Rockin' Song of the Week No. 91 - Carl Mann

Carl Mann - I'm Comin' Home
Phillips International 3555

Fifty years ago today, Carl Mann drove across state to from Jackson to Memphis to cut some tracks for a forthcoming album, to be called Like Mann! With his usual buddies Robert Oatsvall on bass and the superbly talented Eddie Bush on guitar, he was joined by Charlie Rich on piano and fellow Jacksonite, WS Holland on drums. The best number they cut that day was the Rich composition, I’m Comin’ Home.

The intro was used note for note when Elvis cut it for his Something For Everybody album twelve months later. Carl Mann was one of the last of the great Sun rockers and this hot little platter was one of his best.

George Jones - youTube update

Mellow kindly wrote to me regarding the George Jones youTube clip I posted the other day. He points out that the other musicians are the Tennessee Three, Marshall Grant, WS Fluke Holland and the legendary Luther Perkins. You're right Mellow, I hadn't even looked in the background for some reason. Looking at it again I even noticed that Johnny Cash himself is the guy twiddling with George's left ear at the end.