The News Review:
- Upcoming regional events
- Sunday ‘” ctober 21
- Excerpt from’Can’t Buy Me Love’
- LIVE MUSIC
Upcoming regional events
commercialappeal.com (subscription) – Oct 21, 2007
An exclusive showing of more than 200 works illustrating the complex and glorious world of angels while at the same time creating an evocative journey through the Golden Age of Italian Art. Saturday: Tunica’s Delta Day Festival — This festival takes place in historic downtown Tunica. Arts and crafts vendors food children games live blues music and antique car show.
Sunday ‘” ctober 21
NEWS.com.au – Oct 21, 2007
30 Para Pinoy Program. 9 Rhythm and Blues. Midnight Music Throughout The Night. 1 – 1am Fusion… Midnight Midnight Music vernight. RADI ADELAIDE: 101.
Excerpt from’Can’t Buy Me Love’
USA Today – Oct 21, 2007
f the many astonishing things about Elvis Presley nothing is more astonishing than the fact that Elvis “never did sing anywhere in public” (outside of a couple of high school talent shows) before he started making records with Sam Phillips at Sun. For all its romantic associations with dance halls and honkytonks rock ‘n’ roll was born and reared as the child of records and radio. That the prime exponent of this new style of music should be a singer who possessed no prior professional experience was an anomaly; but it was also a telling sign of the way that record-making would change the very nature of music-making in the years ahead. Presley’s inexperience was all the more astonishing in light of the opinion held by many of his fans that he would never sound much better on a record than he did on “That’s All Right. ” Not only were most of the mannerisms that would define his vocal style present at the creation—from the sudden swoops in register to the habit derived from gospel singing of starting his lines with a throat-clearing “well” that gave whatever followed the feeling of a retort; even more impressive was the extent to which his first professional recording was marked by the trait that has characterized every great popular singer: the absolute assertion of his personality over the song. From this it might be concluded that Presley was simply a “natural. ” But the truth as ever was more complex than that… Paired with an equally eclectic version of Bill Monroe’s “Blue Moon of Kentucky” on its flip side the record caused an immediate commotion on the radio in Memphis and sold enough copies to qualify as a local hit. In the year that followed it was succeeded by four more Presley singles on Sun: “Good Rockin’ Tonight” “Milkcow Blues Boogie” “Baby Let’s Play House” and “Mystery Train. ” All were blues that had previously been recorded by black artists; all were performed in the hybrid “rockabilly” style of “That’s All Right”; and all were paired with country songs on their flip sides. Together with a weekly spot on the Louisiana Hayride radio show and live appearances at high school dances and county fairs throughout the South these records established Elvis Presley as a regional sensation by the end of 1955. Yet the modest success of these singles— none of which prior to “Mystery Train” sold more than 25000 copies— put Sam Phillips in a bind. Independent labels like Sun were dependent on a network of wholesale distributors who only paid for the records they handled if and when they sold. This meant that Phillips was constantly strapped for cash to pay for the pressing and promotion of a product whose cost he could only hope to recoup several months down the line.
LIVE MUSIC
Columbia Daily Tribune – Oct 21, 2007
at Summit Lake Winery. Serious Blues Band live music blues 9 p. at The Martini Bar; $7.