During our tour of the Country Music Museum we talked to a docent at the museum who was very kind to inform us that there was to be a reenactment of an impromptu jam session which took place on December 4th, 1956 at the Sun Record Studio in Memphis,Tennessee. The show, called "Million Dollar Quartet", would be in a Bristol theater the next day, a one time evening show. The quartet that happened to be in the Sun Record Studio in 1956 were: Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash. After touring the museum we immediately made a stop at the theater to successfully purchase the tickets.
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What a very entertaining evening for us! The actor playing Jerry Lee Lewis performed all the wild antics which he did on the piano. Remember his song "Great Balls of Fire"? We heard that as well as some of his other memorable rock and roll songs. There was a bit of t dialogue -between the recording producer of the studio and Johnny Cash, as Cash was not willing to sign another contract with the Sun recording studio. And Carl Perkins expressed his unhappiness with Elvis Presley getting rich off the song which he, Perkins, composed- that was "Blue Suede Shoes". Of course, just hearing the actors playing the popular songs of Cash and Presley was just alone great!
I also want to give a shout out to the wonderful bed and breakfast inn where we stayed during our time in Virginia. It is called the "Donkey Lodge", which is a donkey sanctuary for eight abused miniature donkeys. However, one is not so miniature!
Pictured above is a Mammoth Donkey, a species of donkey rare in the United States. It was brought over here from Europe during the late 18th century, and bred specifically for breeding to draft horses for farm work. They may be the size of a horse, but don't plan on riding them because they go at their own pace! The inn was also delightful to me just because I enjoy waking up early to the sounds of roosters crowing and donkeys braying.
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