https://youtube/watch?v=uHx8oGVVKOw The great Sam Phillips would have turned 92 on 5 January 2015, heres my tribute to him, TELEGRAM SAM: (2nd song of the Trilogy) TELEGRAM SAM BLUES by Frankie Paradiso =================== Telegram Sam is my man -- Service with that Mississippi smile... PLEASE SEND THIS MESSAGE TO A MAN WHO KNEW ME WELL WHEN HE FIRST HEARD MY VOICE, HE CRIED, SON, YOU SOUND SWELL NEVER TAPED SUCH A BLUE HOWL IN ANY FOREST OR CAVE YOULL BE A LEGEND, I VOW AND YOUR FANS WILL SURELY SAVE THEIR LAST PENNIES AND DIMES FOR THE JUKEBOX THATLL PLAY YOUR SONGS OF LOVE AND SORROW YOUR GOSPEL TO BRIGHTEN OUR DAY REST ASSURED IM DOING FINE THIRTY-SIX YEARS DOWN THE LINE YET I HOPE YOULL SAY A LIL PRAYER FOR ME AND WHEN YOU SEE THE OLD GANG IN EAST TUPELO PLEASE TELL EM THAT THIS OLD BOY (MY BOY) WILL MAKE EM SIT UP AT HIS LAST SHOW YES, ILL STAGE MY FINAL COME-BACK ON THAT PORCH WHERE MY PRECIOUS TOY WAS THIS DARK BLUE GUITAR, MY CONFIDANT AND ONLY JOY WELL, JUST ONE MORE THING SAY HELLO TO THE CHOIR THAT PUSHED ME TO SING HIGH AND LOW TILL THE ANGELS JOINED IN (HALLELUJAH!) THE PRESS CROWNED ME THE KING BUT I KNEW THAT WAS A LIE ONLY THE LORD DESERVES OUR LOVE AND DEVOTION TILL WE DIE... SUN SOUNDS SAM, MAN ITS IN THE CAN GIMME THAT MISSISSIPPI SMILE!
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 04:21:43 +0000