Robert Gordon and Million Dollar Quartet Cast in Sun Records 60th Anniversary Show
B.B. King Blues Club (237 West 42nd Street New York City, NY 10036)
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The show actually started very close to the time they said it would! The cast of Million Dollar Quartet did a rocking 40 minute show.Written on Mar 28 2012
Robert Gordon came on afterwards and rocked out very well for quite some time. Pretty good for a guy turning 65! The house was not full, but cozy. Very relaxed.
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First off, this was my first time using Goldstar. It literally could not have been any easier. I'm going to a Mets game weekend after next through Goldstar, and I hope it will be as easy.Written on Mar 28 2012
I've been a Gordon fan since the early 80's and this was probably my fifth or sixth time seeing him. Last time, about ten years ago in Hoboken, I was disappointed. He had no rapport with the audience or his band, and didn't seem to be having fun. Last night was an improvement on those counts, but I felt much of the material he chose to sing was too obscure for the room. The applause was polite, rather than enthusiastic. When he did better-known songs (Devil In Disguise, Fire, Suzie-Q) it ratcheted up a notch. I thought his band was competent at best. the bassist sounded good on Pretty Woman and Long Tall Sally, performed while Gordon took a break.
The cast of Million Dollar Quartet, the opening act, were outstanding, both instrumentally and vocally. Although they did not appear "in character" they did songs associated with their characters (Presley, Cash, Lewis, Perkins.) covers of Brown Eyed Handsome Man and See You Later Alligator were nicely done. What really would have been awesome would be if the MDQ cast had been Gordon's band.
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The Sun Sound began when Sam Phillips launched his record company in February of 1952. He named it Sun Records as a sign of his perpetual optimism: a new day and a new beginning. Sam rented a small space at 706 Union Avenue for his own all-purpose studio. The label was launched amid a growing number of independent labels. In a short while Sun gained the reputation throughout Memphis as a label that treated local artists with respect and honesty. Sam provided a non-critical, spontaneous environment that invited creativity and vision.
As a businessman, Phillips was patient and willing to listen to almost anyone who came in off the street to record. Memphis was a happy home to a diverse musical scene: gospel, blues, hillbilly, country, boogie, and western swing. Taking advantage of this range of talent, there were no style limitations at the label. In one form or another Sun recorded them all.
Then in 1954 Sam found Elvis Presley, an artist who could perform with the excitement, unpredictability and energy of a blues artist but could reach across regional, musical and racial barriers.
He helped form the beginnings of the Sun Sound by infusing Country music with R&B. Elvis's bright star attracted even more ground-breaking talent to the Sun galaxy. Listed among his contemporaries and lab mates were Johnny Cash, the inimitable Jerry Lee Lewis, and the "Rockin' Guitar Man", Carl Perkins. These four soon became known as the Million Dollar Quartet. Right behind them came Roy Orbison, Charlie Rich, Bill Justis, Harold Jenkins (a.k.a. Conway Twitty) and other equally memorable musical talents. All eventually sold on Pop, R&B and Country charts and grew to international fame.
Rockabilly became the major evolution in the Sun Sound. Lyrically it was bold; musically it was sparse; but it moved. In the 1950′s Country music rarely used drums that were so vital to jazz, blues, and jump bands. In fact, drums were prohibited on stage at the Grand Ole Opry. However, Rockabilly drums played an essential role in driving teens across the nation to become enamored with the Rockabilly movement and the revolutionary Sun Sound. Once again, Sun was able to break new ground recording music of unparalleled diversity in an incubator of creativity.
Inherent in the music of Sun is a vibrancy that survives to this day. Sincere, passionate music. Music that has stood the test of time. It is music that has reached across race, age and gender boundaries. It reflects the diversity and vision of the talent that recorded on the Sun label, and indeed, American popular culture itself.