Johnny Cash - "Hey Porter" Instrumental Cover - Luther Perkins Guitar Style video free download

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Had a recording session today with my friend, and as a result I am covering Johnny Cash's Hey Porter, and again I am playing all instruments and trying to make it as similar as possible. More videos are coming up soon. Hope you like it!

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"Hey Porter"

Hey porter! Hey porter!

Would you tell me the time?

How much longer will it be till we cross

that Mason Dixon Line?

At daylight would ya tell that engineer

to slow it down?

Or better still, just stop the train,

Cause I wanna look around.

Hey porter! Hey porter!

What time did ya say?

How much longer will it be till I can

see the light of day?

When we hit Dixie will you tell that engineer

to ring his bell?

And ask everybody that ain't asleep

to stand right up and yell.

Hey porter! Hey porter!

It's getting light outside.

This old train is puffin' smoke,

and I have to strain my eyes.

But ask that engineer if he will

blow his whistle please.

Cause I smell frost on cotton leaves

and I feel that Southern breeze.

Hey porter! Hey porter!

Please get my bags for me.

I need nobody to tell me now

that we're in Tennessee.

Go tell that engineer to make that

lonesome whistle scream,

We're not so far from home

so take it easy on the steam.

Hey porter! Hey porter!

Please open up the door.

When they stop the train I'm gonna get off first

Cause I can't wait no more.

Tell that engineer I said thanks alot,

and I didn't mind the fare.

I'm gonna set my feet on Southern soil

and breathe that Southern air.

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About Luther Perkins:

Luther Monroe Perkins (January 8, 1928 -- August 5, 1968) was an American country music guitarist and a member of the Tennessee Three, the backup band for singer Johnny Cash. Perkins was an iconic figure in what would become known as rockabilly music. His creatively simple, sparsely-embellished, rhythmic use of Fender Esquire, Jazzmaster and Jaguar guitars is credited for creating Cash's signature "boom-chicka-boom" style.

Perkins was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of a Baptist preacher. He grew up in Como, Mississippi, and taught himself to play rhythm guitar.

Perkins started his career in 1953 as a mechanic at Automobile Sales Company in Memphis. He specialized in electrical systems and radio repairs. Roy Cash, Sr., older brother of Johnny Cash, was service manager at the dealership. At the time, the younger Cash was stationed in Germany with the US Air Force. At Automobile Sales, Perkins met co-workers Marshall Grant and A.W. 'Red' Kernodle. Grant, Kernodle and Perkins began bringing their guitars to work, and would play together when repair business was slow.

When Johnny Cash moved to Memphis after returning from Germany in 1954, Ray Cash introduced him to Grant, Kernodle and Perkins. The four began to get together in the evenings at Perkins's or Grant's home and play songs. It was during this time that they decided to form a band, with Grant acquiring a string bass, Kernodle a six-string steel guitar, and Perkins buying a somewhat-abused Fender Esquire electric guitar from the O.K. Houck Piano Co. in Memphis. The guitar had been modified by a previous owner, and the volume and tone controls did not work.

Since he could not control the volume of the single-pickup instrument, Perkins began the practice of muting the three bass strings (E, A and D) with the heel of his right hand, much in the style of Merle Travis, and scratching a rhythm pattern (as heard on Sun Records recordings prior to 1958). This pattern developed into a more defined, varying 1/8-8/5/8-8 picking (with random syncopation) on later Sun recordings and for the rest of Perkins' career.

In late 1954, when Cash got an audition with producer Sam Phillips at Sun Records, he brought Perkins, Grant and Kernodle along to back him instrumentally. The experience made Kernodle nervous, and he ended up leaving before the session was over, with Perkins and Grant providing the instrumentation.

Perkins, as a member of the Tennessee Two (later, the Tennessee Three, with the addition of drummer W.S. "Fluke" Holland), toured with Cash and appeared on most of his recordings. He was well known for his laconic, focused demeanor on stage. He was often the target of jokes by Cash, who would make comments such as "Luther's been dead for years, but he just doesn't know it".

Source: Wikipedia

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THIS SONG DOES NOT BELONG TO ME, IT BELONGS TO JOHNNY CASH AND THE TENNESSEE TWO, AND SUN RECORDS. THIS IS MY COVER VERSION OF A SONG WRITTEN BY SOMEONE ELSE.