Cordell Jackson, the Rocking Granny

November 22, 2018 2:01 PM

Lightning licks guitar player and first woman to have her own record label. Jackson founded the Moon Records label in Memphis in 1956 after a few years of recording demos at Sam Phillips' Memphis Recording Service and Sun Records Studio. Unable to break into the Sun Records label's stable of male artists, she received the advice and assistance of RCA Records' Chet Atkins in forming this new label to release her music. She began releasing and promoting on the label singles she recorded in her home studio, serving as engineer, producer and arranger. The artists recorded included her and a small family of early rock and roll, rockabilly, and country music performers she recruited from several Southern states.

Cordell & the A-Bones.

She also starred with Brian Setzer in a Bud Light commercial: Corell & Brian

posted by MovableBookLady (3 comments total)

Obligatory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtZjK8x5kGU
posted by twidget at 2:57 PM on November 22, 2018 [1 favorite]

I think I just found my inspiration for the next phase of my guitar learning odyssey.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 3:15 PM on November 22, 2018 [1 favorite]

Perfectly timed, this post, as today kicks off the season when this is in rotation in every shopping centre and town square across this great nation.
posted by multics at 4:16 PM on November 22, 2018