Many people today don't know Cash helped many rock legends back in the day,they are reasons why people like Eric Clapton,U-2,Ringo Starr and Bob Dylan nick named Cash King of Music
There`s a point where Eric looks intimidated by Carl. It`s when Johnny Cash introduces him! Carl walks out playing like he has no idea who Clapton is.
@TelecasterLPGTop and that is exactly the reason why they sound so good all three of them....eric was young and happy just to be there...good music...
wow, I really don't recognize clapton here... anyway, awesome stuff, thanks for sharing! I wouldn't mind being able to get this on DVD/blu ray/CD and/or LP...
Clapton and Perkins are both great here. Carl Perkins career was really getting hot in the 50's when he was in a bad auto accident. That stopped him from being as big as he would have been otherwise. Later, Carl toured and played guitar for Cash after Johnny's original guitarist Luther Perkins died. If memory serves, I don't believe the two were related. These are 3 of the all time greats.
FYI: Eric Clapton's group at this time was DEREK AND THE DOMINOS. If you search DEREK AND THE DOMINOS LIVE ON JOHNNY CASH you can see their performance from this episode.
@13collin82696 Most certainly. Perkins was expected at one time to be as big as Elvis but he had a horrible car accident and some other issues I think that kept him from the real stardom he deserved. He was George Harrison's guitar idol incidentally.
Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry and Little Richard were THE prime architects of rock n roll. Dude was a giant among giants. Check out Carl Perkins and Friends from 1985 if you haven't seen it.
Clapton is in awe of these two. That's a cool thing to see. These days there are so few people that are as influential as him that aren't people he's known for decades. Perkins was a brilliant guitarist, underrated as hell.
@idic5 It was certainly recorded at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, but the date was November 5, 1970. The session was recorded during a break in the Dominos' Oct-Dec 1970 US tour. The band returned to the UK after their final live date at the Suffolk Community College, Selden, NY on Dec 6, 1970.
Johhny is out of his depth there,ha,like he said to willie nelson on hmv storytellers,willie broke a string and wanted a break,johnny gave him his guitar and said, first time that guitars being acutally played,im the same as that on guitar,legend the man in black
This is what I love about youtube.. I'm sitting here in Melbourne Australia on a rainy monday morning watching this fricken awesome video... from the Johnny Cash show 1971.
@littlechoppers Ha! Ain't it awesome! I think that too, all the wonderful stuff I'd go through life never seeing were it not for this technology. It rocks!
@littlechoppers and I love youtube because I get to hear about littlechoopers sitting in Melbourne Australia on a rainy monday morning watching the awesomness of Mr.Perkins, Mr.Cash and Mr.Clapton when I'm doing the exact same thing in the USA. My regards to your excellent musical taste my friend.
Audiences at the time were a lot more spontaneous and appreciative. Also they were less jaded from the amount of overplay and overkill that blues rock was yet to receive in the following decades. We've literally played this music to death, and what's crawled out of the ashes....rap, Britney, American Idol, and other assorted junk. The true progressive and alternative roots music is coming from Alison Krauss and her peers, not mainstream country or pop as it was on this show.
Don't know why, but the talking between Clapton and Cash is so respectful and and full of genuine appreciation for one another that it always brings a tear to my eye.
@Mrsamberrobbins British rockers were heavily influenced by the likes of Perkins and cash and will be the first to say so...but how well did they recreate rock and send it back over to the us in the form of the British invasion of the sixties !
my my who won! who cares was eric nervous ? you bet ! so would you boys and girls ! as far as ability goes just remember a few months before this layla and other love songs was recorded, refer to that for guitar excelence , eric shadowed carl out of respect stayed in character of what they were playin and had a good time !You must remember at this point eric did not like being a leader, but this is so cool, think about the time frame and enjoy!
Heavens to Murgatroid! Dont' get much better than this! Strictly from wowsville, daddy-o! If these icons of rock were any more cool, they'd be frozen! How sad that Mr Perkins & Mr Cash are no longer with us...at least Mr Clapton is still going strong! THANKS for sharing this rockabilly classic with us! :)
Amusing to see Carl's look of a surprised approval at Clapton's solo - which sounded more 'authentic' than Carl's - of course they had no idea at the time how big Clapton would become. Nice historic clip.
I watched this when it was first broadcast. The next day at school I got in an argument with my friend Billy, a decent rock guitar player and Clapton worshiper by stating that Carl played better.
Came from Johnny Cash Show which is available on dvd collection. People who watched with me were surprised that Clapton was playing. They didn't recognize him without glasses snd beard.
I saw this for the first time too on Fri night. It 's the most fantastic thing I've seen for ages. Also check out the Dylan/Cash stuff. Made the hair on my neck stand up.
Saw this for the first time on a 'Best of Johny Cash' show last night - absolutely amazing, definately off to look up more on Carl Perkins. (Already a big fan of cash and Clapton/Derek and the Dominos). Thanks for putting this video up.
politic , and musically correct. CP was flyin. EC was the baby of the bunch and had to pay homage, ...and didn't sacrifice a thing in the performance by doing so., Great move.
I believe that Clapton is the best there ever was-my opinion. But Perkins was a rockabilly guitarist and a great one at that-can't really compare the two. I mean Eric was in diapers when Carl was at Sun.
I agree. and Honestly he probably wasn't "blasted". Thus, he was probably really nervous. Not to mention I think Clapton's the kind of person to be humble enough to not be "king of the stage" since he's on Johnny Cash's show.
Everyone is better after they die. He was a very good songwriter with crossover appeal. Hard to judge-Gram Parsons died and now he is known as the inventor of country rock. Ridiculous
Well yeah, Johnny Cash crossed all musical boundaries successfully. He was not a single genre, but rather created his own subgenre that fell between folk, rock n roll, and country music. He sang all types of music and made you believe that he was actually in that genre, and also what he sang and his band played.
His life and musical expectations of him may have limited his inventiveness and range until the last horn was blowing...and then, as they say, I can imagine him saying....WTF (to get a tad vulgar)...I'm going to let it fly...and boy, did he with that Man Comes around album .
My family is from Erwin Tn, near Bristol...so this stuff is natch to me...not total knowledge of the scene..but a real feel. Mr Cash is a landmark.
You are wrong when you said that Johnny Cash was limited in his inventiveness, and right when it came to saying that he was a landmark. Johnny Cash crossed all musical boundaries, and was the first one to ever consider doing so. He sang Rock N Roll like Rock N Roll Ruby, Get Rhythm, Luther Played The Boogie, Rockabilly Blues, and I Will Rock N Roll With You among others. A lot of people say say he was just Country, but besides that and Rock N Roll, he sang Blues and Gospel.
He was a big landmark to me especially, because I am autistic and he was music therapy for me. When I was 6 months old I had headphones placed on my head with his music playing through them, and basically it was the only thing that would soothe me. Also if it weren't for him and his music, I probably would have been slower in learning things like talking and reading. He was great. We miss you Johnny. RIP.
@ddmulholland You are partially right. The Original was called "Matchbox Blues" by Blind Lemon Jefferson. During a recording session at Sun Records, Carl Perkins father asked Carl to record the song, but all his father knew of the song was the first line, and he did not know Blind Lemon Jefferson was the singer, and Carl Perkins never heard of the song or Blind Lemon Jefferson. So after the first line and the entire melody, the song is all Carl Perkins original.
@ddmulholland Let me clear that up a little, the first line is from the original Blind Lemon Jefferson "Match Box Blues, after the first line, the rest of the song & the entire melody is all Carl Perkins.
@jt123egypte NO IT IS NOT originally from Blind Lemon Jefferson's "Matchbox Blues" Just the first line is, the rest of the song is all Carl Perkins. Read my other post about how the song came to be. But the song is NOT Blind Lemon Jefferson's "Matchbox Blues"
Actually all of the lyrics are traditional folk-blues verses that pop up in other songs. So this song isn't really a Blind Lemon Jefferson cover, but none of the lyrics were written by Carl Perkins either.
He did write the music, but he wrote none of the lyrics, all of which occur in earlier songs. All of them, including the first, are "floating verses" ie. folk-blues verses of unknown origins that occur in numerous songs. The "little dog" verse occurs in the folk song "Let Me Be Your Little Dog", performed by Brownie McGhee (McGhee recorded it in 1960, but was performing it decades earlier). The "poor boy" verse is from the folk song "Poor Boy Long Ways From Home".
wow... i always thought that Chuck Berry was the 'true king' of rock n roll,simply because he wrot e,sang,and played awesome guitar; i was wrong-its Carl Perkins. now i know why the Beatles recorded THREE of his tunes. he was the man. my apologies Carl for overlooking you all these years.
carl 13 years
MsManupara 1 week ago
Ever see a guitar hero look so awestruck?
drockkclapton 3 weeks ago
Many people today don't know Cash helped many rock legends back in the day,they are reasons why people like Eric Clapton,U-2,Ringo Starr and Bob Dylan nick named Cash King of Music
Rickswars 3 weeks ago
You can tell Eric is very happy to be on the same stage with these two legends.
bobbyozb 1 month ago
This video overwhelms me with pleasure.Words cannot quite encapsulate how awesome this is!Thank you Carters01.
murderousslop 1 month ago
There`s a point where Eric looks intimidated by Carl. It`s when Johnny Cash introduces him! Carl walks out playing like he has no idea who Clapton is.
purplestuff 2 months ago
AWESOME! Eric looks a wee bit starstruck as he jams with two of his idols! He can sure hold his own withg Carl!
code2high 2 months ago
Never could stand Carl Perkins, but hey, to each his own..Rock on Eric!
VA3YNK 2 months ago
Awsome...
SaddleCat1 2 months ago
Eric Clapton´s voice is so awesome
vitorbastos123 3 months ago
I would love to know what Eric was asking Carl when they finished??
jemrecycling 3 months ago
can you imagine eric clapton and johnny cash together?? on top of that carl perkins??? wow incredible ....thanks for uploading it...
besamemucho5 3 months ago
Proud to say that Carl and I call the same place home, Jackson,TN
mrhernandez81 3 months ago
@mrhernandez81 According to Wikipedia Carl Perkins was born in Tiptonville, TN and died in Jackson, TN.
Carters01 3 months ago
@Carters01 He wasn't born in Jackson, but he did claim it as his hometown.
DirtySanchezLives 2 months ago
por dios, que trio
sebafloyd1 3 months ago
Eric looks so chuffed at being on stage with these two dudes, a happy chappy for sure.
TelecasterLPGTop 3 months ago
@TelecasterLPGTop and that is exactly the reason why they sound so good all three of them....eric was young and happy just to be there...good music...
besamemucho5 3 months ago
It don't get any better than this.terrific.thankyou
groomercab 3 months ago
wow, I really don't recognize clapton here... anyway, awesome stuff, thanks for sharing! I wouldn't mind being able to get this on DVD/blu ray/CD and/or LP...
starznsparklez 4 months ago
Classic!
padreallenp 4 months ago
Clapton and Perkins are both great here. Carl Perkins career was really getting hot in the 50's when he was in a bad auto accident. That stopped him from being as big as he would have been otherwise. Later, Carl toured and played guitar for Cash after Johnny's original guitarist Luther Perkins died. If memory serves, I don't believe the two were related. These are 3 of the all time greats.
kevman1ification 4 months ago
If they had entertainment like this today, I'd start watching the idiot box again.
lughcious 4 months ago
Why didn't each sing a verse, woulda sounded much better. Still great tho.
JamesReadythe5th 5 months ago
Eu ADORO esta música e sobretudo a apresentação clássica dos três músicos juntos.
Fantástico!!!!!
izabeleroberto 6 months ago
Holy crap! This is so fantastic I can't even express myself properly.
Weimowner8 6 months ago
FYI: Eric Clapton's group at this time was DEREK AND THE DOMINOS. If you search DEREK AND THE DOMINOS LIVE ON JOHNNY CASH you can see their performance from this episode.
Gnillob802 6 months ago
1:56 - 2:11 (especially 2:08) is some of the coolest and best guitar playing I have ever heard. I never realized how talented Carl Perkins was.
13collin82696 6 months ago
@13collin82696 Most certainly. Perkins was expected at one time to be as big as Elvis but he had a horrible car accident and some other issues I think that kept him from the real stardom he deserved. He was George Harrison's guitar idol incidentally.
09jackstraw 6 months ago
@13collin82696
Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry and Little Richard were THE prime architects of rock n roll. Dude was a giant among giants. Check out Carl Perkins and Friends from 1985 if you haven't seen it.
subg88 3 months ago
Johnny Cash could play his acoustic along side anyone without a care in the world; only to make music. God Bless him
bumneez46 7 months ago
PS. Eric looks funny with mutton-chop sideburns compared to the clean-cut man of today! Me, too.
dbreed53 7 months ago
Awesome! Johnny was a true gentleman.
dbreed53 7 months ago
Clappers looks as if he's desperately trying not to outplay Perkins.
shakeypitt 7 months ago 4
Clapton is in awe of these two. That's a cool thing to see. These days there are so few people that are as influential as him that aren't people he's known for decades. Perkins was a brilliant guitarist, underrated as hell.
TheDavelogan 8 months ago 2
Great clip! Love Carl Perkins! Love Eric Clapton and Love Johnny Cash!
Rock on!
Elvisbutiken 8 months ago 3
WOW Eric Clapton, Johnny Cash & Carlo Perkins. WOW! Eric was so young and pleased. Cool. They sounded great. Wayne
Ebonyivorymusic 8 months ago 3
let me be your little dog til your big dog comes
loveminushazel 8 months ago
lyrics where?
Mozilafoxx 8 months ago
pure classs
decsie1 9 months ago
when was this recorded? and where?
idic5 9 months ago
@idic5 Jan. 6, 1971 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, a taping of the Johnny Cash TV Show.
Carters01 9 months ago 9
@idic5 It was certainly recorded at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, but the date was November 5, 1970. The session was recorded during a break in the Dominos' Oct-Dec 1970 US tour. The band returned to the UK after their final live date at the Suffolk Community College, Selden, NY on Dec 6, 1970.
dmhughdie 6 months ago
@idic5
Johhny is out of his depth there,ha,like he said to willie nelson on hmv storytellers,willie broke a string and wanted a break,johnny gave him his guitar and said, first time that guitars being acutally played,im the same as that on guitar,legend the man in black
transmonglified 4 months ago
It should be illegal to be this good. R.I.P. Carl and John
blancmel21 9 months ago
white people pickin? wow really
hiphopencounter 9 months ago
wow
doggieman1961 10 months ago
Carl was a link to transform the blues into rock. It's sad there's no modern link.
broostermatt 10 months ago
Clapton looks very proud i know why ! Thanks for an great film-clip
sharkfin60 10 months ago
awesome
MrPj74 10 months ago
that was awsome
MrPj74 10 months ago
This is what I love about youtube.. I'm sitting here in Melbourne Australia on a rainy monday morning watching this fricken awesome video... from the Johnny Cash show 1971.
littlechoppers 11 months ago 37
@littlechoppers Ha! Ain't it awesome! I think that too, all the wonderful stuff I'd go through life never seeing were it not for this technology. It rocks!
09jackstraw 6 months ago
@littlechoppers Ha! Doing the same thing on a rainy monday morning here in Virginia, USA... 6 months later.
brynot 4 months ago
@brynot @littlechoppers And again on a decent Virginia evening.
Sakkuriru 3 months ago
@littlechoppers and I love youtube because I get to hear about littlechoopers sitting in Melbourne Australia on a rainy monday morning watching the awesomness of Mr.Perkins, Mr.Cash and Mr.Clapton when I'm doing the exact same thing in the USA. My regards to your excellent musical taste my friend.
bughead3 3 months ago 2
i notice how many people tell me erik clapton is the best guitar player but i here this one as 1:56 amaizing so carl perkins should take that name
rockinconcorde2 11 months ago
love the perkins hair peice
TheLodilodimahony 11 months ago
Clapton is like the pup, getting to show off with the big dogs. So great!
Rasputa666 11 months ago 3
The two hillbilly cats are still alive till we remember them. I hope they are still together in heaven
hillbillyboy77 1 year ago
Ah listen to Carl cut through it all, especially on that second lead break. A true Hillbilly Cat!
19chiefs57 1 year ago 3
Year?
BrunoXFelipe1 1 year ago
@BrunoXFelipe1 1971
Carters01 1 year ago
@BrunoXFelipe1 really he just told you
destroyer11469 7 months ago
@destroyer11469 I'm brazillian and my english hearing is very bad...
So... year?
BrunoXFelipe1 6 months ago
june and johnny england loves u so much love it tha\nk u brother love be
jazzaste123 1 year ago
that's a young Eric Clapton...
trebuchet21 1 year ago
Audiences at the time were a lot more spontaneous and appreciative. Also they were less jaded from the amount of overplay and overkill that blues rock was yet to receive in the following decades. We've literally played this music to death, and what's crawled out of the ashes....rap, Britney, American Idol, and other assorted junk. The true progressive and alternative roots music is coming from Alison Krauss and her peers, not mainstream country or pop as it was on this show.
irelephant 1 year ago
Don't know why, but the talking between Clapton and Cash is so respectful and and full of genuine appreciation for one another that it always brings a tear to my eye.
I think I need to get out more...
cmrxs 1 year ago 2
Look at Eric's face! He is AMAZED at Johnny Cash!!
Mrsamberrobbins 1 year ago
@Mrsamberrobbins British rockers were heavily influenced by the likes of Perkins and cash and will be the first to say so...but how well did they recreate rock and send it back over to the us in the form of the British invasion of the sixties !
dbrinkm1 5 months ago
Excelente .. .. .. ! Muchas gracias por subir el video.
portinaribe 1 year ago
i buzz off Carl's syrup....
folkblues25 1 year ago
is eric the middle one???
stagkos7 1 year ago
@stagkos7 yes
PetrolClock 1 year ago
Eric is always good, but Carl ain't no slouch neither!!
OBDjFH05 1 year ago
my my who won! who cares was eric nervous ? you bet ! so would you boys and girls ! as far as ability goes just remember a few months before this layla and other love songs was recorded, refer to that for guitar excelence , eric shadowed carl out of respect stayed in character of what they were playin and had a good time !You must remember at this point eric did not like being a leader, but this is so cool, think about the time frame and enjoy!
HTMAINT1 1 year ago
amazing clip.
perkins shreds the geeetar.
VoodooFlintstone 1 year ago
Carl won.
afrobeatle10 1 year ago
No one touches Clapton on a guitar! No one! Perkins is close though...
CphLink 1 year ago
Carl stole the show..you can see eric grinning
wisesatyr72 1 year ago
nice syrup carl.
gackstacker 1 year ago
is that bobby whitlock on the piano?
glendonflowerspatton 1 year ago
Heavens to Murgatroid! Dont' get much better than this! Strictly from wowsville, daddy-o! If these icons of rock were any more cool, they'd be frozen! How sad that Mr Perkins & Mr Cash are no longer with us...at least Mr Clapton is still going strong! THANKS for sharing this rockabilly classic with us! :)
JubalCalif 1 year ago
sweet moma!
TheFallToRise 1 year ago
lindooo
screeg666 1 year ago 2
3 helden bij elkaar...
nimwegens 1 year ago
I love the way Clapton is respectful and plays a tight little break in the genre and doesn't turn it into an ego trip. A musician's musician.
retsdon 1 year ago 3
I love to watch Eric's face during this, he's in ecstasy standing between these two guys. Nice Layla Strat too.
notthebannerboys 1 year ago
Eric's in heaven!!
purplestuff 1 year ago
amazing and what a performance!
vidaricks 1 year ago
Great! the first time I've seen these 3 legends together, I've seen Eric 4 times but never got to see Johnny Cash
BPriest99 1 year ago
great solo from carl, he rules...
knird 1 year ago
Amusing to see Carl's look of a surprised approval at Clapton's solo - which sounded more 'authentic' than Carl's - of course they had no idea at the time how big Clapton would become. Nice historic clip.
zthetha 1 year ago
I watched this when it was first broadcast. The next day at school I got in an argument with my friend Billy, a decent rock guitar player and Clapton worshiper by stating that Carl played better.
coy0te9 1 year ago
That's so interesting. Thanks for the info!
ddmulholland 1 year ago
very awesome to see these three together doin a classic
spooninspoon 1 year ago
Its doesnt get much better than this, thanks for posting
JWMILLMAKER 1 year ago
thanks to the poster, johnny, eric and carl
they were sure having fun!
strat8383 1 year ago
CHALE!!
DE VERAS PASO!!!
YHEA!!
espectadorsoy 1 year ago
FABULOUS! simply great, they don't make em like this any more!
ffrizat 1 year ago 2
is that what eric clapton looked like when he was young ? i thought it was randy rhodes to start with lol
dragonfitter 1 year ago
uhh...I just asked and answered my own question : )
digitaldavea 1 year ago
was this the Johnny Cash Show???
digitaldavea 1 year ago
Great!!!! Think.....Johnny,Carl,Eric And Elvis!!! That Have Be Great!!!!!
ElvisPelvisKing 1 year ago
it just makes me happy that the music i grew up on thanks for posting great great music
curbshoppin 1 year ago
Carl, Eric AND Johnny? I'm not kidding when i saw, i would cut of my right arm to have seen that concert!
KjemsTunes 1 year ago 4
Came from Johnny Cash Show which is available on dvd collection. People who watched with me were surprised that Clapton was playing. They didn't recognize him without glasses snd beard.
ronaldt491 1 year ago
ahahahaaha Johnny Cash is the coolest of them all :P Carl and Eric play Electric, and Johnny off course play acoustic ;)
Spyflugan91 2 years ago 2
Carl Perkins WOW. WOOOOOOW.
msymsed 2 years ago
go johnnnnny
flash5516 2 years ago
I've watched a couple of clips from "The Johnny Cash Show", and I've never seen him with a mic...
All the guest-stars have, but not Johnny...
Enyone out there who knows why?
countryfan5 2 years ago 4
Boom mike above him, you just can't see it.
Carters01 2 years ago 9
Or hidden lapel mic.
ddmulholland 2 years ago
@Carters01 Boom mic for his Booming Voice;)
khaose123 1 year ago
His voice is big enough...he may also have a wireless mic which became available to the public around 1960
FrankDiggz 2 years ago
@countryfan5 The Cash's microphone a is a small one that is caught under the collar of his shirt, like the journalists or the show presenters
SgtAlexei 1 year ago
@countryfan5 In certain views look closely to his right ear (which is our left) =]
~Jayson
justanotherkiwi 1 year ago
@countryfan5
maybe cause he has powerful voice.
he would be too loud with mic...
Kifla911 1 year ago
powerful voice :)
too loud with mic maybe
Kifla911 1 year ago
@countryfan5 Johnny Cash doesn't need a mic.
Socopunk 11 months ago
@countryfan5 Cash's voice is so powerful that he dosen't need a mic lol
GuitarPlaya192 9 months ago
tolle Musiker und Sänger!
anmaba3 2 years ago
Magical!
rbkfan200 2 years ago
clapton seems very nervous, but everyone would be when playing with these legends.
nice vid anyway!
atmosser 2 years ago 40
@atmosser you cant notice his nerves in his playing
noutjie 1 year ago
@atmosser If you think about it, by then Clapton was just a kid and Johnny and Carl were old dogs...
mauronr 1 year ago
Carl Perkins shreds this one! WOOT!
supermanzcape2 2 years ago 30
Carl Perkins is the best
LoriundJimi 2 years ago 3
I saw this for the first time too on Fri night. It 's the most fantastic thing I've seen for ages. Also check out the Dylan/Cash stuff. Made the hair on my neck stand up.
mozzerbabe 2 years ago 2
Saw this for the first time on a 'Best of Johny Cash' show last night - absolutely amazing, definately off to look up more on Carl Perkins. (Already a big fan of cash and Clapton/Derek and the Dominos). Thanks for putting this video up.
clairescavys 2 years ago 2
is that clapton with cash and perkins??
when was this?????
RREKGENIUS 2 years ago
seventies johnny cash show
idaatjevos 2 years ago
I like that guitar Carl's playing. them Microfrets is cool man.
DapperDanP 2 years ago
eric clapton omg i love him!! & the big JC wow
1313xela 2 years ago
I own a Microfrets Signature
a1986v65 2 years ago
WoW !
mrbadguy91 2 years ago
two of my musical heros on stage together. I must say though Johnny makes Eric look like a boy amongst men.
lightninboy1979 2 years ago
Eric's Strat sounds gorgeous.
TeleDan 2 years ago
these were some good ole days, and great crossovers
mharsha57 2 years ago 4
Clapton hands the solo to Perkins.Whoa, baby.
politic , and musically correct. CP was flyin. EC was the baby of the bunch and had to pay homage, ...and didn't sacrifice a thing in the performance by doing so., Great move.
Tom in Utica NY
telsport 2 years ago
This is absolutely amazing ! I wish i could be there!
miissm 2 years ago
This is sooo cool!!!
74amundsen 2 years ago 2
Man This is so SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
filmnoir2510 2 years ago
Clapton looks wacked...
BROOKS39 2 years ago 2
probably was. he was in derek and the dominoes at this point. right when the smack was taking hold.
TheBrowndawg 2 years ago
Simplemente sensacional. De verdad, una joya de video.
panzon17 2 years ago
Thanks for this amazing vid.
canoni1 2 years ago
Thousand kisss......for thissss! :0)
hunzedu 2 years ago
Anybody knows what year recorded?
jetecua 2 years ago
Some serious damn guitar pickin' goin on here.
electroplate 2 years ago
This was a great moment in music... Legends!!
Thanks for posting it
:)
readthenewstoday 2 years ago
wat year was this?
beatlebassmania 2 years ago
The very early seventies. 1971 or 1972 i think.
melkiemelkie 2 years ago
Not '72, though. '70 or '71
DnD was already disbanded by '72.
efdeees 1 year ago
@beatlebassmania 1971
Carters01 1 year ago
Clapton could have Slayed Perk had he not ben blasted on heroin.
greenethump3 2 years ago
I believe that Clapton is the best there ever was-my opinion. But Perkins was a rockabilly guitarist and a great one at that-can't really compare the two. I mean Eric was in diapers when Carl was at Sun.
aa4018881 2 years ago 2
I agree. and Honestly he probably wasn't "blasted". Thus, he was probably really nervous. Not to mention I think Clapton's the kind of person to be humble enough to not be "king of the stage" since he's on Johnny Cash's show.
greenethump3 2 years ago 2
I totally agree with you. He looked in awe!! of Carl and Johnny.
aa4018881 2 years ago
What do you think about Johnny Cash?
CashPresley32 2 years ago
Everyone is better after they die. He was a very good songwriter with crossover appeal. Hard to judge-Gram Parsons died and now he is known as the inventor of country rock. Ridiculous
aa4018881 2 years ago
Well yeah, Johnny Cash crossed all musical boundaries successfully. He was not a single genre, but rather created his own subgenre that fell between folk, rock n roll, and country music. He sang all types of music and made you believe that he was actually in that genre, and also what he sang and his band played.
CashPresley32 2 years ago
He was real.
Now, for some guesswork on my part. Guessing...
His life and musical expectations of him may have limited his inventiveness and range until the last horn was blowing...and then, as they say, I can imagine him saying....WTF (to get a tad vulgar)...I'm going to let it fly...and boy, did he with that Man Comes around album .
My family is from Erwin Tn, near Bristol...so this stuff is natch to me...not total knowledge of the scene..but a real feel. Mr Cash is a landmark.
Tom -Utica
telsport 2 years ago
You are wrong when you said that Johnny Cash was limited in his inventiveness, and right when it came to saying that he was a landmark. Johnny Cash crossed all musical boundaries, and was the first one to ever consider doing so. He sang Rock N Roll like Rock N Roll Ruby, Get Rhythm, Luther Played The Boogie, Rockabilly Blues, and I Will Rock N Roll With You among others. A lot of people say say he was just Country, but besides that and Rock N Roll, he sang Blues and Gospel.
CashPresley32 2 years ago 5
He was a big landmark to me especially, because I am autistic and he was music therapy for me. When I was 6 months old I had headphones placed on my head with his music playing through them, and basically it was the only thing that would soothe me. Also if it weren't for him and his music, I probably would have been slower in learning things like talking and reading. He was great. We miss you Johnny. RIP.
CashPresley32 2 years ago 4
I need a shot cause I'm going down!
Mother Superior jumped the gun!
ktwheels44 2 years ago
Beatles did a cover (Ringo on vocals), but it's a Perkins song that he lifted from an old blues number.
ddmulholland 2 years ago 2
blind lemon jefferson is the original from what i can tell.
TheBrowndawg 2 years ago
@ddmulholland You are partially right. The Original was called "Matchbox Blues" by Blind Lemon Jefferson. During a recording session at Sun Records, Carl Perkins father asked Carl to record the song, but all his father knew of the song was the first line, and he did not know Blind Lemon Jefferson was the singer, and Carl Perkins never heard of the song or Blind Lemon Jefferson. So after the first line and the entire melody, the song is all Carl Perkins original.
EbonyBunny1 1 year ago
@ddmulholland Let me clear that up a little, the first line is from the original Blind Lemon Jefferson "Match Box Blues, after the first line, the rest of the song & the entire melody is all Carl Perkins.
EbonyBunny1 1 year ago
I love the way clapton acknowledges the ability of perkins, on lead guitar, with a smile @ 2:10...cream always rises to the top now do'n' it...!!!
nice1kid 2 years ago 4
BUT....we must not forget that this number is originally a tune of the great Blind Lemon Jefferson!!
jt123egypte 2 years ago
@jt123egypte NO IT IS NOT originally from Blind Lemon Jefferson's "Matchbox Blues" Just the first line is, the rest of the song is all Carl Perkins. Read my other post about how the song came to be. But the song is NOT Blind Lemon Jefferson's "Matchbox Blues"
EbonyBunny1 1 year ago
@EbonyBunny1
Actually all of the lyrics are traditional folk-blues verses that pop up in other songs. So this song isn't really a Blind Lemon Jefferson cover, but none of the lyrics were written by Carl Perkins either.
galaxyrock 1 year ago
@galaxyrock Carl Perkins wrote all the lyrics except for the first verse, and he wrote the music.
EbonyBunny1 1 year ago
@EbonyBunny1
He did write the music, but he wrote none of the lyrics, all of which occur in earlier songs. All of them, including the first, are "floating verses" ie. folk-blues verses of unknown origins that occur in numerous songs. The "little dog" verse occurs in the folk song "Let Me Be Your Little Dog", performed by Brownie McGhee (McGhee recorded it in 1960, but was performing it decades earlier). The "poor boy" verse is from the folk song "Poor Boy Long Ways From Home".
galaxyrock 1 year ago
carl perkins was a god when it came to playing the lead guitar.....!!!
nice1kid 2 years ago 2
wow... i always thought that Chuck Berry was the 'true king' of rock n roll,simply because he wrot e,sang,and played awesome guitar; i was wrong-its Carl Perkins. now i know why the Beatles recorded THREE of his tunes. he was the man. my apologies Carl for overlooking you all these years.
psyops71 2 years ago 4
Also Elvis recorded his songs. Blue Suede Shoes, one the Elvis´ greatest numbers was written by CP.
Eric Clapton, Elvis and The Beatles... Carl Perkins is a God of Gods...
hobdelan 2 years ago