Jacen Bruce, lead vocals, guitar
Alison Bruce, lead vocals track 18 drums track 2
Paul Burlison, guitar tracks 1-5,7,8
Ronnie Smith guitar tracks 1-5,7,8
Brad Birkaphal, guitar tracks 2,5,7,8
Ron Perone, drums tracks 5,7,8
Pete Sully, drums tracks 1,3,4
Dave Smith, bass 1-8
Martin Jerram, drums, percussion, double bass, slide guitar, track 18
Rob Watson, drums, tracks 9-17
Ian Speller, guitar tracks 12-17
Keith Neal, double bass, tracks 12-17
John Stannard guitar tracks, 2,3,5,8
Rich Young, piano, tracks 6,18, Hammond Organ track 1, mouth organ track 4
Jacen first met Paul Burlison when Alison booked him and Rocky Burnette to play at Swindon Rock ‘n’ Roll Club in 1997. Paul suggested that Jacen and Alison should ‘look him up’ if they were ever in Memphis and when they visited the city in October ’99 one of the first things Jacen did was to pick up the phone.
Paul took the day out to show them his Memphis, he shared his memories of Sun Studios, Elvis, Johnny and Dorsey Burnette, pointing out the places he’d played and the gigs he’d seen.
Jacen was to be recording at Sun Studios later that week, his plan was to round off the holiday with a jam session, covering some of his favourite Sun classics, nothing complicated, just a live session, recorded straight onto DAT.
He thought the evening would be a memorable and personal souvenir of Memphis, but it was about to turn into something that was a great deal more...
James Lott was due to play guitar but a road accident had left him with a damaged hand so while he was still able to engineer the session he’d arranged for a session guitarist to play in his place.
Jacen decided to invite Paul along too, not only was Paul delighted to take part, he brought along some musician friends, Brad Birkaphal and Ron Perone from The Dempseys.
As they arrived at Sun Paul was delighted to see that the ‘session guitarist’ was none other than his great friend Ronnie Smith – Ronnie had played with Elvis in 1952 and 1953. Suddenly a casual jam session was turning into a once in a lifetime experience...
This album is dedicated to the memory of Paul Burlison.
Recorded Live at Sun Studios, Union St, Memphis Tennessee
with legendary rockabilly guitarist Paul Burlison from The Johnny Burnette Trio,
guitarist Ronnie Smith from Elvis's School Band
and The Dempseys from the film Walk the Line
A fly on the wall experience complete with studio chat.
5/54/53/52/51/5
1. Baby Please Don't Go
2. Mystery Train
3. Little Sister
4. Baby What You Want Me To Do
5. I'm left, You're right, she's gone
6. As Long As I Have You
7. Baby Lets Play House
8. Fool, Fool, Fool
9. Twenty Flight Rock
10. Baby Blue
11. Rock Around With Ollie Vee
12. Don't Be Cruel
13. Endless Sleep
14. My One Desire
15. Boom, Boom
16. Broken Heart
17. Twenty-One days In Jail
18. You're The Boss
