THE ROCKABILLY LEGENDS documentary, a project seven years in the making, was produced and written by Jerry Naylor, a personal friend to many of the rockabilly legends and former lead singer of The Crickets after the untimely death of Buddy Holly. It is a treasury of never-before-seen performance footage and photographs, as well as exclusive interviews with and about the pioneers of rockabilly music. These musical icons—Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, Buddy Knox, Gene Vincent, the Johnny Burnette Trio and others-- forever altered the musical world by combining elements of country, blues, hillbilly, gospel, African American spirituals and bluegrass music. The program recounts their remarkable journeys from the cotton fields and country churches of the rural South to the honky-tonks and recording studios of the big city … and then on to the world’s stage, where their music gave birth to rock and roll.
      Woven throughout the documentary is commentary from producers, family members, band members and other musicians-- including Cowboy Jack Clement, John Carter Cash (son of Johnny and June Carter Cash), Stan Perkins (son of Carl Perkins), Sir Paul McCartney, Charlie Daniels, Billy Burnette (formerly of Fleetwood Mac and son of Dorsey Burnette) and music historian Bill Griggs--telling the story of how rockabilly was created and how its effects were felt not only in the U.S., but around the world. The documentary explains the incomparable influence of Sam Phillips and Sun Studios, Tillman Franks and the Louisiana Hayride, the Grand Ole Opry, and Norman Petty Studios and the growth of rockabilly in West Texas.

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