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Good Rockin' Tonight - The Legacy of Sun Records
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Good Rockin' Tonight - The Legacy of Sun Records
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by Johnny Bragg, Robin Le Mesurier, Third Eye Blind, Jack Clement, and Barbara Pittman
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$9.99
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on 9-8-2008.
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I found this documentary to be interesting in that all the regional artists who ,for the most part didn't make it to national stardom,or did and didn't maintain that place on the ladder for long all seem to blame Sam Phillips for their plight!Billy Lee Riley couldn't say enough about how ol'Sam shot his career down the tubes,of course,in other forums I've heard Roy Orbison,Johnny Cash,Carl Perkins,and Jerry Lee Lewis claim the same.Obviously there must be something there,however,some of those went on to stardom and have maintained it.The musical performances taped here are decent,just not very exciting,the reviewer for this DVD says that there is a touching version of Charlie Rich's tune "Lonely Weekends" done by Matchbox 20 and some geezer called "the Killer"...well there was nothing "touching" about it,insulting was more the word if you ask me!Charlie Rich wrote that tune,had a hit with it in the late 50's and Jerry Lee Lewis revived it in the 70's and had a hit with it,Charlie is dead,and after the treatment that the Sun Wildman ,Jerry Lee gets in this re working of Sun history,he may as well be,as he gets about 10 seconds of screen time in this "history of..whatever! To get to where the producers of this piece take us,one would think that Carl Perkins,Johnny Cash, and Elvis were the only noteworhty happenings in this studio(,at one time Jerry Lee was given some acknowledgemnt of his contributions too,)sure is great how fickle we can be! Aside from this ranting of mine,I enjoyed the exposure that Charlie Rich gets here,as well as Rufus Thomas,and the Burnett trio.Rocky Burnett comes across as a real gentleman.This is really fascinating stuff,however,if this is all you know about the happenings at Sun studio,do some reading ,listen to some music from that studio,track its talent pool, and then come back to this presentation as it isn't all it appears to be,Sun was known for its raw,reckless way of producing music,most of the music made here is polite stuff,recorded mostly somewhere else,maybe a statement as to the international impact of this music? Maybe,maybe not.Do I recommend this work,sure do! Why? Its a great place to start learning about music,the South,social mores,shifting paradiams,(maybe I'm reaching here,cause I really want to be positive) and more,but remember,its a starting place,not the end all...and maybe one day the makers of this documentary will let us in on what they were trying to accomplish with this mostly mish mash of bitter recollections,snubs,and tepid music,some celebration,some legacy.
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