Blog: My Old Kentucky Blog

Anyone who’s basked in the audio glow of Sam Phillips accepts or even embraces her idiosyncrasies: as on Magic For Everybody , when she advises, “Don’t let perfect” (instead of “perfection”) make you blind/To this beautiful world/Oh, oh, oh, don’t erase your crooked lines/Take your mistakes and come with me!” Since Phillips apparently seeded several acres of her garden with the Beatles circa Rubber Soul , we’re also used to her starting a vocal line in a low, near-growl (kind of like John Lennon), as on Broken [...]