This song was on the flip side of one of Carl's 1957 singles, "That's Right". Carl wrote this song for his wife Valda & I've always loved the words & sentiment - pr<...>
I loved this song the first day I heard it on Carl's 1973 album "My Kind Of Country" which I'd managed to get a cassette of in Singapore. I suppose the song is a co<...>
"...my God it's sad when another one dies...I get a lump in my throat & a tear in my eye..."
I wrote this one night after watching some dreadful punk rockers on te<...>
"Boppin' The Blues" was Carl's third release on the Sun label and the second disc to hit the charts in 1956. I got first place in 1958 singing this song on 2UW's "R<...>
"...to a time when rock 'n' roll was best..."
This song tells the story of rockabilly's origins & the great singers who inspired a whole generation of people like <...>
"Thanks to you I learned to write songs & pick a little country guitar...."
I first got the idea for this song in a dream where I was playing on stage in this big <...>
I first heard this song when it was released on Carl's own label "Suede". Apart from being a good dance song, it gives a little insight into the origins of rockabil<...>
Nothing deep & meaningful in this song, it's just a light-hearted dance number & one in which Ian was able to include all his fav rockabilly heroes. The jivers love<...>
No rockabilly album is complete without this great classic. I believe it will go down in history as one of the biggest selling songs of all time with sales of 80mil<...>
"Honey Don't" has a very special meaning for me - it was the first 78 of Carl's I ever bought. It won many a talent quest for me & convinced Johnny O'Keefe to put m<...>
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