The Queen City Cats will be performing a Rockabilly Show complete with re-enactments of events that occurred at Memphis’s Sun Studio with Legendary Sun Recording Artists, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012 ,at Lindberg’s at 6:30 p.m., as part of the Rhythm and Boom series. The re-enactments will include events and interactions that occurred in the studio with the owner and producer Sam Phillips.
On Dec. 4, 1956, the four iconic artists all wound up at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis and a totally unplanned jam session occurred that became known as the Million Dollar Quartet. On that day Perkins came to the studio to cut some new material, including a revamped version of “Matchbox.” Jerry Lee Lewis, still unknown outside of Memphis, was asked to play the piano during the Perkins session. Elvis Presley, on vacation from making films in Hollywood dropped by the studio to say hello to his old friends, and Johnny Cash also arrived to join in too… and the rest is history.
