The Blue Caps Tour26 Juin 1993 / Limoges

... Johnny Meeks, Tommy Facenda, Dickie Harrel, Paul Peek

Graham Fenton et ...

... Gérard Lautrey

Dans la matinée pour le départ à l'aéroport, après une soirée bien arrosée.
Graham Fenton, moi, Dickie Harrell (qui a encore mal a la tête, et qui avait oublié la photo de sa mère dans sa chambre...) et Tommy Facenda.

Affiche allemande de la tournée

(textes et photos © Gérard Lautrey)

Frankie Miller, another Starday cat
clip "Blackland Farmer"
(© X, archives Laurent Petit)

Country Song Roundup - July 59
(archives "Imperial")

Larry Dowd & the Rockatones
clip "Blue Swingin' Mama"
(© X, archives Laurent Petit)

Bobby Rutledge
clip "Go slow fatso"
(© X, archives Laurent Petit)

Blackie Crawford, Starday recording artist
clip "Jump Jack Jump" (1952)
(© X, archives Laurent Petit)

"Who put the turtle in Myrtle's girdle"...
That's a Blackie Crawford's song. Yes, Siree !...
(Sid King 78 rpm A - an "Imperial" treasure)

"Cowboy songs" - May 54
("Imperial" archives)

ultra rare pix of Sparkle Moore with Gene Vincent
Décembre 1957 / Peony Park Ballroom, Omaha (Nebraska)
(© X, "Blue Suede News" (issue n° 71), archives Laurent Petit)
(Thanks To J-L Quéffelec + "Imperial")

Le premier "garage-band" !...

Ramsey Kearney - Carl Perkins - Jay B. Perkins - Benny Coley - ?
circa 1953 / USA, Jackson, Tennessee
(© X, archives Laurent Petit)
Cette photo a été publiée dans "Go, Cat, Go" livre écrit par Carl Perkins et David Mc Ghee en 1996
(Précisions de "Imperial")

en direct du Tennessee, par Ramsey Kearney lui-même :

This picture was taken right after me and Carl had done my radio show at WDXI in Jackson one Saturday morning. Carl had book this ingagement and told me if he could advertise it on my radio show, that he would include me and that it paid $10.00.
In the picture starting left, Ramsey Kearney, on guitar, Carl Perkins (center), Jay B. Perkins, Benny Coley on mandolin. I don't recall the persons name on guitar on end of picture. I think the location of the hardware store was on State Street, Jackson.

The picture and a write up of the event was run as an issue in the Jackson Sun Newspaper at the time.

Regards,

Ramsey

(A big "Thanks !" to "Imperial")