Dickey Betts

For sure, the South is on the rise again -- and has obviously changed the sound of American
music. In 1954 a white truck driver from Mississippi named Elvis fooled around with an old
blues number, and the resultant blend of C&W and blues became one of the dominant
sounds of rock and roll. Elvis was just the tip of the iceberg though -- Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl
Perkins and Johnny Cash all had blues influences in their early hit singles as well... More >