From OP: 1956 Demo recorded at Sun Records The pure original rockabilly sound with only upright bass and guitars. In 1955 Gene and his four-piece hillbilly band went from Tupelo, Mississippi to Memphis to audition for Sun Records. "Why don't you take your mandolin and fiddle and wrap 'em around a tree, and come back with a hot guitar" advised Phillips. So they did. Carl Simmons made the transition from mandolin to electric guitar in record time, and he didn't just become competent, he became great. Gene and his buddies recorded regularly at Sun between 1955 and 1958, but just one single hit the market ("Drinkin' Wine"/"I Done Told You", Sun 299).
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The pure original rockabilly sound with only upright bass and guitars.
In 1955 Gene and his four-piece hillbilly band went from Tupelo, Mississippi to Memphis to audition for Sun Records. "Why don't you take your mandolin and fiddle and wrap 'em around a tree, and come back with a hot guitar" advised Phillips. So they did. Carl Simmons made the transition from mandolin to electric guitar in record time, and he didn't just become competent, he became great. Gene and his buddies recorded regularly at Sun between 1955 and 1958, but just one single hit the market ("Drinkin' Wine"/"I Done Told You", Sun 299).