Sonny Burgess
Nearly 40 years ago, Sonny Burgess cut some of the most exciting rockabilly singles every made for Sun Records, and even if they didn't sell very well, they have remained touchstones for collectors and revivalists ever since. When, after a 14-year layoff, he returned to live music with the Sun Rhythm Section in 1986, his raspy baritone growl and stinging lead guitar were miraculously intact. All he needed to make some more great rockabilly records were the right songs. He got those on the 1992 Hightone album,Tennessee Border, and he gets some more on this self-titled album. These two titles rank with Jerry Lee Lewis'sYoung Bloodas the best 1990s albums by the first generation of rockabilly heroes.--Geoffrey Himes