Carl Perkins
Introduction
Many artists go through tough times and still strike it big, but none did it like Carl Perkins. Carl Perkins was a 20th-century musician who sang rockabilly music. He wrote and sang many songs that other artists liked and recorded. Carl Perkins pioneered rockabilly music, wrote many songs that people could relate to, and was in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame making him one of the greatest rockabilly artists of the 20th century.
Childhood Inspirations
Carl Perkins was inspired by the people around him as a kid. A sharecropper`s way of playing and the Grand Ole Opry were two of his inspirations (Carlin, 2006). Carl`s childhood neighbor was a musician and Carl looked up to him. His neighbor also stood out for the way
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The Perkins bought their first home with electricity in Bemis, Tennessee, after World War II. With now having electricity, you would usually find Carl in the attic playing his second-hand electric harmony guitar. One day around the 1950s, Carl convinced his brothers Clayton and Jay to start a little band. They started playing country music in nearby honky-tonks. They called themselves The Perkins Brothers (Carlin, 2006). After he moved out and got married, Carl decided to start his musical career. This was after listening to Elvis and talking it over with his persuasive wife (Larkin, 2002). Carl had a good family who always helped him out. When he felt like it was time for him to make his music a full time job, his family was there and did whatever he needed them to do. His wife later convinced him that his music was good enough for people to hear, so he started doing everything he could to become a well known …show more content…
He was well known for country music and people like Johnny Cash sang his songs (Wallenfeldt,2013). Carl became well known in England after guitarist George Harrison played some of Carl's songs such as "Honey Don't," "Matchbox," and "Everybody Wants to Be My Baby” (Carlin, 2006). Also, one very early morning at 3 A.M., Carl wrote one of his most famous songs, “Blue Suede Shoes” on an empty potato bag. His song made it on the Top Ten country, R&B, and pop charts (Talevski, 2018). People such as Dave Edmunds and George Harrison were both greatly impacted by Carl (Larkin, 2002). He became well known in the country genre, and in places all over the world. Between friend and songs, Carl was very well known to everyone. He also inspired many people who later became well known. With all of this, Carl definitely accomplished many