DIG THIS WITH BILL MESNIK AND RICH BUCKLAND- THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS
My Fellow Americans, Life is actually just a microscopic, deluded moment in time, so let's cut to the freakin' chase. One look at our impending election debacle can solidify my case. It has been my contention since birth, that the answer to every difficulty we encounter on this sacred yet demented Stone, can be revealed with ultimate clarity through the ultra neurotic engagements of Music, Art, Literature, Film, Poetry and a good Pastrami sandwich. Why would any sane human spend so must time on a film set (Do you know how long you gotta wait until your 8 second deliverance of an edited beyond repair line gets a chance to become a professional embarrassment etched in time forever? ) or expend so much energy in a recording studio, piecing together another ode to a man or woman who could not care less how much love existed within your digestive tract? It's all about hymns and prayers and a quest for mercy and forgiveness and silence and faith. We were blessed with Charles Bukowski, Gene Chandler, Lenny Bruce, Mitch Ryder and a legion of creative explorers whose influences provided the air we breathe. So Let's Dance! This site shall explore the reaper, find a way to disarm the stench of injustice, discover some true loves and talk it all over before it's all over. So what's the worst that our desires could produce? Failure? So sue me. I'm going to require your assistance in making as much trouble for the grown-ups as possible. Let the record show that my childish heart yearns to disrupt the madness. Join me Ladies and Germs!
With Gratitude For Gena Rowlands, Nancy Sinatra, Jerry Quarry, Leo Gorcey, Arthur Alexander and Joey Heatherton, Your Splendid Bohemian, Rich Buckland.
DIG THIS WITH BILL MESNIK AND RICH BUCKLAND- THE SPLENDID BOHEMIANS
THE CORDELL JACKSON STORY- THE TRUE QUEEN OF ROCK AND ROLL- AS TOLD IN HER OWN WORDS AND MUSIC- A DIG THIS SPECIAL PRESENTATION
"The Cordell Jackson Story" - In Her Own Words And Music
In Honor And In Loving Memory Of Cordell Jackson -
The Queen Of Rock and Roll And The Memphis Guitar
July 15, 1923 – October 14, 2004
1) A Queen's Tale- A CBS News Segment - 1985
2) Cordell Jackson and The A Bones Live- Featuring Miriam Linna and Billy Miller- 1984
3) Rock and Roll Christmas- 1956
4) The Split - 1983
5 ) At Home Again
( In The Memories Of My Mind ) - 1983
Born 100 years ago, Cordell Jackson was an American guitarist thought to be the first woman to produce, engineer, arrange and promote music on her own rock and roll music label.
Jackson founded the Moon Records label in Memphis in 1956. Unable to break into the Sun label's stable of male artists, Cordell received the advice and assistance of RCA Records' Chet Atkins in forming this new label to release her music. She began releasing and promoting on the label singles she recorded in her home studio, serving as engineer, producer and arranger. The artists recorded included her and a small family of early rock and roll, rockabilly, and country music performers she recruited from several Southern states.
Her Moon Records label was the oldest continuously operating label in Memphis at the time of her death in 2004. Her "50's Rock on the Moon of Memphis", a compilation album of the label's 1950's singles, was released on vinyl in the early 1980's and was later sold on compact disc until her death in 2004.
Cordell Jackson died in Memphis in 2004 aged 81, leaving behind the legacy of a very special Rock and Roll pioneer and human being.
