2022. 

1. "Get Rhythm" Johnny Cash 3:07

2. "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" Charlie Feathers, Stan Kesler 2:44

3. "Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad" Traditional 2:59

4. "That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine" Gene Autry, Jimmy Long 3:10

5. "Matchbox" Carl Perkins 3:18

6. "I'll Fly Away" Albert E. Brumley 4:02

Side two

1. "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" Dave "Curly" Williams, Sunny David 4:04

2. "Rockin' My Life Away" Mack Vickery 2:54

3. "Blue Suede Shoes" Carl Perkins 3:07

4. "Peace in the Valley" Thomas A. Dorsey 4:51

5. "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" A.P. Carter 4:36

6. "I Saw the Light" Hank Williams 3:25

Johnny Cash - Vocals, Guitar, Arranger, Liner Notes

Jerry Lee Lewis - Vocals, Piano

Carl Perkins - Vocals, Guitar

Jerry Hensley, Kenneth Lovelace, Bob Wootton - Electric Guitar

Marty Stuart - Guitar, Mandolin

Earl Ball - Piano

Jack Hale Jr., Bob Lewin - Trumpet, French Horn

W.S. Holland - Drums

Henry Strzelecki - Bass

Additional personnel

Lou Robin - Executive producer

Rodney Crowell - Producer, Mixing

Bradley Hartman, Ron Treat - Mixing

Steve Hoffman - Mastering

Bill Johnson - Art director