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50s Rockabilly Bopper Live from Ozark Jubilee March 17, Springfield, Missouri, 1956. While some ill-informed revisionist writers of rock history would like to dismiss Carl Perkins as a Rockabilly artist who became a one-hit wonder at the dawn of Rock And Roll's early years, a deeper look at his music and career reveals much more. A quick look at his songwriting portfolio shows that he composed “Daddy Sang Bass“ for Johnny Cash, “I Was So Wrong“ for Patsy Cline, and “Let Me Tell You About Love“ for The Judds, big hits and classics all. His influence as the quintessential Rockabilly artist has played a big part in the development of every generation of rockers to come down the pike since, from the Beatles' George Harrison to the Stray Cats' Brian Setzer to a myriad of others in the country field as well. His guitar style is the other twin peak, along with that of Elvis' lead man Scotty Moore of Rockabilly's instrumental center, so pervasive that m
