Carl Perkins & Friends
1985 – Carl Perkins and friends.
Taken from sounds magazine November 02 1985
The line directly under the picture reads…
“No 1 have not got a light, er. . . sorry, what did you say your name was?” Plc LFI
TWO FOR the show … two Beatles for the Carl Perkins (above right – you better believe it!) show, that is. After all, the Fab Four were the best advertisement Carl Perkins ever had. The royalties he got from their covers of ‘Matchbox’, ‘Honey Don’t’ and ‘Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby’ plus ‘Blue Suede Shoes’ were enough to ensure that he never needed to write another hit. Which is just as well, because he didn’t.
But no matter, Carl’s place as part of Sun Records (and therefore rock and roll’s) million dollar quartet is assured, and when he asked for assistance in recording his TV special In London, Ringo – looking more and more like a teddy-boy version of Yasser Arafat these days – and George Harrison -ageing elegantly and seemingly without a care – were among the first to send back their reply-paid slips (seriously – Carl had sent them each a personal video with a form for them to fill in!). Their example was closely followed by Eric Clapton, Dave Edmunds, Earl Slick and sundry ex-Stray Cats.
But amid all this glamour and glitter (obligatory female presence was provided by Roxanne Cash and Britt Ekland) sashaying in and out of the Limehouse TV studio lending their illustrious presence, one bald gentleman in a grandad vest, black cords and sneakers sat in the background hunched over a guitar growling out a tight, constant stream of rockabilly rhythm which was the foundation for the whole show.
Nobody knew who he was afterwards, and it took half an hour of persistent nagging (while the Fleet Street boys were trampling all over Carl in their futile attempts to get a word with George) to discover that his name was Micky Gee and that he was a close friend of Dave Edmunds. It figures. Don’t step on his blue suede shoes.
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Micky Gee – Profile
Hi and welcome to the official Micky Gee blog.
Many people mistakenly refer to Micky as “Mickey”. Take it from me, he preferred to be called Micky – Period!!! , even though on many websites, album covers and newspaper articles he was referred to as Mickey.
You will, however, sometimes see his name spelt as Mickey on this website. This is because lots of people still remember him as Mickey and that’s OK by me. I just wanted to put the record straight!
Micky was born on 03 July 1944 and was christened Michael Richard Gee. His place of birth was – 13 Garth Street Cardiff and he passed away at the University Hospital of Wales on the 21 January 2009.
List of artists that Micky has either played/jammed with or played for…
Tom Jones – Joe Cocker – Eric Clapton – Mark Knopfler – Chuck Berry – Bill Wyman – Charlie Watts – Dave Edmunds – Andy Fairweather Low – Shakin Stevens – Geraint Watkins – Albert Lee – Carl Perkins – Gary Moore – Arlen Roth – Jimmy Page – Sting
Lots more to be added. Can anyone help me? I can’t remember them all.
His major guitar influences…
Chet Atkins – Merle Travis – Jerry Reed – Albert Lee – Eric Clapton – Danny Gatton – Scotty Moore – James Burton – Carl Perkins – Roy Buchanan – Jeff Beck – Lonnie Mack – Jimi Hendrix – Buster B. Jones – Blind Blake – Joni Mitchell – Marcel Dadi – Joe Maphis – Johnny Burnette
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