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| Sam and Elvis (Elvis Info Network) |
Virtually
everyone knows the name of Sam Philips, the guy who discovered Elvis Presley
and made people like Johnny Cash famous.
He was the owner and producer of Sun Records and his own Philips Record
label as well. This is a pretty short
pictorial book telling the man’s story by his son Knox Philips and the curator
of the Country Music Hall of Fame, Peter Guralnick. It was released in conjunction
with an ongoing exhibition on Sam Philips in Nashville. Lots of cool pictures and
short stories about how he got into music (via radio). Great high quality
pictures of family, the artists he helped break out. Tells a nice story of how
he really tried to help black artists and he felt a bit bad about only
recording white artists when things started to get big with Elvis, Johnny,
Jerry Lee, and others. He comes across
as quite a cool and amazing person. He had a very unique approach as a producer
at this time as he was not interested in the perfection but capturing the
moment, the passion of the artist, that artist’s unique personality and he was
good at it. If you are curious about the history of Sam and Sun records this is
a very good and short book (65 pages).. Check it out. Not sure where it is
available in Europe.
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