Carl Perkins
Live From Gilley's L81-06
broadcast: week of 2/2/81
Live From Gilley's L81-06
broadcast: week of 2/2/81
Recorded at:
Gilley's Club
Pasadena, Texas
Most likely on September 27, 1980
01 Jim Duncan - Intro
02 Carl Perkins - Matchbox
03 Carl Perkins - Boppin' The Blues
04 Commercial - Schlitz
05 Jim Duncan - Break
06 Carl Perkins - Hi-Heeled Sneakers
07 Carl Perkins - I Got A Woman
08 Carl Perkins - Turn Around
09 Carl Perkins - Honey Don't
10 Commercial - Schlitz
11 Jim Duncan - Break
12 Carl Perkins - 1950's Medley
13 Commercial - Schlitz (Jerry Reed)
14 Jim Duncan - Break
15 Carl Perkins - Miss Misunderstood
16 Carl Perkins - Mean Woman Blues
17 Commercial - Schlitz
18 Jim Duncan - Break
19 Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes
20 Jim Duncan - Outro
21 Commercial - Schlitz
Run out grooves:
LG-81-6-A> L-4479
LG-81-6-B> L-4479-X
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This is an early "Live From Gilley's syndicated radio disc, the sixth in the series. The cue sheet doesn't list song titles, only the show segments and commercial spots.
There's a single national advertiser: Schlitz Beer. Once the most popular beer in America, the brand had dropped to fourth place behind Miller, Pabst and Budweiser. Later in June 1981, a four month long strike by brewery workers wrecked the company's balance sheet and management began selling off assets, with most of the company ending up owned by Stroh's.
There's a big 1950's medley in the middle with too many songs to list. Mr. Perkins tosses out bits of "Roll Over Beethoven," "Maybelline," "Long Tall Sally," "I'm Walkin'," "The Twist," "Deep In The Heart of Texas, "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," and "Hound Dog." In a couple of spots, audience applause fades into the mix, but sounds like it's dubbed from somewhere else.
There's a verse about the Houston Oilers football team squeezed into "Deep In The Heart of Texas" adding local color, but at this distance in time and space requires some explanation for the younger members of Our Beloved Audience...and for those of you checking in from England, France, and Australia.
"Ain't it great, watching that Snake throw that ball
deep in the heart of Texas,
and we all come back for more, watching number thirty-four run that ball
deep in the heart of Texas
Won't it be fun when the Oilers are number one
deep in the heart of Texas
Now we don't care, Bum Phillips gonna take us there
deep in the heart of Texas."
"Snake" was the nickname of Houston Oilers quarterback Ken Stabler, mainly known for his career with the Oakland Raiders. On the downward slope of an aging athlete, he was traded to the Oilers in 1980.
"Number thirty-four" was running back Earl Campbell.
"Bum Phillips" was Oail Andrew Phillips Jr, the head coach of the Houston Oilers.
As sometimes happens when there's a delay between recording date and broadcasting date, things happen. Some good, some bad.
While the Oilers had a good record of 11 wins and 5 losses, finishing second in the AFC Central Division, Bum Phillips was fired on New Years Eve 1980, three days after losing a playoff game to the Oakland Raiders, just a month before this show was broadcast.
Ken "the Snake" Stabler did not show up at the Oilers training camp in 1981 and announced his retirement through his agent on July 23.
Earl Campbell was awarded the Jim Thorpe Trophy by the Newspaper Enterprise Association as the league's MVP, and named the Offensive Player of the Year by the Associated Press.
A series of Live From Gilley's CDs was issued in the US and UK on Q Records in 1999. They don't provide dates in the liner notesbut it's likely that some of this material is on those discs (and in better quality), along with additional tracks.
I was able to track down a series of print ads that prove Mr. Perkins played at Gilley's on September 27, 1980. That's not definitive proof of the date, but combined with the football references makes it likely the date is correct.