Carl Perkins - My Old Friend (with Paul McCartney)

1993.  U.S. Documentary.  An excellent tribute to Mr. Carl Lee Perkins!  Rock 'N' Roll founding father Carl Perkins left the  Tennessee cotton fields, melded gospel, bluegrass, hillbilly, country and rock 'n' roll and became one of the most influential figures of popular music.  In 1993, My Old Friend reunites Perkins and Paul McCartney, who with the Beatles recorded seven Perkins tunes, during this exceptional survey of Carl Perkin's career.  Enjoy watching them cheerfully swap stories and perform impromptu duets, a warm exchange that offers new insights into Perkin's impact on modern pop music.  They reminisce and jam backstage at Memphis Liberty Bowl.  Carl and Paul jam and share entertaining stories and Carl discusses the inspiration for many of his songs.  This video features some of the last known footage of Perkins, one of the rockk 'n' roll era'a greatest songwriters.

Supplemented with fascinating archival footage, My Old Friend offers a revealing look at an artist who shared pop music's spotlight in the 1950s with Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis - and who had no trouble sharing a concert stage in the 1990s with Tom Petty.  Perkin's charm and immense musical appeal spans many generations, making "My Old Friend" a must-have item for collectors and music fans everywhere.  Carl IS the King of Rockabilly!

BONUS DOCUMENTARY:

Everly Brothers Rock 'N' Roll Odyssey

1984.  U.S. Documentary that follows the Everly Brothers from their debut at the Grand Ole Opry, to their bitter separation in the '70's to their 1983 reunion concert.  Unlike many documentaries, this one has lots of 1950s and early 1960s complete song performances.  This includes rare and unreleased footage from "Shindig", "The Ed Sullivan Show", "The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show" and many others.  Fantastic photos, footage and interviews and rare audio tracks of early '50's radio broadcasts.  Don and Phil discuss their songs and recording studio techniques.  Includes interviews with Chet Atkins, Linda Ronstadt, Brian Setzer, Kenny Jones, Tom Petty and many others.

Audio & Video Quality:  Carl Perkins documentary is very, very, good quality bordering on excellent audio and video quality,about an 8.75 using our website Quality Rating Table.  Everly Brothers documentary is good to very good quality, ranging from 8.0 to 8.5.  The archival historic portions of the Everly Brother documentary are generally approaching good quality, about a 7.75.

Total Running Time:  118 minutes.

Disc Format: 1 PAL DVD-R disc.

Special Price:  $19.00, regularly $22.00.