Mar 24, 2017
Elvis, Johnny Cash, Car Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis. . . and yeah
that's right, now the Pigs have recorded at the legendary Sun
Records.
We had the sheer pleasure of sitting with Sun's engineer, Ples
Hampton, to hear some of the amazing history behind this amazing
recording studio and the birthplace of Rock and Roll.
We were giddy and full of goosebumps from the moment we stepped
into the studio. Ples, whose father was a producer at Ardent
Records for over forty years, is well connected to the Memphis
music scene and its rich history from the early days before the
term "rock and roll" was ever coined (which we do dig into in this
episode) to today's artists still making their way through Memphis
and Sun Records to lay down tracks.
We couldn't have picked a better way to record at Sun. Ples
was nice enough to put some time aside for us before heading out
the door to the premier of the new Sun Records show that was
premiering on CMT that very evening. And some great stories
were told, including some secret nuggets, or happy accidents, that
made it into some well known recordings.
Tune into to hear about the humble beginning of Mr. Sam Phillips as
well as the pioneering disc jockey, which without him Sam's
artists may never have been heard, the one and only Dewey
Phillips.