Paul Burlison - "Train Kept A-Rollin'" (1997)

This is a video I made to Paul Burlison's 1997 "Train Kept A-Rollin'". I made it using a train video I found on the Internet, and pictures found on the Internet.
Paul Burlison (February 4, 1929-September 27, 2003) was a pioneer rockabilly guitarist and a founding member of The Rock and Roll Trio. Burlison was born in Brownsville, Tennessee, where he was exposed to music at an early age. After a stint in the United States Military, Burlison teamed up with Johnny and Dorsey Burnette to form the The Rock and Roll Trio. The band released several singles, but failed to attain chart success. The Trio disbanded in the fall of 1957 and Burlison moved back to Tennessee to start a family. There he started his own electrical subcontracting business which he ran faithfully for twenty years, taking a break when the Trio reunited in the early 1980s. He released his only solo album in 1997, which received positive reviews. Burlison remained active in the music scene until his death in 2003.
In 1997, Burlison cut his first ever solo LP "Train Kept A-Rollin'" on Sweetfish Records as a tribute to The Rock and Roll Trio. The LP contained eleven tracks, three of which, Train Kept A-Rollin', Lonesome Tears in My Eyes, and Lonesome Train (on a Lonesome Track), had been featured on The Rock and Roll Trio's original 1956 album. The album featured such guest artists as Rocky Burnette (Johnny's son), Billy Burnette (Dorsey's son) of Fleetwood Mac, Rick Danko and Levon Helm of The Band, David Hidalgo, Cesar Rosas, and Conrad Rozano of Los Lobos, Mavis Staples, and Kim Wilson of the The Fabulous Thunderbirds.
Paul Burlison died on 27 September 2003 in Horn Lake, Mississippi after a long battle with cancer. He was interred in Hinds Chapel Cemetery, Lake Cormorant, Mississippi

Many guitarists have claimed to have been influenced by Paul Burlison. These include Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton. Additionally, The Beatles, The Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith have played cover versions of The Rock and Roll Trio's hits, often with special emphasis on Burlison's guitar riffs.

Paul Burlison's pioneering contribution to rock-and-roll has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. (source Wikipedia)

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[jvnicks]

Do you guys want to keep arguing? If you want to fight let's fight to get the Trio and GM in the HOF! As long as the debate continues, it prolongs these guys, all the guys the recognition they greatly deserve, and I think we ALL can agree, the guys more than deserve their recognition, and place in the HOF Amen!--JV

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[dburlison1]

@kennyboiwilliams In another post you say you never heard of Stevie Ray Vaughan,(a good friend of my dad who also played a fender) and now you are an expert on guitar sounds and styles..God help us all..

[TheSnidge]

@Smudgefizz You're funny-you could have been a lawyer for O.J.Simpson!

Listen to 'When My Dreamboat Comes Home' by Grady Martin-it's on YouTube,then come back and say you still think Burlison played lead on the Burnette Nashville sessions.

[Smudgefizz]

@TheSnidge I did Google it, & the writer of the article you're referring to, Vince Gordon, states this info as his opinion, not as "fact". And yes, Grady's guitar on "Bird Dog" does sound similar to the guitar on "Train Kept a Rollin". That just goes to show how influenced Grady was by Paul Burlison's guitar playing, so he used a similar style after working with Paul in the studio.

[TheSnidge]

@Smudgefizz No-it's you who is wrong-google' Paul Burlison Grady Martin'.

Also listen to 'Bird Dog' by Don Woody on YouTube-same lead player as Burnette-Grady Martin.

[Smudgefizz]

@TheSnidge Wrong info... Grady Martin played RHYTHM guitar on the original track. Paul Burlison did in fact play the lead.

[whowins]

@crittergirl08 your granddad was a great guy! me an my dad did alot of work for him and i hate i couldnt spend more time with him! he will be missed!

[dburlison1]

@TheSnidge Actually, two guitars on the original...

[TheSnidge]

@monkeytown1000 You are right on about Mick Green!!!!!!!

However it wasn't Burlison who played the lead on Burnette's 'Train Kept 'a' Rollin',it was the great Grady Martin.

Burlison falsely claimed credit for it though.

[monkeytown1000]

Paul Burlison developed his distorted guitar by listening to Howling Wolf's Sun records and Wolf's guitarist Wille Johnson who was an innovator in the style.

Burlison and the Burnettes didn't have much success with "Train Kept A-Rollin'" in 1956. But their records were picked up in England by Johnny Kidd & the Pirates guitarist Mick Green in England who copied him. Green was not well known but he was a big influence on young Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck & Jimmy Page. So Paul's spirit lives on.

[wildcattamergirl]

crazy people. train kept a rollin honey hush r very diff 2 the rest of the nashville cuts and i dont remember ever c ing paul saying he played lead on the other stuff. he says he played the distortion and not the rest. if u were playing with someone like grady martin do u think u would not raise the bar and take much advise. y can't the other guitar b paul hmm.

[Serendeppity2009]

@crittergirl08 Paul was a friend of mine, glad to meet you here he was a great man who taught me some great stuff,