"Evening With Shelton Bissell"
New CD "Country Meets Soul AND Soul Meets Country" along with my "Classic Country & Rock Revival" now enables us to bring a 2-hour concert.
Remember the 50's, 60's, 70's, and 80's as I take you back through my roots in Country & Rock.
You see, I am one of the "survivors" of the first Rock generation, having turned pro at the age of 15 in 1956. That's when Rock was just getting started with Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Bill Haley ... and on the black side we had Fats Domino, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters and others who ushered in the Rock 'n Roll era.
During my high school years in Shreveport, LA I was with the Dale Hawkins band. Dale wrote and recorded "Susie-Q" featuring the guitar work of James Burton who later went on to become famous with Elvis Presley and many others. Dale's hit with "Susie-Q" put him on Dick Clark's American Bandstand as one of the first artists to ever appear on the TV show.
After Dale Hawkins I ended up with Mickey Gilley as his first sax man and it goes on from there.
Let's talk! Call me (615) 430-7135
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