Legendary, Memphis-born, rock and roll singer and songwriter Johnny Burnette died 60 years ago today, aged 30, due to an accident while fishing.
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Johnny Burnette died 60 years ago today
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Mister Moon
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Johnny Burnette died 60 years ago today
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Re: Johnny Burnette died 60 years ago today
Johnny was one of a kind. The Bear Family box set on him is a work of art.
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Re: Johnny Burnette died 60 years ago today
javilu wrote:Johnny was one of a kind. The Bear Family box set on him is a work of art.
The Burnette Brothers were pretty unique characters, and it often showed in their music, which had lots of branches.
By the way, although I never got to meet him, I have a couple of Paul Burlison autographs in my collection.
About 35 years ago, I knew a friend of mine was going to meet him at some festival abroad, and I asked him to buy any Burnette Trio LP there, and get it signed.
The other one, about 20 years ago I was browsing through a box of used cds and stumbled upon an ultra-ragged copy of the BF R&R Trio cd. While examining it, I found it was signed by Burlison. I paid 2 or 3 euros for it. Lucky find. I don't have the cd here, but here's the LP :
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