Sun's First Boogie Woogie Country Man CD

Smokey Joe Baugh
Sun's First Boogie Woogie Country Man CD

Much is made of the arrival of Jerry Lee Lewis in Memphis in 1956.
Suddenly in the middle of the first wave of guitar-swinging Elvis wannabes, this piano-playing hillbilly singer was told to go away and learn some rock 'n' roll, thus creating a seemingly unique monster.
But it is largely forgotten these days that The Killer was actually not the first rockin, rollin, pill-poppin', booze-drinkin', piano-poundin' boogie woogie country man on the Sun label - that honour went to Smokey Joe Baugh...