Let's Keep the 50's Spirit Alive!: 201310

24 octubre 2013

The Chiffons, The Big Jamboree, Earth Angels en Santiago de Compostela el 26 de octubre de 2013 (Outono Códax Festival)

The Chiffons regresan a Europa, ellas integran uno de los girls groups más legendarios de los 60. Con ellas subirán al escenario de la Capitol The Big Jamboree, un espectáculo de virtuosismo musical que traslada al público a una vieja sala de los años 40, finalmente acturán Earth Angels con su inigualable Doo Wop

(sandiaynoche.com)

Además habrá un stand con objetos de la Sun Records a la venta

One Fine Day - The Chiffons

So Real - The Earth Angels

Clattering Love - The Big Jamboree

18 octubre 2013

RIP Roland Janes

During the 50´s, Sun Records guitarist and longtime Phillips Recording engineer, Roland Janes who had played with most of the Sun Records´artists except Elvis Presley, passed away this afternoon at Methodist Hospital in Memphis

Along with Scotty Moore and Carl Perkins, Janes developed the rockabilly guitar style at Sun Records. He was the guitarist whose solos on ''Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On'', ''High School Confidential'', and countless other Sun records are engrained in our collective memory. His work ran the gamut from the tasteful and economical little solo on the bridge of ''Raunchy'' to the deliriously over-the-top intro to Billy Riley's ''Flying Saucers Rock And Roll''. He played on and produced Harold Dorman's ''Mountain Of Love'', and issued it on a label he co-owned. As a producer, he recorded Travis Wammack's ''Scratchy'', Mat Lucas's ''I'm Movin' On'', and Jerry Jaye's ''My Girl Josephine'', all of them among the best records to come out of Memphis in the early to mid 1960s

I met Roland in February at the Sam Phillips International Co. He was a polite and kind man, he talked very well about Elvis and he dedicated a beautiful song about a Spanish lady. I will never forget the special conversations with him. R.I.P. Roland.