Paul Burlison
Paul Burlison ( born February 4, 1929 in Brownsville, Tennessee; † 27 September 2003 in Horn Lake, Tennessee) was an American rockabilly musician and guitarist. Burlison was a member of the famous Johnny Burnette Trio.
Life
Childhood and youth
Born in Brownsville, Paul Burlison grew up in Memphis. From his brother learned Burlison playing the guitar and held in his youth, often at the Beale Street, which was known for its rhythm and blues clubs. After he had built himself an electric guitar, you started with Shelby Fallon on the transmitter KWEM in West Memphis, Arkansas to occur. He also played the beginning of the 1950s, along with Smokey Joe Baugh and Howlin 'Wolf; However, Wolf's band- he could not join because he was white. Instead, he found in the Snearly Ranch Boys for a short time musical partner.
Career
Burlison started short after a career as a boxer. During the Golden Gloves in 1949, he met Dorsey Burnette know who had the same musical interests. Together with younger brother Johnny Burnettes the two began to play in a band. 1954 in Of Records first single was recorded, from which not even but sold 200 plates. Burlison now took a job at the Crown Electric, where the young Elvis Presley worked.
In the spring of 1956 traveled Burlison and the Burnette Brothers, this time as The Rock'n'Roll Trio known to New York City in order to try as a musician. In fact, they got a recording contract with Coral Records. Here Burlison developed his signature sound, that would influence many later guitarists. First he turned the pitch up on his amplifier. With these settings, the first singles were produced. During an appearance in Philadelphia Burlison accidentally ripped a cable from his amplifier. The distorted and blurred sound liked Burlison, so all the songs now have been recorded with this sound. Along with Johnny Burnettes emergent vocals and the drums hard some of the most famous rockabilly classics of the history of music were played, such as the rock Billy Boogie, Honey Hush and the wild The Train Kept A- Rollin '. The latter was later covered by rock bands such as the Yardbirds, Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin, but the Beatles had the song in their early live program.
However, since none of the singles was successful, Burlison returned early in 1957 returned to Memphis, where he was to create a business and a family. For the next twenty years he retired from the music business; in 1980 he founded his own record label, where he recorded together with other rockabilly artists a tribute album to Johnny and Dorsey Burnette, both of which had already died. 1986 Burlison member of the Sun Rhythm Section, a band consisting of former Sun artists. Burlison published in 1997 his first album titled Train Kept A- Rollin '. Burlison died in 2003 of complications from cancer.