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(1956) Sun 249 ''I'm Sorry, I'm Not Sorry'' b/w ''Dixie Fried'' Carl Perkins

STUDIO SESSION FOR CARL PERKINS AT THE MEMPHIS RECORDING SERVICE FOR SUN RECORDS 1956 SUN RECORDING STUDIO 706 UNION AVENUE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE SUN SESSION: MARCH 1956 SESSION HOURS: UNKNOWN PRODUCERS AND RECORDING ENGINEER - SAM C. PHILLIPS ''I'M SORRY, I'M NOT SORRY" Composer: - Wanda Ballman Publisher: - B.M.I. - Hi-Lo Music Incorporated Matrix number: - U 210 - Master (2:25) Recorded: - March 1956 Released: - August 3, 1956 First appearance: - Sun Records (S) 78/45rpm standard single SUN 249-A mono I'M SORRY, I'M NOT SORRY / DIXIE FRIED Reissued: - 1995 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15802-2-17 mono THE SUN SINGLES COLLECTION - VOLUME 2 To begin with, Sam had no idea what to do with Carl Perkins at this point. Perkins had come to him as a hillbilly singer in the Hank Williams mold. There was no denying Carl's talent as both a singer and songwriter, but Williams had been dead for over three years and his grip on country music was fading. Carl had shown a flair for songwriting, and his comic ode to a pair of shoes had made them both a lot of money. But the follow-up to ''Blue Suede Shoes'' had failed to sustain the momentum. Sam had better do something fast, or Perkins might become just another one-hit wonder. On one side of Sun 249, Sam placed the clever but commercially untenable ''Dixie Fried''. On the other side he force-fed Carl a piece of late 1950s pop balladry, complete with piano triplets and hiccuppy vocal gimmicks. Was this the stylistic path Carl might follow? Luckily for us, it wasn't a hit, although at this point, anytime seemed possible. Certainly buyers who came to the party for this song would wonder what hit them when they flipped the record over. But the same can be said for buyers who came to hear ''Dixie Fried''. For the first time, Carl's record featured material admittedly composed by somebody else. The song had been written by Wanda Bellman, an aspiring, singer/songwriter from Jonesboro, Arkansas. She submitted the song via demo to Sam and went from being an unknown to a professional almost overnight when her copyright appeared on one side of a Carl Perkins record. Pretty impressive stuff. We do know that Wanda engaged in an extended correspondence with Sam throughout this period. He stoked Wanda's fires even higher when he had her come to Memphis in 1957 and record five sides. None were released at the time although they continue to be resurrected on Sun reissues internationally. It is possible that Sam, being Sam, made the most of Wanda Ballman's enthusiasm when he acted as her a new found benefactor and champion. In later years, Wanda persevered and had her material recorded by main stream artists like Loretta Lynn and Charley Pride. (MH) (HD) (CE) "DIXIE FRIED" Composer: - Carl Perkins-Howard "Curly" Griffin Publisher: - B.M.I. - Hi-Lo Music Incorporated Matrix number: - U 211 - Take 6 Master (2:25) Recorded: - March 1956 Released: - August 3, 1956 First appearance: - Sun Records (S) 78/45rpm standard single SUN 249-B mono DIXIE FRIED / I'M SORRY, I'M NOT SORRY Reissued: - 1995 Bear Family Records (CD) 500/200rpm BCD 15802-2-18 mono THE SUN SINGLES COLLECTION - VOLUME 2 Anyone who doubts Carl Perkins' status as a folk poet of the rural south hasn't heard "Dixie Fried". This song may be an utter delight to fans of redneck rockabilly, but it stood as much chance of denting the national charts in October, 1956 as a Bach chorale. "Dixie Fried" was perhaps the high point of Perkins' career on record and probably the best song he had a hand in writing. It was so determinedly rural in content and execution that it was inconceivable that Sam Phillips could have entertained serious hopes for it in the pop market. Gogi Grant was sitting atop the pop charts with "Wayward Wind" on the day that "Dixie Fried" was released. The two songs could have come from different planets. "Dixie Fried" was a slice of life from the Jackson honky tonks. Talking to Ronnie Weiser, Carl Perkins gave a little background on the environment that had spawned the song: "The light from the jukebox was all we had. They had chicken wire around us and the jukebox to keep the bottles from hitting us. (The bartender) had an axe handle behind the bar and about four or five inches on the big end of the axe handle was bored out and poured full of hot lead. When he said, 'That's it. That's enough. Get out!' you had just enough time to do it or they'd swing". In "Dixie Fried", Carl Perkins wrote: "On the outskirts of town, there's a little nitespot". Dan dropped in about "Five o'clock". He pulled off his coat, said "The night is short". (MH) (HD) (CE) Name (Or. No. Of Instruments) Carl Perkins - Vocals and Guitar Thomas E. Cisco (Eddie Star) - Rhythm Guitar Lloyd Clayton Perkins - Bass W.S. "Fluke" Holland - Drums Jimmy Smith Piano © - 706 UNION AVENUE SESSIONS - ©